| semiosic | adj. | of or related to semiotics | ||
| sempiternal | adj. | eternal | ||
| send down | v. | to expel | ||
| sennight | n. | seven days, a week | archaic | |
| sennit | n. | braided straw or grass used for small crafts or hats | ||
| sentence adverb | n. | adverb modifying entire content of a sentence | ||
| sententious | adj. | given to or using aphorisms or maxims; affectedly formal or self-righteous | ||
| septenary | adj. | of or related to the number seven or to a group of seven; a set or group of seven; a period of seven years; (music) the seven notes of a diatonic scale | ||
| sequacious | adj. | tending to blindly follow others; pliable, easily molded | ||
| sequaciously | adv. | in logical order; with blind following | ||
| sequela | n. | morbid consequence of previous disease; any consequence | ||
| serac | n. | irregular towers of glacial ice | ||
| sere | adj. | dry, dried out; barren | ||
| sericulture | n. | production of silk through farming of silkworms | ||
| serinette | n. | 18th century mechanical instrument capable of playing programmed tunes through pipes by turning a crank, meant to teach songs to caged birds | ||
| serous | adj. | of or related to serum; watery like animal bodily fluid | ||
| serry | v. | to press close together (usu. in ranks) | ||
| servery | n. | location where food is served; canteen | British | |
| sesquipedalian | adj. | long-winded, given to using big words; polysyllabic | ||
| sessile | adj. | immobile; attached immediately by the base | biology | |
| sett | n. | lair of a badger; distinctive pattern of a Scottish tartan | ||
| settle | n. | long high-backed bench; something to sit upon | ||
| severy | n. | vaulted roof between two arches | architecture | |
| shabracque | n. | saddlecloth used by European hussars | ||
| shagreen | n. | untanned leather with rough pebbled surface; sharkskin used as an abrasive | ||
| shail | v. | to shuffle, to walk in an irregular stumbling manner; to drag the feet while walking | ||
| shallop | n. | two-masted boat suited for coastal waters | ||
| shallot | n. | onion-like bulb used in food often in a similar manner | ||
| shambles | n. | slaughterhouse; scene of carnage | ||
| shambolic | adj. | messy, very disorganized | ||
| shandrydan | n. | hooded chaise; old ramshackle two-wheeled horse carriage or cart | ||
| shandy | n. | drink made up of beer and lemonade | ||
| shanks’ mare | n. | one’s own legs used in walking in contradistinction from other modes of transport | idiom | |
| shantung | n. | thin plain woven silk fabric | ||
| shatter | v. | to break into pieces; [drug slang] cannabis extract similar to wax with translucent amber to yellow appearance and tendency to break, with affects (allegedly) similar to hash oil | ||
| shatter-brained | adj. | thoughtless, addlepated, giddy | ||
| shawm | n. | medieval double-reed woodwind with a conical shape | ||
| shebeen | n. | unlicensed place where alcoholic drinks are served | ||
| shellback | n. | experienced sailor | ||
| shelve | v. | to slope gradually | ||
| shemozzle | n. | muddle, chaotic state; quarrel, row | ||
| shend | v. | to revile, to scold | ||
| shenship | n. | disgrace, ruin | ||
| shieling | n. | pasture; herder’s rude hut | Scots | |
| shikaree | n. | hired big game hunter (also shikari) | ||
| shindy | n. | ruckus, commotion | ||
| shirr | v. | to poach or bake (eggs); to gather into parallel threads | ||
| shirtwaist | n. | tailored blouse for women | ||
| shirty | adj. | ill-tempered | ||
| shoat | n. | young weaned pig |
