7-Letter Words Starting with S: page 2

All 1,304 seven-letter words that start with S: page 2 of 4

SH

• shining11adj. Emitting light.
• shinned11adj. Having a specified kind of shin.
• shinobi12n. A male ninja.
• shinobu12n. The rabbit's-foot fern (Davallia).
• shiplap14n. A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped...
• shipman14n. Synonym of sailor.
• shipped15adj. Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo.
• shippen14n. A stable; a cowhouse.
• shipper14n. The person or organization that ships (sends) something.
• shipway18n. The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is...
• shirker14n. One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
• shirted11adj. Wearing a shirt.
• shishya16n. In Indian traditions: a disciple who receives spiritual knowledge from...
• shivery16adj. Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
• shiznit19n. Stuff, things.
• shizzle28interj. Shit.
• shocked17adj. Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also...
• shocker16n. One who or that which shocks or startles.
• shoebox19n. The box in which shoes are sold.
• shoeing11n. The act of fitting an animal with horseshoes.
• shoofly16n. A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and...
• shooing11n. The act by which somebody is shooed away.
• shooted11adj. Having a specified form of shoot.
• shooter10n. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
• shopman14n. The proprietor, manager, or operator of a small store.
• shopper14n. A person who shops.
• shoring11n. Temporary bracing used to prevent something, such as a tunnel, trench...
• shorted11adj. Dressed in shorts.
• shorten10v. To make shorter; to abbreviate.
• shorter10n. A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.
• shortie10n. Something or someone that is shorter than normal.
• shortly13adv. In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
• shotgun11n. A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls...
• shotted11adj. Loaded with, or made of, shot.
• shotter10n. A drug dealer.
• shottie10n. A shotgun.
• shouter10n. One who shouts.
• shoving14n. The act of one who shoves.
• showbag16n. A themed bag of commercial merchandise, available at shows (fairs or...
• showery16adj. Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
• showing14n. An occasion when something is shown.
• showman15n. A person (usually a man) involved in putting on shows (of various...
• shreddy15adj. Consisting of shreds.
• shreeve13n. A sheriff.
• shrieve13v. To question.
• shrilly13adv. In a shrill manner.
• shrimpy17adj. Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.
• shrinky17adj. Characteristic of a shrink (psychologist).
• shrivel13v. To collapse inward; to crumble.
• shriver13n. A person who shrives; a confessor.
• shrooms12n. Magic mushrooms, which produce drug-like hallucinations.
• shrubby17adj. Of or resembling a shrub.
• shucked17adj. Having been shucked.
• shucker16n. Someone who shucks oysters, clams, corn (maize), walnuts, etc.
• shuckle16v. To sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.
• shudder12v. To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
• shuffle16n. The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
• shunted11adj. Fitted with an electrical shunt.
• shunter10n. A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
• shutoff16n. A valve used to turn something off.
• shutout10n. Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents...
• shutter10n. One who shuts or closes something.
• shuttle10n. A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads...
• shyness13n. The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.
• shyster13n. Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way...

