5-Letter Words with S: page 5

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• spurt7v. To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
• squab16n. A young dove or pigeon.
• squad15n. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about...
• squam16n. An oilskin hat; a southwester.
• squat14adj. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
• squee14v. To squeal with excitement or delight.
• squib16n. A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
• squid15n. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order...
• stack11n. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom...
• stade6n. Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
• staff11n. A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to...
• stage6n. A phase.
• stagy9adj. Theatrical.
• staid6adj. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
• stain5n. A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with...
• stair5n. A single step in a staircase.
• stake9n. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at...
• stale5adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• stalk9n. The stem or main axis of a plant.
• stall5n. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
• stamp9n. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
• stand6v. To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
• stane5n. A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
• stang6n. A forked ritual staff.
• stank9n. A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable...
• stape7n. A staple.
• staph10n. Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.
• stare5v. To look fixedly (at something).
• stark9adj. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
• starn5n. A star.
• starr5n. A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.
• stars5n. Outer space.
• start5n. The beginning of an activity.
• stash8n. A collection, sometimes hidden.
• state5n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
• stats5n. Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output).
• stave8n. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed...
• stays8n. A corset.
• stdin6n. Standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically...
• stead6n. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a...
• steak9n. Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
• steal5v. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned...
• steam7n. The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the...
• steck11n. A piece or an item.
• steed6n. A bicycle or other vehicle.
• steek9v. To stitch (sew with a needle).
• steel5n. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than...
• steem7n. A gleam of light; a flame.
• steep7adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that...
• steer5v. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a...
• steez14n. Style; panache.
• stego6adj. Steganographic; relating to or hidden using steganography.
• stein5n. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
• stela5n. An obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive...
• stele5n. An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted...
• stell5v. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
• steno5n. A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand.
• stent5n. A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus...
• steps7n. A course followed by a person in walking or as walking.
• stere5n. A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
• stern5adj. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
• steve8v. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
• stews8n. A brothel.
• stewy11adj. Stew-like, similar to stew.
• stian5n. A stye.
• stich10n. A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the...
• stick11n. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
• stiff11adj. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
• stile5n. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow...
• still5adj. Not moving; calm.
• stilt5n. Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk...
• sting6n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• stink9v. To have a strong bad smell.
• stint5v. To be sparing or mean.
• stipa7n. Any grass of the genus Stipa.
• stipe7n. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
• stirk9n. A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
• stith8n. An anvil; a stithy.
• stive8n. The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.
• stoat5n. Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native...
• stock11n. A store or supply.
• stoep7n. A raised veranda in front of a house.
• stoic7n. Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to...
• stoke9n. An act of poking, piercing, thrusting.
• stola5n. The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the...
• stole5n. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck...
• stoll5v. To understand.
• stoma7n. One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which...
• stomp9v. To trample heavily.
• stone5n. A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such...
• stong6n. An area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre; a rood; a stang.
• stonk9n. A heavy artillery bombardment.
• stony8adj. As hard as stone.
• stook9n. A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
• stool5n. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
• stoop7n. A stooping, bent position of the body.
• stope7n. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
• store5n. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
• stork9n. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order...
• storm7n. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant...
• story8n. An account of real or fictional events.
• stosh8n. Fish offal.
• stoss5adj. Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
• stoup7n. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of...
• stour5adj. Tall; big; stout.
• stout5adj. Large; bulky.
• stove8n. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
• stram7v. To slam; to beat or put down or close violently or noisily.
• strap7n. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
• straw8n. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• stray8n. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company...
• strep7n. A streptococcus.
• strew8v. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially...
• stria5n. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
• strid6n. A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
• strim7v. To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer.
• strip7n. A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
• strix12n. A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.
• strop7n. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably...
• stroy8v. To destroy.
• strub7v. To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
• strum7v. To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various...
• strut5v. Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail...
• stuck11adj. Unable to move.
• stude6n. A student.
• studs6n. A pair of shoes or boots which have studs on the bottom to aid grip.
• study9v. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not...
• stuff11n. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
• stull5n. A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to...
• stump9n. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains...
• stunt5n. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic...
• stupa7n. A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others...
• stupe7n. A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
• sturt5n. In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the...
• style8n. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a...
• stylo8n. A stylographic pen.
• suave8adj. Of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or...
• subah10n. A province of the Mughal Empire.
• subak11n. An ancient Korean barehand martial art.
• subby12adj. Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
• suber7n. Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of...
• sucky14adj. Suitable for sucking.
• sucre7n. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
• sudan6n. A traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and...
• sudra6n. A turban or headdress, similar to the keffiyeh, worn by Jewish men in...
• sudsy9adj. Having suds; having froth or lather like soapy water.
• suede6n. A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to...
• suero5n. A condiment based on fermented milk, from Colombia's Caribbean coastal...
• sugan6n. A straw rope.
• sugar6n. A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose...
• sugoi6adj. Amazing, awesome.
• suing6n. The act of one who sues for something.
• suite5n. A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
• sujud13n. Prostration.
• sukuk13n. A bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing...
• sulfa8adj. Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.
• sulky12n. A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.
• sulla5n. Any of the species in the genus Sulla (syn. Hedysarum).
• sully8v. To soil or stain; to dirty.
• sumac9n. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain...
• suman7n. Rice cake from the Philippines made from glutinous rice cooked in...
• summa9n. A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially...
• summy12n. Somersault.
• sunga6n. A narrow, rectangular men's swimsuit to cover the genitals and...
• sunny8adj. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
• sunup7n. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
• super7adj. Of excellent quality, superfine.
• supes7adv. Super; extremely.
• supra7adv. Used to indicate that the current citation is from a source cited...
• surah8n. Soft twilled silk.
• sural5adj. Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg.
• suran5n. A tropical plant of the species Amorphophallus paeoniifolius...
• surau5n. A small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra...
• surfy11adj. Of a shore, having lots of breaking waves.
• surge6n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
• surly8adj. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
• surra5n. A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes...
• surry8n. Friend.
• susah8adj. Difficult.
• sushi8n. A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored...
• susto5n. An illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic...
• sutor5n. Shoemaker; cobbler.
• sutra5n. A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
• svara8n. A concept in Indian music, comparable to a note or tone.
• swage9n. A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a...
• swain8n. A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
• swale8n. A low tract of moist or marshy land.
• swami10n. A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
• swamp12n. An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees...
• swang9n. A swamp.
• swara8n. Synonym of vani (“arranged marriage practice”).
• sward9n. Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod...
• swarf11n. The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as...
• swarm10n. A large number of insects or other bugs (e.g. centipedes), especially...
• swart8adj. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
• swash11n. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
• swath11n. The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
• swear8v. To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally...
• sweat8n. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to...
• swede9n. The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var....
• sweep10v. To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
• sweet8adj. Tasting of sugars.
• swell8v. To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape...
• swept10adj. Cleared of mines (explosive devices).
• swift11adj. Fast; quick; rapid.
• swill8n. A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially...
• swine8n. A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
• swing9v. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
• swink12n. Toil, work, drudgery.
• swipe10v. To grab or bat quickly.
• swire8n. A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running...
• swirl8v. To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
• swish11adj. Sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
• swiss8v. To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to...
• swith11adj. Strong; vehement.
• swizz26n. A swindle, con.
• swole8adj. Swollen, enlarged.
• swoon8n. A faint.
• swoop10v. To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
• sword9n. A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard...
• sworn8adj. Given or declared under oath.
• sylph13n. An invisible being of the air.
• synod9n. An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
• synth11n. A musical synthesizer.
• syrah11n. A dark-skinned variety of grape, used to produce red wines.
• syrup10n. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or...
• sysop10n. An administrator on a wiki.

