Word origins

• sance bellA sacring-bell.
• sanctanimityholiness of mind
• sanctificateTo sanctify.
• sanctimonialsanctimonious
• sanctitudeholiness; sacredness; sanctity
• sanctum sanctorumSynonym of garbhagriha.
• sandaracRealgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
• sandixA kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining lead carbonate, but inferior to true minium.
• sanguiferousConveying blood.
• sanguifluousFlowing with blood or bloodshed.
• sanguifyTo produce blood (from).
• sanguigenousProducing blood, or conducive to creation of blood.
• sanguinarianA person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.
• sanguisugentbloodsucking
• sanguisugousbloodsucking
• sanicleAny of several plants, of the genus Sanicula, having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged in umbels; the snakeroot.
• sanitateTo sanitize.
• sanquetteA female given name.
• sapiophileA person who is attracted, whether it be sexually, romantically, or otherwise, to intelligence or intelligent people rather than to the physical appearance.
• sapioromanticRomantically attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance.
• sapiosexualSexually attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance.
• sapiosexualityThe state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
• sapo-Used to form adjectives, nouns, and verbs used in the chemistry of soap-like materials
• saponaceousResembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
• saporifictaste-giving, or tasteful.
• saporousHaving flavour or taste
• sarcocollaA shrub of species Astragalus sarcocolla, native to Iran.
• sarculationA raking away of weeds.
• sardachateA variety of agate containing sard.
• SardanapalusA semi-legendary king of Assyria, as portrayed in Greek and later European art and literature.
• SardonianSardonic.
• SarmatiaAn ill-defined ancient geographic region of Eastern Europe occupied by the nomadic Sarmatians, generally considered to include modern Ukraine, southern Russia, Belarus, parts of Lithuania as well as Poland as far west as the Vistula River.
• sarmentA long slender prostrate stem or runner, such as that of the strawberry.
• sarmentoseHaving long, slender, prostrate stolons (runners)
• satispassionAtonement by suffering to an adequate degree.
• sativeSown or planted; propagated by seed, shoot, or root; cultivated, not wild.
• saturityThe state of being satiated; fullness, repletion.
• saturnalOf or pertaining to the Ancient Roman god Saturn or to the corresponding planetary entity in astrology.
• saxatileLiving among rocks.
• saxicavousBoring or hollowing out rocks.
• saxicolousGrowing on, or living among, rocks or stones.
• saxifragousDissolving bladder stones.
• SaxonicalPertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language.
• scabredityRoughness (of a surface).
• scabruleShort, stiff projections or hairs which give a stem or leaf a rough texture, at least in one direction.
• scaevityunluckiness
• scalariformHaving the form of a ladder
• scalaryLike a ladder; formed with steps.
• scalpriformShaped like a chisel.
• scamillusA sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without mouldings and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
• scandalum magnatumdefamation of a Great Officer of State or member of the peerage.
• scandentClimbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
• scansorialAdapted to or specialised for climbing.
• scansoriousFormed for climbing.
• scansoriusA muscle passing from the ilium to the femur in some vertebrates.
• scapoliteAny of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks
• scaturiginousHaving a copious supply of springs or sources of water; vernal.
• scelerateWicked; villainous.
• scelesticevil; wicked; atrocious
• scheneAn Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
• scholicalscholastic; academic
• SchoppeA surname.
• sciaenoidOf or relating to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes.
• sciendaThe sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge that a governing body must possess to allow it to reach logically, rationally, and morally sound conclusions.
• scientialOf or pertaining to science or to knowledge.
• scincoidOf or relating to the family Scincidae, or skinks.
• sciniphA kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.
• sciolousKnowing superficially or imperfectly.
• sciscitationThe act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
• sciseTo cut; to penetrate.
• scissibleCapable of being cut by a sharp instrument.
• scissileReadily cut or split.
• scissiparityreproduction by fission
• scitaThe sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge of the masses and of their representatives.
• scitamentA pleasant dish or delicacy.
• sciurinePertaining to or characteristic of squirrels.
• scobiformResembling sawdust, filings or shavings.
• scobsRaspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
• scolopaceousResembling a snipe.
• scolopacineOf or relating to the Scolopacidae, or sandpipers.
• scolopendraA mythical sea-creature, reputed to be able to disgorge its bowels to dislodge any fishing-hook.
• scombralOf or relating to mackerel.
• scommAn idiot: a buffoon.
• scopiformHaving the form of a broom.
• scopuli-A dense tuft of hair on the legs of certain insects.
• scopulousFull of rocks; rocky.
• scripta continuaSynonym of scriptio continua.
• scriptio continuaA style of writing without spacing between the words of the text, particularly writing without any punctuation at all.
• scriptorianOne who is familiar with scripture or sacred writing, or who refers back to it frequently.
• scriptoryOf or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing; written.
• scriptura continuaSynonym of scriptio continua.
• scrupulosityThe property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.
• scrutationSearch; scrutiny.
• sculptileFormed by carving; graven.
• scurrilitySomething that is scurrilous.
• scutateShaped like a shield or buckler.
• scutelliformscutellate, saucer-shaped
• scutelliplantarHaving thick scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus.
• scutiferousHaving a scute.
• scutiformHaving the shape of a shield; scutate.