SI

• siamang10n. A large black gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus, from Sumatra.
• sibling10n. A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a...
• sicario9n. Hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug...
• sickbay18n. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in...
• sickbed16n. A bed used by a person who is sick.
• sickled14adj. Furnished or provided with a sickle.
• sickler13n. Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
• sickman15n. A person who is unwell or incapacitated.
• sidearm10n. A personal weapon, either a firearm (handgun type) or a cold weapon...
• sidebar10n. A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
• sidecar10n. A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a...
• sidecut10n. The inner curvature of a ski or snowboard that allows smoother turning.
• sideman10n. A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular...
• sidepod11n. An aerodynamic device to improve airflow between the front and rear...
• sideway14n. A footpath near a road.
• sidling9n. The motion of one who sidles.
• siemens9n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical...
• sievert10n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation...
• sieving11n. The act of passing something through a sieve.
• sifting11n. The act by which something is sifted.
• sighing12adj. Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.
• sighted12adj. Having vision, not blind.
• sighter11n. One who has sighted or seen something.
• sightly14adj. Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording gratification to the sense...
• sigmoid11adj. Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma)...
• signage9n. Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road...
• signify14v. To create a sign out of something.
• signing9n. The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or...
• signoff14n. The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).
• signora8n. Mrs; madam; title of address or respect for women in Italy.
• signore8n. A courtesy title for Italian men.
• silanol7n. The silicon analogue of methanol SiH₃OH.
• silence9n. The absence of any sound.
• silesia7n. Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
• silicic11adj. Of, related to, or derived from silica.
• silicon9n. A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and...
• siliqua16n. A weight of four grains; a carat.
• silkies11n. Silky lingerie.
• silkily14adv. In a silky manner.
• sillage8n. The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume.
• sillies7n. A period of foolish behaviour.
• silsila7n. Lineage or genealogy, in Arab contexts.
• silting8n. The disturbing of fine sediment on the floor of an underwater cave...
• silvana10n. A Filipino dessert, a frozen cookie made from a layer of buttercream...
• silvery13adj. Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
• simatic11adj. Composed predominantly of silica-bearing, magnesia-bearing, and...
• similar9adj. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
• simpler11n. One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
• simples11interj. Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
• simplex18adj. Having a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.
• simular9adj. False; specious; counterfeit.
• simurgh13n. A gigantic winged benevolent creature.
• sincere9adj. Genuine, honest, and free from pretense or deceit; heartfelt.
• sindoor8n. A traditional red or orange cosmetic powder from India, usually worn by...
• singing9n. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
• singler8n. One who singles (thins out) plants.
• singles8adj. Of or pertaining to unmarried people.
• singlet8n. A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic...
• sinless7adj. Without sin; never having sinned.
• sinning8n. The act of committing a sin.
• sinuate7v. To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and...
• sinuous7adj. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
• sipping12n. The act of taking a sip.
• sirloin7n. A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are...
• sirocco11n. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the...
• sirtuin7n. Any of several enzymes that act as regulatory factors that mediate the...
• sistren7n. The (female) body of members, especially of a sorority or religious...
• sistrum9n. An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a...
• sitting8n. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
• situate7v. To place on or into a physical location.
• sixfold18adj. Having six times as much or as many.
• sixthly20adv. In the sixth place; sixth in a row.
• sixties14n. The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
• sizable18adj. Fairly large.
• sizzler25n. One who, or that which, sizzles.
• sizzurp27n. A mixed drink including a codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup as an...

SJ

• sjambok22n. A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.

SK

• skaldic14adj. Of or relating to the skalds (Norse poets).
• skating12n. The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
• skatole11n. A mildly toxic white crystalline organic compound of the indole family...
• skeeter11n. A mosquito.
• skeeved15adj. Disgusted; repulsed; creeped out.
• skelter11n. A gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in...
• skeptic15n. Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by...
• sketchy19adj. Roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.
• skewing15n. The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular...
• skiable13adj. Able to be skied on; having conditions amenable to skiing.
• skidder13n. One who travels with a skidding motion.
• skidpad15n. A large, circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a...
• skiffle17n. A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or...
• skilful14adj. Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful.
• skilled12adj. Having or showing skill; skillful.
• skillet11n. A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long...
• skimmed16adj. Of milk: with all of the cream removed.
• skimmer15n. A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
• skimped16adj. Sparse; scanty.
• skinful14n. Enough to fill a skin.
• skinker15n. One who serves liquor; a tapster.
• skinned12adj. Having skin.
• skinner11n. Someone who skins animals.
• skipper15n. The master of a ship.
• skirted12adj. Wearing a skirt.
• skitter11v. To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to...
• skittle11n. One of the wooden targets used in skittles.
• skiving15n. A piece made in skiving (paring or splitting) leather, especially the...
• skiwear14n. Clothing to be worn while skiing.
• skookum17adj. Excellent, impressive.
• skulker15n. One who stays where they cannot be seen (often in a cowardly way or...
• skulled12adj. Having a skull.
• skunked16adj. Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs.
• skyclad17adj. Belonging to the Digambara school of Jainism.
• skydive18n. An instance of skydiving.
• skydome17n. A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to...
• skyfall17n. An unexplained falling of objects from the sky.
• skyglow18n. The illumination of the sky above populated areas, mostly by street...
• skyhook21n. A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
• skyland15n. The sky.
• skylark18n. A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies...
• skylift17n. Cable car.
• skyline14n. The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the...
• skyride15n. Synonym of aerial lift (“a system of transport that moves cabins, cars...
• skyship19n. A manned vehicle that flies through the sky.
• skywalk21n. Synonym of skybridge and skyway.
• skyward18adv. At or toward the sky.
• skywave20n. An electromagnetic wave refracted back to the Earth by the ionosphere.

