| salutiferous | adj. | salutary, conducive to well-being or health | ||
| samite | n. | heavy silk, often interwoven with gold | ||
| samphire | n. | edible succulent growing on rocks by the sea | ||
| sanguinaria | n. | bloodroot | ||
| sanguine | adj. | courageous or hopeful | ||
| sannyasi | n. | Hindu religious mendicant | ||
| sanpaku | n. | condition in which whites of the eyes are visible below or above the pupil | ||
| sapid | adj. | having a pleasurable taste; having flavor or a distinct taste; agreeable | ||
| sapiential | adj. | having wisdom | ||
| sapiosexual | n. | person sexually attracted by intelligence | ||
| sapropelic | adj. | pertaining to or living in mud or ooze made up of decomposed living material | ||
| sarcenet | n. | very fine soft silk fabric now used chiefly for linings (also sarsenet) | ||
| sardonic | adj. | sneeringly cynical, bitterly derisive | ||
| sarky | adj. | sarcastic | British | |
| sarnie | n. | sandwich | informal | |
| satispassion | n. | expiation through suffering | ||
| Saturnian | adj. | of or relating to the god Saturn, esp. referring to the ‘golden age’ of his rule; of or relating to the planet named after the same god | ||
| saturnic | adj. | suffering from lead poisoning | ||
| saturnine | adj. | sluggish, gloomy, moody, cold; of lead, suffering or caused by lead poisoning | ||
| saveloy | n. | highly seasoned dried sausage, usually bright red | ||
| scabrid | adj. | rough surfaced | ||
| scabrous | adj. | having a rough surface, scaly; difficult, harsh; obscene, indecent | ||
| scalawag | n. | scoundrel; Southerner who collaborated with Reconstruction forces after the Civil War | ||
| scald | v. | to heat nearly to boiling; to briefly dunk in boiling water; to suffer a burning sensation | ||
| scalene | adj. | having sides of unequal length | ||
| scall | n. | eczema | ||
| scammony | n. | bindweed of eastern Mediterranean; resin made from its root, used as a purgative | ||
| scamp | v. | to perform in a slipshod or careless way | ||
| scanger | n. | petty crook, usu. associated with specific brand name clothes etc. used by same | slang | |
| scantling | n. | small piece of wood, usu. used for studs etc.; blocks of wood of a given size; [nautical] framing timber of a vessel | ||
| scapegrace | n. | entirely unrepentant and disreputable scoundrel | ||
| scaphism | n. | ancient Persian method of execution, possibly specious, in which the victim is bound between two small boats with his head and limbs remaining outside and then he is force-fed milk and honey until bloated and the remaining mixture slathered upon his expos | ||
| scarehead | n. | newspaper headline printed in huge type | ||
| scarify | v. | to make scratches or light incisions (as in vaccination); to wound, to make sore; to make cuts in the bark of a tree | ||
| scarp | n. | line of cliffs; steep banked fortification | ||
| scarper | v. | to run off | British | |
| scathe | v. | to injure, to damage; to destroy by fire or lightning, etc.; to shrivel or waste with invective | ||
| scathe | n. | harm, injury | ||
| scatter cushion | n. | throw pillow | British | |
| schadenfreude | n. | joy in the misfortune or suffering of others | ||
| schiltron | n. | tight formation of pikemen in which the two-handed weapons face forward, though circular formations have been noted | ||
| schism | n. | (ecclesiastical) breach in Church unity, division of church into mutually hostile groups; division of previous unity into opposing parties | ||
| schlub | n. | oaf, boor, clumsy or unattractive person | ||
| Schmalkaldic League | n. | Lutheran military alliance aimed at preventing Holy Roman Emperor Charles V from crushing nascent protestantism within German states | ||
| schnorrer | n. | one who sponges off of others, moocher | slang | |
| schrecklichkeit | n. | terrorizing the enemy and esp. civilians as military strategy; overarching atmosphere of badness or dread | ||
| sciolism | n. | superficial knowledge | ||
| scion | n. | shoot or twig; descendant | ||
| scissel | n. | metal scrap left behind after punching coin blanks | ||
| scission | n. | splitting, separating, cutting, division |