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• tabes7n. A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying...
• tails5n. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state...
• tales5n. A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
• talus5n. The bone of the ankle.
• tamas7n. One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that...
• tamis7n. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
• tansu5n. A traditional portable chest from Japan.
• tansy8n. A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum...
• tapas7n. A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as...
• tapis7n. A tapestry.
• taser5n. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to...
• tassa5n. A large Indian drum, traditionally played at weddings.
• tasse5n. A piece of armor for the hips and thighs: one of a set of plates (each...
• tasso5n. A Cajun-seasoned, cured pork.
• taste5n. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain...
• tasty8adj. Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
• tawse8n. A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails...
• taxis12n. The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
• tears5n. Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are...
• tease5v. To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
• teens5n. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
• telos5n. The aim, purpose, or end goal.
• tense5n. The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or...
• teras5n. A grossly malformed fetus.
• teres5n. A terete muscle.
• terse5adj. Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
• tesla5n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux...
• testa5n. A seed coat.
• teste5n. A witness.
• testo5n. Testosterone, especially pharmaceutical testosterone.
• testy8adj. Easily annoyed, irritable.
• texas12n. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
• thats8pron. Whose, of which.
• thish11n. A self-reference to the current issue of a periodical.
• thors8pron. Theirs.
• timbs9n. A pair of Timberland boots.
• times7n. The circumstances of a certain time.
• timps9n. Timpani.
• tipsy10adj. Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking...
• toast5n. Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
• tomos7n. An ecclesiastical document, usually promulgated by a synod which...
• tongs6n. An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them...
• tonus5n. Tonicity; tone.
• toosh8n. A light Tibetan shawl; a shahtoosh.
• toots5n. A gender-neutral term of affection.
• topas7n. A person of mixed black and Portuguese descent.
• topos7n. A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
• torse5n. A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming...
• torso5n. The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the...
• torts5n. Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts...
• torus5n. A topological space which is a product of two circles.
• tosyl8n. Toluenesulfonyl, phenylmethylsulfonyl.
• totes5adv. Totally.
• touse5v. To rumple, tousle.
• trans5adj. In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the...
• traps7n. A trap set (drum kit).
• trash8n. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
• tress5n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
• trews8n. Trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.
• trigs6n. Triglycerides.
• trips7n. Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand...
• trist5n. Trust, faith.
• trots5n. Diarrhoea/diarrhea.
• truss5n. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
• trust5n. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
• tryst8n. A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to...
• tsien5n. Synonym of mace (“old Chinese unit of weight”).
• tsuba7n. The guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword or bladed weapon.
• tsubo7n. A Japanese unit of areal measure, roughly 3.3 m² or 35.5 ft²...
• tsuga6n. Any tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which...
• tsuna5n. The wide ceremonial belt, with hanging zigzag ribbons, worn by a...
• tubes7n. The inner workings of one's body.
• tulsi5n. Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.
• turps7n. Turpentine or turpentine substitute.
• tusky12adj. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
• twins8n. A woman's breasts.
• twist8n. A twisting force.

