5 Letter Words That Start With S

state

Noun : A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

Noun : (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.

Noun : (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.

stick

Noun : An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

Noun : A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

Noun : A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.

scale

Noun : (obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

Noun : An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.

Noun : Size; scope.

stand

Verb : To position or be positioned physically:

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

Verb : (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

smart

Verb : (intransitive) To hurt or sting.

Verb : (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.

Verb : (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

stock

Noun : A store or supply.

Noun : (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

Noun : A supply of anything ready for use.

space

Noun : (heading) Of time.

Noun : (now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity.

Noun : A specific (specified) period of time.

sense

Noun : Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

Noun : Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

Noun : Sound practical or moral judgment.

sound

Adjective : Healthy.

Adjective : Complete, solid, or secure.

Adjective : (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.

stone

Noun : (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

Noun : A small piece of stone, a pebble.

Noun : A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

style

Noun : Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

Noun : (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.

Noun : A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.

split

Verb : (transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Verb : (intransitive, of something solid, particularly wood) To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Verb : (transitive) To share; to divide.

shift

Noun : A movement to do something, a beginning.

Noun : An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

Noun : (obsolete) A share, a portion assigned on division.

sauce

Noun : A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

Noun : (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India) Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:

Noun : (slang, usually “the”) Alcohol, booze.

sheet

Noun : A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

Noun : A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.

Noun : A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

shoot

Verb : To launch a projectile.

Verb : (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

Verb : (transitive) To fire (a projectile).

snake

Noun : A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.

Noun : A treacherous person; a rat.

Noun : (Ireland, UK) Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain.

store

Noun : A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

Noun : A supply held in storage.

Noun : (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.

study

Verb : (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

Verb : (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.

Verb : To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

score

Noun : The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

Noun : The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

Noun : The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

steel

Noun : (countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

Noun : (countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

Noun : Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.

spell

Noun : Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

Noun : A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

Noun : (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

sheer

Adjective : (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

Adjective : (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

Adjective : (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

sweep

Verb : (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Verb : (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

Verb : (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.

story

Noun : An account of real or fictional events.

Noun : A lie, fiction.

Noun : (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.

segue

Verb : To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

Verb : (music) To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.

Verb : (of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

shell

Noun : A hard external covering of an animal.

Noun : The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

Noun : (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.

start

Noun : The beginning of an activity.

Noun : A sudden involuntary movement.

Noun : The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.

strip

Noun : (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.

Noun : (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.

Noun : A comic strip.

swing

Verb : (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

Verb : (intransitive) To dance.

Verb : (intransitive) To ride on a swing.

sleep

Verb : (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Verb : (idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).

Verb : (transitive) To accommodate in beds.

scope

Noun : The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

Noun : (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

Noun : Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.

staff

Noun : (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

Noun : (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.

Noun : (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.

short

Adjective : Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Adjective : (of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Adjective : Having little duration.

share

Noun : A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

Noun : (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

Noun : (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

speed

Noun : The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

Noun : (mathematics, physics) The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.

Noun : (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.

storm

Noun : Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.

Noun : (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.

Noun : (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”)

shear

Verb : To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

Verb : To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping.

Verb : To cut the hair of (a person).

sport

Noun : (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

Noun : (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

Noun : (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

savvy

Adjective : (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

Verb : (informal) To understand.

Noun : (informal) Shrewdness.

sleek

Adjective : Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

Adjective : Glossy.

Adjective : Not rough or harsh.

shant

Noun : (UK, slang) A drink, usually a pint.

Noun : (UK) A shack or shanty.

stake

Noun : A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.

Noun : (croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.

Noun : A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.

still

Adjective : Not moving; calm.

Adjective : Not effervescing; not sparkling.

Adjective : Uttering no sound; silent.

swell

Verb : (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to become bigger.

Verb : (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.

slide

Verb : (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.

Verb : (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.

skelp

Verb : (transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap.

Verb : (intransitive, Scotland) To move briskly along.

Noun : A blow; a smart stroke.

sweet

Adjective : Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Adjective : Having a taste of sugar.

