10 Letter Words That Start With S

saccharine

Adjective : (dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

Adjective : (dated) Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

Adjective : (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

scrutinize

Verb : (transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.

Verb : (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.

subterfuge

Noun : (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics.

Noun : (uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.

scrupulous

Adjective : Exactly and carefully conducted.

Adjective : Having scruples or compunctions.

Adjective : Precise; exact or strict.

staggering

Adjective : Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

Adjective : Lurching, floundering.

Noun : The motion of one who staggers.

subsequent

Adjective : Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

Adjective : Following in order of place; succeeding.

Adjective : (geology, of a stream or faultline) Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.

solicitous

Adjective : Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.

Adjective : (Usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause) Showing care, concern, or attention, in any of several ways; thus:

Adjective : In a conscientious way, often with kindness.

sequacious

Adjective : (Of objects, obsolete) Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.

Adjective : (Of people) Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.

Adjective : (Of musical notes or poetic feet) Following neatly or smoothly.

strengthen

Verb : (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

Verb : (transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.

Verb : (transitive) To augment; to improve; to intensify.

sepulchral

Adjective : Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.

Adjective : Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.

Adjective : Having a hollow and deep sound.

sanctified

Adjective : Made holy; set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

sufficient

Adjective : Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.

Adjective : Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.

Adjective : (archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.

scurrilous

Adjective : (of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.

Adjective : (of language)

Adjective : Coarse, vulgar, or abusive.

scrofulous

Adjective : (pathology, dated) Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).

Adjective : (figuratively) Having an unkempt, unhealthy appearance.

Adjective : (figuratively) Morally degenerate; corrupt.

submissive

Adjective : Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.

Noun : (BDSM) One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.

Noun : (rare) One who submits.

substitute

Verb : (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.

Verb : (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.

Verb : (transitive, formerly proscribed, in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.

simulacrum

Noun : A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

Noun : A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation, a semblance.

sanguinary

Adjective : (of an event) Involving bloodshed.

Adjective : (of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.

Adjective : Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.

sufferance

Noun : (archaic) Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity.

Noun : Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction.

Noun : (archaic) Suffering; pain, misery.

submission

Noun : The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.

Noun : The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.

Noun : The thing which has been submitted.

stupendous

Adjective : Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

Adjective : Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.

silhouette

Noun : An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

Noun : (fashion) The outline of a garment as it appears on the wearer.

Verb : To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.

sensuality

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.

Noun : (countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

statuesque

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of a statue.

Adjective : (of a woman) Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.

subversive

Adjective : Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

Noun : A radical supporter of political or social revolution.

Noun : One who subverts, a saboteur, provocateur, or propagandist.

sustenance

Noun : Something that provides support or nourishment.

sullenness

Noun : (uncountable) The state or quality of being sullen.

Noun : (countable, rare) The result or product of being sullen.

sentiments

Noun : A general thought, feeling, or sense.

Noun : (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.

stagnation

Noun : Inactivity.

Noun : The state of being stagnant, without circulation.

suggestive

Adjective : Tending to suggest or imply.

Adjective : Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.

Adjective : Relating to hypnotic suggestion.

stratified

Adjective : Arranged in a sequence of layers or strata.

Adjective : (sociology) Of a society, having a class structure.

sacrosanct

Adjective : Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.

Adjective : Sacred, very holy.

somberness

Noun : The state or quality of being somber.

stridently

Verb : In a strident manner.

stochastic

Adjective : Random, randomly determined.

subjective

Adjective : Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

Adjective : Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)

Adjective : Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.

solidarity

Noun : A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.

Noun : (uncountable) Willingness to give psychological and/or material support when another person is in a difficult position or needs affection.

Noun : (historical) A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country.

stronghold

Noun : A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.

Noun : (figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.

stupefying

Adjective : That causes stupefaction.

subsidiary

Adjective : Auxiliary or supplemental.

Adjective : Secondary or subordinate.

Adjective : Of or relating to a subsidy.

supplement

Noun : Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.

Noun : An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.

Noun : (journalism, scientific literature) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.

subliminal

Adjective : (physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally), below the threshold where a response can be produced.

Adjective : (psychology) Without directed awareness or thought; subconscious (dated), unconscious.

Adjective : (by extension) Of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.

senescence

Noun : (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.

Noun : (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.

Noun : (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.

smoldering

Noun : Alternative form of smouldering [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]

suggestion

Noun : (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

Noun : (uncountable) The act of suggesting.

Noun : (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

serpentine

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.

Adjective : Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.

Adjective : Having the form or shape of a snake.

soothsayer

Noun : One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

Noun : A mantis (Mantodea spp.)

Noun : (obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person.

scandalous

Adjective : Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal.

Adjective : Malicious, defamatory.

Adjective : Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.

suspicious

Adjective : Arousing suspicion.

Adjective : Distrustful or tending to suspect.