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• ukase9n. An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a...
• uncus7n. A hook or claw.
• unsay8v. To withdraw, retract (something said).
• unsee5v. To undo the act of seeing something; to erase the memory of having seen...
• unset5adj. Not set; not fixed or appointed.
• unsex12v. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
• upsee7prep. After the fashion of; a la.
• upset7adj. Angry, distressed, or unhappy.
• ursin5n. Arbutin.
• usage6n. A custom or established practice.
• usher8n. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
• usine5n. A West Indian sugar factory.
• using6n. Use; utilization.
• usnea5n. Any lichen of the genus Usnea.
• usnic7adj. Of or relating to usnic acid.
• usque14n. Whisky.
• ustad6n. A master, especially of music, in South Asia and the Middle East.
• usual5adj. Most commonly occurring; typical.
• usurp7v. To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or...
• usury8n. An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at...

V

• vagus9n. A homeless person or vagrant.
• vamps12n. Old or refooted stockings.
• varus8n. A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.
• vasal8adj. Relating to a vessel (of the body).
• vastu8n. A philosophy of architecture that has elements akin to feng shui.
• vasty11adj. Vast.
• vates8n. A poet or bard who is divinely inspired.
• venus8n. Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
• verse8n. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
• verso8n. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for...
• verst8n. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about...
• vesta8n. A short match, made of wood or wax.
• vicus10n. A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort.
• vires8n. The state of being either ultra vires or intra vires; the extent of a...
• virus8n. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA...
• visca10n. Artificial straw made by spinning viscose into filaments.
• visco10n. A kind of fuse used for consumer fireworks and to create delays between...
• visit8v. To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort...
• vison8n. An American mink (Neogale vison).
• visor8n. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the...
• vista8n. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening...
• visto8n. A vista or a prospect.
• vives11n. A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the...

W

• wages9n. One's total income for a time period.
• waist8n. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
• waits8n. A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially...
• wakes12n. A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
• walls8n. The vagina.
• wanst8adv. Once.
• wares8n. Goods or services that are for sale.
• warsh11v. Appalachia, Midland, Ozarks, and Northern Ireland form of wash.
• washi11n. A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
• washy14adj. Watery; damp; soft.
• waspy13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
• wasta8n. Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they...
• waste8n. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable...
• watsu8n. A form of body massage performed on a subject lying in warm water.
• weeds9n. Clothes.
• welsh11v. To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a...
• westy11adj. Dizzy, giddy, confused.
• whish14n. A sibilant sound, especially that of rapid movement through the air.
• whisk15n. A quick, light sweeping motion.
• whist11n. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
• whose11det. Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
• whoso11pron. Whosoever, whatever person.
• wilds9n. Wilderness.
• wings9n. A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device...
• wisen8v. To become wise or wiser.
• wispy13adj. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or...
• wisse8v. To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.
• witts8n. Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.
• woods9n. A dense collection of trees, usually one covering a relatively small...
• words9n. Angry debate or conversation; argument.
• works12n. A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial...
• worse8adv. Less skillfully.
• worst8adj. Most inferior; doing the least good.
• worts8n. A soup or stew made with worts (“vegetables”) and other ingredients...
• wraps10adj. Finished; hopeless.
• wrest8v. To pull or twist violently.
• wrist8n. The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where...
• wurst8n. A German- or Austrian-style sausage.
• wushu11n. Any Chinese martial art.
• wussy11adj. Weak or timid.

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• yards9n. The totality of the sailing rig.
• yassa8n. A spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with...
• years8n. A very long time.
• yeast8n. An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and...
• yeees8interj. Elongated form of yes.
• yeesh11interj. Expressing exasperation or impatience.
• yesss8interj. Elongated form of yes.
• yikes12interj. Expression of shock and alarm.
• yonks12n. A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages.
• yours8pron. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular...
• yusho11n. The top-ranking position at the end of a basho; the championship.

Z

• zeist14n. One who believed that maize was the cause of pellagra.
• zeros14n. The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.

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