SL

• slabbed12adj. Encased in a slab (protective case).
• slabber11v. To let saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; drivel...
• slacked14adj. Dressed in slacks.
• slacken13v. To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
• slacker13n. One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share...
• slammed12adj. Very busy with work.
• slammer11n. One who, or that which, slams.
• slander8n. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written)...
• slanted8adj. Placed at an angle, on a slant.
• slapper11n. One who, or that which, slaps.
• slashed11adj. Having been slashed, cut or rent.
• slasher10n. One who slashes.
• slather10v. To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well.
• slating8n. Slates collectively.
• slatted8adj. Of or pertaining to a slat.
• slatter7v. To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress...
• slaught11n. Killing; slaughter.
• slavery13n. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property...
• slaving11n. Enslavement.
• slavish13adj. In the manner of a slave; abject.
• slayage11n. Slaughter.
• slaying11n. Killing, especially the murder of a human.
• sleeker11n. An instrument for sleeking or making smooth.
• sleekly14adv. In a sleek manner.
• sleeper9n. Someone who sleeps.
• sleeved11adj. Having sleeves.
• sleight11n. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
• slender8adj. Thin; slim.
• slicing10n. The action of the verb to slice.
• slicker13n. One who or that which slicks.
• slickly16adv. In a slick manner; slipperily.
• sliding9n. The motion of something that slides.
• slighty14adj. Slight.
• sliming10n. The action of coating with slime, or an instance of doing this.
• slimmer11n. A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
• slinger8n. Someone who, or something that, slings or uses a sling.
• sliotar7n. A hard ball, similar in size to a baseball, used in hurling.
• slipped12adj. With part of the stalk displayed.
• slipper11n. A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
• slipway15n. A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which...
• slither10v. To move about smoothly and from side to side.
• slitted8adj. Having a slit or slits.
• slitter7n. A person who or thing that slits.
• slobber11n. Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and...
• sloboda10n. A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia...
• slogger9n. A cricketer who attempts to score runs fast by attacking every ball...
• sloping10adj. Having a slope.
• sloshed11adj. Very drunk.
• slotted8adj. Having slots.
• slotter7n. A tool used to make a mortise, or to shape the sides of an aperture.
• slouchy15adj. Given to slouching.
• slowing11n. A deceleration; a slowing down.
• slowish13adj. Somewhat slow.
• slugger9n. A boxer who tends to deliver hard punches.
• slumber11n. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
• slumdog11n. A person who lives in the slums of cities.
• slusher10n. Someone or something that slushes.
• slushie10n. A flavored frozen drink made with ice crystals.
• slyness10n. The state or quality of being sly.

SM

• smacker15n. One who smacks or spanks.
• smallie9n. A smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu).
• smarten9v. To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
• smartly12adv. With a fine or fashionable appearance.
• smashed13adj. Extensively broken; especially, in shards.
• smasher12n. Something that, or someone who, smashes.
• smashup14n. An abrupt, damaging breakdown or failure.
• smatter9v. To hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.
• smectic13adj. Whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying...
• smeller9n. Someone or something that smells, that detects scent.
• smellie9n. A film using smell-o-vision technology.
• smelter9n. A person employed to do smelting.
• smetana9n. A form of soured cream or crème fraîche from Central and Eastern Europe.
• smidgen11n. Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a...
• smiling10adj. That smiles or has a smile.
• smither12n. A fragment, shard or small piece.
• smiting10n. The act of one who smites.
• smitten9adj. Affected by an act of smiting.
• smocked16adj. Weaaring a smock.
• smoking14adj. Giving off smoke.
• smolder10v. To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
• smoochy17adj. Excessively romantic.
• smoothy15n. Someone (usually a male) who undergoes extreme body modification to...
• smother12v. To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the...
• smudged12adj. Blurred as by being rubbed.
• smudger11n. One who, or that which, smudges.
• smuggle11v. To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful...
• smugmug13n. Supercilious person.

SN

• snacker13n. Someone who eats snacks.
• snaffle13n. A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings...
• snagged10adj. Full of snags; snaggy.
• snagger9n. A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
• snaggle9n. A knotted or intertwined mass, a tangle.
• snaking12n. A twisting, serpentine layout or motion.
• snapper11n. One who, or that which, snaps.
• snaring8n. The capture of a person or animal by means of a snare.
• sneaker11n. One who sneaks.
• sneezer16n. Someone who sneezes.
• snicker13n. A stifled or broken laugh.
• snicket13n. A narrow passage or alley.
• snidely11adv. In a snide manner.
• sniffer13n. One who sniffs.
• sniffle13v. To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a...
• sniffly16adj. Inclined to sniffle.
• snifter10v. To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
• sniping10n. A shooting from a concealed place.
• snipped12adj. Circumcised.
• snipper11n. A tool used for snipping.
• snippet11n. A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
• snoogle8v. To snuggle.
• snooker11n. A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations...
• snooper9n. A person who snoops.
• snoozer16n. One who snoozes; a sleeper.
• snoring8n. The action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh, snorting...
• snorkel11n. A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a...
• snorter7n. One who snorts.
• snouted8adj. Having a snout.
• snowcap14n. A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
• snowcat12n. A truck-like enclosed vehicle on tracks, designed to move on snow.
• snowdog12n. A visual representation of a dog made from snow.
• snowing11n. A fall of snow.
• snowman12n. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other....
• snubber11n. A device used to suppress ("snub") voltage transients in electrical...
• snuffer13n. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.
• snuffle13v. To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
• snugger9n. A threaded plastic tube used to clamp blood vessels during surgery.
• snuggie9n. A wedgie.
• snuggle9n. An affectionate hug.
• snuggly12adj. Cuddly; pleasant to snuggle with.