Adjective : (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

stage

Noun : A phase.

Noun : (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.

Noun : (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.

surge

Noun : A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

Noun : The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.

Noun : (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.

suite

Noun : A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.

Noun : A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.

Noun : A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

sight

Noun : (in the singular) The ability to see.

Noun : The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

Noun : Something seen.

steal

Verb : (transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.

Verb : (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

Verb : (transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

shake

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

Verb : (transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

Verb : (transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.

screw

Noun : A device that has a helical function.

Noun : A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

Noun : A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

stoic

Noun : (philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

Noun : A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Adjective : Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

speak

Verb : (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

Verb : (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.

Verb : (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.

stack

Noun : (heading) A pile.

Noun : A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.

Noun : A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

shock

Noun : A sudden, heavy impact.

Noun : (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Noun : (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

shape

Noun : The status or condition of something

Noun : Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

Noun : The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure.

stuff

Noun : (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

Noun : (obsolete, uncountable) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

Noun : (informal) Unspecified things or matters.

stern

Adjective : Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

Adjective : Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Noun : (nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.

shark

Noun : (ichthyology) A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

Noun : The noctuid moth Cucullia umbratica.

Noun : (UK, university slang) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.

since

Verb : From a specified time in the past.

stall

Noun : (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

Noun : A stable; a place for cattle.

Noun : A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

sharp

Adjective : Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

Adjective : (colloquial) Intelligent.

Adjective : (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

sting

Noun : A bump left on the skin after having been stung.

Noun : A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.

Noun : A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

slate

Noun : (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

Noun : (uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.

Noun : (countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.

shine

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.

Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

spare

Adjective : Scant; not abundant or plentiful.

Adjective : Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.

Adjective : Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.

seize

Verb : (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

Verb : (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

Verb : (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

sugar

Noun : (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.

Noun : (countable) A specific variety of sugar.

Noun : (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.

scion

Noun : A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

Noun : The heir to a throne.

Noun : A guardian.

serve

Noun : (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

Noun : (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.

Noun : (gay slang and African-American Vernacular) An impressive presentation (especially of a person's appearance).

solid

Adjective : (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

Adjective : Large in size, quantity, or value.

Adjective : Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

scene

Noun : The location of an event that attracts attention.

Noun : (archaic, theater) The stage.

Noun : (theater) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set

spoil

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).

stark

Adjective : (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.

Adjective : Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).

Adjective : (poetic, literary or archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.

sling

Verb : To throw with a circular or arcing motion.

Verb : To throw with a sling.

Verb : (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

stria

Noun : A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.

Noun : (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.

Noun : A stretch mark.

spike

Noun : A sort of very large nail.

Noun : A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.

Noun : (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

setup

Noun : Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

Noun : The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

Noun : A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

shaft

Noun : (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

Noun : The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

Noun : (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

sneak

Noun : One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.

Noun : The act of sneaking

Noun : A cheat; a con artist.

spaff

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate (on or in).

Verb : (transitive, slang, vulgar) To waste (resources); splurge.

Noun : (slang, vulgar) Ejaculate, semen.

sweat

Noun : Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

Noun : The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.

Noun : (figurative) Hard work; toil.

spark

Noun : A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.

Noun : A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

Noun : A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

stamp

Noun : An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

Noun : An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.

Noun : A device for stamping designs.

super

Adjective : Of excellent quality, superfine.

Adjective : better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

Verb : (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

spend

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To pay out (money).

Verb : To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.

Verb : (dated) To squander.

steep

Adjective : Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

Adjective : (informal) expensive

Adjective : (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.

sigma

Noun : The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.

Noun : (mathematics) The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series.

Noun : (statistics) The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution.

steer

Verb : (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

stint

Verb : (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).

Verb : (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.

spill

Verb : (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.

Verb : (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.

Verb : (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.

sourt

slack

Noun : (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

Noun : (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

Noun : (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.

salad

Noun : A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

Noun : Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.

Noun : A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

shade

Noun : (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.

Noun : (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.

Noun : (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).

shelf

Noun : A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

Noun : The capacity of such an object

Noun : A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

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