Adjective : Expressing suspicion

supplicate

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

Verb : (specifically, Oxford University, archaic) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.

screeching

Noun : The act of producing a screech.

subjugated

Adjective : reduced to submissio

sauntering

Noun : A casual stroll.

seamlessly

Verb : In a seamless manner.

scholastic

Noun : (philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.

Adjective : Of or relating to school; academic

Adjective : (philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism

sui generis

Adjective : (chiefly law) In a class of its own; one of a kind.

Verb : (rare) By itself; of its own.

Noun : (chiefly law) Something of its own kind; a thing apart.

sacred cow

Noun : (idiomatic) Something which cannot be tampered with, or criticized, for fear of public outcry. A person, institution, belief system, etc. which, for no reason other than the demands of established social etiquette or popular opinion, should be accorded respect or reverence, and not touched, handled or examined too closely.

succeeding

Adjective : Following, next in order.

Noun : success

streamline

Noun : (physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

Noun : (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

Verb : (transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

sotto voce

Adjective : (of speech, of a voice, etc) In soft tones; quiet.

Adjective : (music) Soft, instruments or voice.

Verb : (of speech, of a voice, etc) Quietly.

smothering

Noun : The act by which someone or something is smothered.

sanctioned

Adjective : formally approved and invested with legal authorit

Adjective : established by authority; given authoritative approva

Adjective : conforming to orthodox or recognized rule

sensuously

Verb : In a sensuous manner.

settlement

Noun : The act of settling.

Noun : The state of being settled.

Noun : A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times).

salutation

Noun : A greeting, salute, or address; a hello.

Noun : The act of greeting.

Noun : (obsolete) Quickening; excitement.

sequential

Adjective : Succeeding or following in order.

Adjective : (grammar, of a verb and adjective form in Korean) Expressing succession of events.

Adjective : (programming) Executed as a sequence of instructions, without concurrency or parallelism.

successful

Adjective : Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect

shamefaced

Adjective : Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.

Adjective : Ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

somnolence

Noun : A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.

scepticism

Noun : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of skepticism [The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.]

seductress

Noun : A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.

Noun : A woman who seduces.

similitude

Noun : (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.

Noun : (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.

Noun : (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.

satisfying

Adjective : That satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.

Adjective : Pleasing to certain sensory channels in neurocognition, especially auditory and tactile ones synesthetically via ASMR.

sinistrous

Adjective : (archaic) On the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.

Adjective : (archaic) wrong; absurd; perverse

scaturient

Adjective : Abundant; overflowing.

sexual love

Noun : sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two peopl

shy bladder

Noun : (medicine, urology, idiomatic) An inability to urinate in the presence of others.

salubrious

Adjective : Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially relating to food or air.

stentorian

Adjective : (of a voice) Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.

Adjective : (by extension) Stern, authoritarian; demanding of respect.

segregated

Adjective : (of a person or thing) Separated or isolated from others, or from another group.

Adjective : (of an institution) Having access restricted to certain groups, or excluding certain groups.

sang-froid

Noun : Alternative spelling of sangfroid [Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.]

solicitude

Noun : The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.

Noun : Special or pronounced concern or attention.

Noun : A cause of anxiety or concern.

suppressed

Adjective : manifesting or subjected to suppressio

Adjective : kept from public knowledge by various means

Adjective : held in check with difficult

shangri-la

Noun : A place of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.

Noun : (US politics) Former name of Camp David.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of Shangri-La. [A place of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.]

stipulated

Adjective : Required as a condition of a contract or agreement.

Adjective : Specified, promised or guaranteed in an agreement.

surefooted

Adjective : Walking steadily, without stumbling; capable of finding good footing.

Adjective : Confident and capable.

stultified

Adjective : Having been stultified or brought to a stop; stymied.

Adjective : Made dull or unable to think and act properly; stupefied.

short eyes

Noun : (prison slang) A child molester.

superbious

Adjective : (obsolete) proud, overbearing

sandnigger

Noun : Alternative form of sand nigger [(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Middle Eastern or North African descent.]

separation

Noun : The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

Noun : The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.

Noun : The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.

stereotype

Noun : A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).

Noun : (psychology) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.

Noun : (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.

supervisor

Noun : (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

Noun : A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.

Noun : (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.

scandalize

Verb : (transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

Verb : (transitive) To reproach.

Verb : (transitive) To disgrace.

supportive

Adjective : Providing support.

starveling

Noun : One who is thin from lack of food.

Adjective : Starving; suffering from starvation.

Adjective : Meagre; scanty.

small talk

Noun : (idiomatic) Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.

simplified

Adjective : Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.

Adjective : Relating to simplified Chinese.

Noun : (informal, uncountable) Short for simplified Chinese.

simmer down

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.

settle down

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.

Verb : (intransitive) To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.

Verb : (intransitive) To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances.

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