Word origins

• SatyrusA distinguished Peripatetic philosopher and historian
• saurognathoushaving the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers
• sauroidResembling or relating to the saurians.
• SauromaticSarmatian.
• -saurusForms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs.
• Scaeanwestern
• scalidA curved spine arranged in circles on Loricifera, Kinorhyncha or Priapulida.
• scaphanderA kind of diving suit.
• scapho-scaphoid
• scaphopodtusk shell
• scarabaeidAny beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).
• scato-excrement
• scatoliaThe act of smearing faeces.
• scatologyThe scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces.
• scedasticrelated to the variance of (statistical) errors
• scepsisSkepticism; a skeptical approach or belief.
• schediasmcursory writing on a loose sheet
• SchediusVarious figures in Greek mythology; see Wikipedia article.
• schedographyA method of grammar education used in the Byzantine Empire from around 1000 to the 13th century.
• schematschema
• schematizeTo organize according to a scheme.
• schesisGeneral state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
• schesis onomatonThe use of a sentence constructed only of nouns and adjectives, without a verb.
• schindylesisA form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
• schisisseparation, cleft
• schistocyteA jagged red blood cell fragment without central pallor, consequent to passage through small vessels with microthrombi, leaky prosthetic heart valves etc.
• schizo-split, cleft
• schizocoeleA body cavity that forms by the splitting of mesodermal tissue to create a coelomic cavity.
• schizopelmousHaving the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only.
• schizopeltidA peltidium.
• schizothymiaA temperament characterised by elements of schizophrenia or schizoid personality disorder, while still within the bounds of normality.
• schoinionA Byzantine unit equal to 20,000 Greek feet or 33⅓ stades.
• scholarchThe head of a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
• scholiumA note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
• scia-Forms words related to shade.
• sciagraphA vertical section of a building; a sciagraphy.
• sciagraphyThe art of representing shadows as realistically as possible.
• scialyticDispelling shadows.
• sciathericBelonging or relating to a sundial.
• ScillusAn ancient town in Greece, now an archaeological site.
• sciopticOf or relating to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room.
• sciosophyFalse or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena.
• sclero-sclerous; hard
• sclerobaseThe calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians.
• sclerodermOne of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
• scleromainduration of the tissues
• scleroskeletonThat part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
• scoleciteA monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
• scolecologyThe scientific study of worms.
• scolexThe structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
• scolio-Crooked, bent, or winding; relating to scoliosis or other lateral deviations.
• scoliograpticOf or relating to scoliography, the description, measurement, or representation of scoliosis.
• scolionAny of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
• scoliteA fossil worm or its trace.
• scolithusA tubular structure found in sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone, believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
• scombroidPertaining to mackerel.
• -scopeUsed to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.
• scopophobicOf or relating to scopophobia.
• scopticalJeering; jesting; jokey.
• -scopyobservation, viewing
• scoroditeAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
• scorpioidOf, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion.
• scoticAfter dusk.
• scoto-darkness
• scotodiniaA form of vertigo involving sudden dizziness, headache, and blurred vision
• scotomydizziness with dimness of sight
• scybalaa hardened mass of feces
• scyphistomaAn individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.
• scyphusA kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
• scytodepsicRelating to tanning; applied to tannin and gallic acid.
• Sea of MarmaraA deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
• sebastophantA person who carried images and symbols in processions of the imperial cult of Ancient Rome.
• secotiaceousOf or relating to the Secotiaceae, now subsumed into Agaricaceae.
• secotioidRelating to fungi of the genus Secotium
• seirosporeOne of several spores arranged in a chain, as in certain algae.
• SeisachtheiaA set of laws in Ancient Greece that cancelled existing debts, ended debt-related slavery, and returned confiscated serf property.
• seismo-Pertaining to an earthquake.
• selachophobiaUnreasonable fear or dislike of sharks.
• selen-moon
• selenelionA lunar eclipse occurring as the Moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise.
• seleno-Relating to the Moon
• selenophobiaAn abnormal or irrational fear of the Moon.
• selfnameA proper name; a name for one's own self, as opposed to one's family; one's real name.
• self-sufficientAble to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support.
• sema-Communicating meaning.
• semantronA percussion instrument used chiefly in Eastern Orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer or to lead processions.
• semasiographyThe use of symbols to communicate information, such as with musical or mathematical notation, road signs, or emojis.
• semasiologySemantics; a discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a word independent of its phonetic expression.
• sematicActing as a sign of danger.
• semeionA unit of time, a division of a foot; a mora.
• sememeThe smallest unit of meaning; especially, the meaning expressed by a morpheme.
• semio-semiotics
• semostomousHaving long oral processes.
• senonesA Gaulish tribe in the Roman period.
• sestiadOne of six parts.
• sialadenoncusA tumor or swelling of a salivary gland.
• sialo-saliva; salivary
• sialoquentTending to spray saliva when speaking.
• SiceliotA member of the colonies of immigrant Greeks in Sicily, who gradually became assimilated with the native Siculi.
• sidero-Related to stars or constellations.