Word origins

• spruce beerA kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
• StantzA surname.
• StartzA surname.
• StehmanA surname from German.
• StetzelA surname from German.
• StikeleatherA surname from German.
• StinebaughA surname from German.
• StitelyA surname from German.
• stockworkA system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
• StoltmanA surname from German.
• StonebackA surname.
• StonehockerA surname from German.
• stonemealRock flour.
• storm trooperA German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.
• StrathmanA surname from German.
• StrauseA surname from German.
• StrohmanA surname from German.
• stromeyeriteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, silver, and sulfur.
• stromuhrAn instrument for measuring the velocity of blood flow.
• StruckmanA surname from German.
• StuessyA surname from German.
• stulmA shaft, conduit, adit, or gallery to drain a mine.
• StumpffA surname from German.
• StundistA member of a large sect of Russian radical Protestant dissenters founded near Odessa around 1860, who adhere to a literal reading of the Bible and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship, influenced by German Protestant settlers.
• supernaculumAccording to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup and had to drink more if the remaining droplets spilled beyond the edge of his fingernail.
• suppletionThe supplying of something lacking.
• SwaggertyA surname from German.
• swalletA sinkhole; a shakehole.
• SwanderA surname from German.
• SwaringenA surname from German.
• SwatzellA surname from German.
• SwaugerA surname from German.
• swazzleA device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances
• SwickardA surname from German.
• SwongerA surname from German.
• syntonicHaving one's personality in harmony or synergy with one's milieu.
• SypoltA surname from German.
• systematologyThe science or study of systematizing
• SzuchA surname from German.
• tafelspitzAn Austrian dish of beef boiled in broth with root vegetables and spices.
• takt timeOn a production line, the average production time per unit that is necessary to meet customer demand.
• tänzelcoreA genre of rave music related to keller synth and gabber
• TeafordA surname from German.
• teilzoneThe stratigraphic range of the rock unit between the first and last appearance datum of a particular taxon in a local area, a subset of the global biozone for that taxon.
• tholeiiteAn igneous basaltic rock, formed from magma rich in magnesium and iron.
• ThroneberryA surname from German.
• ThummaA surname.
• TillichianOf or relating to Paul Tillich (1886–1965), German-American Christian existentialist philosopher and influential Lutheran Protestant theologian.
• tilliteGlacial till cemented into a solid rock.
• TimerioA number-based international auxiliary language created by the Berlin architect Tiemer and presented in 1921, in which, every concept is assigned by a number.
• toll geneAny of a class of genes that encode members of the toll-like receptor class of proteins, involved in the immune system.
• tone poemA piece of symphonic music which, like a poem, has a narrative or descriptive theme.
• torballA sport for the blind and visually impaired, played by two teams of three players with a ball with bells inside.
• TotherowA surname from German.
• tracheidA tracheid cell.
• transphenomenalOf or pertaining to a process, nature, or realm which cannot be directly experienced using such human faculties as conceptualization or perception by means of the five senses.
• TrayerA surname from German.
• tricesimationA one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.
• troctoliteA rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase
• troglobiteAn animal that normally lives entirely in the dark parts of caves, often with no functioning eyes or no pigmentation.
• tropophyteAny plant that lives in an environment in which heavy rainfall alternates with periods of drought
• TrosclairA surname from German.
• TroutnerA surname from German.
• TullarA surname from German.
• turnvereinA gymnastic or athletic club, originally those promoting German culture. They originated in the 19th century and spread from Germany to the USA, where a small number still exist, at least in name.
• Twilight of the GodsRagnarok.
• UmbaughA surname from German.
• umklappPertaining to the transformation of a wave vector to another Brillouin zone as a result of a scattering process.
• umpolungThe chemical modification of a functional group with the aim of the reversal of polarity of that group.
• UncapherA surname from German.
• underthresholdPositioned below a threshold.
• Upper Franconianone of four main subgroups of the Upper German dialects; spoken in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria as well as some adjacent parts of Germany
• uranismHomosexuality.
• UrfirnisAn ancient style of Greek pottery with a glaze-like paint.
• V-1An early cruise missile, powered by a pulsejet, used by Germany in the Second World War.
• V-2An early long-range liquid-fuel ballistic missile used by Germany during the Second World War.
• VertzA surname from German.
• vicariantOf, relating to, or as a result of vicariance
• vielbeinA polyad (generalization of vierbein)
• vierbeinSynonym of tetrad.
• volksmarchingA form of non-competitive fitness walking that developed in Europe. Participants typically walk 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) on an outdoor path.
• Waidhofen an der ThayaAn administrative district of Lower Austria, Austria.
• waldfluteA kind of large flue pipe for an organ.
• waldgraveThe head forestkeeper, or nobleman who held some power in forested areas, in the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.
• waldhornA French horn.
• waldmeisterA herb used (particularly in Germany and central Europe) for flavouring wines and liqueurs, Galium odoratum.
• WalrodA surname from German.
• WaltermireA surname from German.
• WashabaughA surname from German.
• WeatherholtzA surname from German.
• WeckerlyA surname from German.
• WeinsbergA town in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• WeisenthalA surname from German.
• weisswurstAny of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat such as pork and veal.
• well-temperedgood-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament
• WenceA surname from German.
• WernetteA surname from German.
• wertrationalitätRationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.
• WesemanA surname from German.
• West GermanyA former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.