SO

• soaking12n. Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
• soapbox18n. A crate for packing soap.
• soaping10n. A cleaning with soap.
• soaring8n. The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind...
• sobbing12n. Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping.
• soberly12adv. In a sober manner; temperately; coolly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
• society12n. A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as...
• sockeye16n. A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal...
• socking14adv. Very, extremely.
• sofrito10n. A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili)...
• softbox19n. A photographic lighting device consisting of a bulb with reflective...
• softgel11n. A form of medicine to be taken orally, with a one-piece gelatin-based...
• softish13adj. Somewhat soft.
• softmax19n. A generalization of the logistic function that "squashes" a...
• soiling8n. An act of making dirty.
• sojourn14n. A short stay somewhere.
• solanum9n. Any plant in the genus Solanum.
• soldado9n. A soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.
• soldier8n. A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an...
• solicit9v. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
• solidly11adv. In a solid or firm manner.
• solidum10n. The die of a pedestal.
• solidus8n. A Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301 and called by...
• soliton7n. A solitary wave which retains its permanent structure after interacting...
• soloist7n. A person who performs a solo.
• soluble9adj. Able to be dissolved.
• solvate10n. A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a...
• solvent10n. A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in...
• somatic11adj. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
• someday13adv. Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
• somehow15adv. In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some...
• someone9pron. One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.
• someway15adv. Somehow.
• songket12n. A type of cloth made of silk or cotton interwoven with metallic threads...
• sonship12n. The position or state of being a son.
• soonest7adv. Very soon; urgently; without delay.
• soonish10adv. Some time in the not so distant but not yet definable future.
• soother10n. One who, or that which, soothes.
• sooting8n. The act of covering or dressing with soot.
• sophism14n. The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of...
• sophist12n. A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.
• sophora12n. Any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.
• sopping12adj. Soaked, drenched, completely wet to the point of dripping.
• soprano9n. The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the...
• sorbate9n. Any salt or ester of sorbic acid.
• sorbent9n. A substance that can enable sorption.
• sorcery12n. Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
• sorghum13n. A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated...
• sorites7n. A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the...
• sororal7adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters...
• sorosis7n. Any multiple fruit, usually fleshy, that is derived from the multiple...
• sorries7interj. Sorry.
• sorting8n. Ordering.
• sotalol7n. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent administered in the form of its...
• soubise9n. A béchamel-based sauce containing strained or puréed onions.
• souffle13n. A murmuring or blowing sound.
• soukous11n. A genre of African popular music, resembling rumba, that originated in...
• soulful10adj. Full of emotion and vigor.
• sounder8n. Something or someone who makes a sound.
• soundly11adv. In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.
• souping10n. The dietary practice of eating mainly soup, for example in order to...
• sourcer9n. One who sources something.
• souring8n. The process by which something is made, or becomes, sour; acidification.
• soursop9n. A small tropical evergreen tree, Annona muricata.
• soutane7n. A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front, particularly when...
• souther10n. A strong wind blowing from the south.
• sovkhoz26n. A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
• soybean12n. A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal...
• soylent10n. An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial foodstuff, as a substitute...
• sozzled26adj. Very drunk.

SP

• spacely14adj. Of, relating to or pertaining to space, especially outer space...
• spacing12n. The action of the verb space.
• spackle15n. Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when...
• spading11n. The act by which soil is spaded, or turned over by digging.
• spaling10n. Synonym of spale.
• spambot13n. A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet, particularly...
• spammer13n. A spring-loaded mechanical hammer specially adapted to be used in...
• spandex17n. A synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity.
• spangle10n. A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a...
• spangly13adj. Decorated with spangles; sparkly.
• spaniel9n. Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad...
• spanish12v. To subject to spanishing, a printing process in which an ink is...

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