Pronunciations starting with s
in the English Pronunciation Dictionary
-s ... sabre-toothed tiger
sabretache ... sacrificial lamb
sacrificially ... safe
safe conduct ... sagamore
Sagan ... saint’s day
Saint-Étienne ... salchow
Salcombe ... sales office
sales orientation ... salivary
salivary duct ... saltant
Saltash ... Salve
salver ... sampling fraction
sampling frame ... Sanday
Sandbach ... sandy
Sandys ... Santiago
Santley ... Sarah
Sarajevo ... SARS-CoV-2
sarsaparilla ... satin
satinette ... Saudi
Saudi Arabia ... savings bank
savings bond ... say
say-so ... Scaliger
scaliness ... scapulae
scapular ... Scase
scat ... Schaffer
Schama ... schlockmeister
schlocky ... school reunion
school run ... Schweitzer
Schweizer ... SCM
scoby ... scorpion
scorpionfish ... Scouse
Scouser ... scratch sheet
scratch ticket ... screwdriver
screwed ... scrounger
scrounging ... scull
scullery ... sea breeze
sea captain ... Seagram
seagrass ... search firm
search party ... sebaceous
sebaceous gland ... second string
second thought ... seconder
secondhand ... secularism
secularist ... Sedgefield
Sedgemoor ... Seeger
seeing ... Seir
seise ... selectorate
Selena ... self-assertive
self-assertively ... self-congratulation
self-congratulatory ... self-denigrating
self-denigration ... self-evaluation
self-evident ... self-important
self-importantly ... self-medication
self-mockery ... self-protectiveness
self-publish ... self-satisfied
self-seal ... selfishness
selfless ... Selznick
SEM ... semi-solid
semi-structured interview ... semiprecious
semiquaver ... Senegalese
Senegambia ... senseless
senselessly ... sentimentalist
sentimentality ... sepulcher
sepulchral ... sergeant major
sergeant-at-arms ... serpent
serpentine ... service sector
service station ... set play
set point ... sevenfold
sevenish ... sex change
sex chromosome ... sextant
sextet ... Shabuoth
shack ... shaken
shaken baby syndrome ... Shamir
shammy ... share manipulation
share of mind ... sharp practice
sharp-elbowed ... Shawn
Shawna ... sheep dip
sheep shearing ... shelf space
shelf stacker ... Shepton Mallet
Sheraton ... shiftwork
shifty ... shipbuilder
shipbuilding ... shirttail
shirtwaist ... shock tactics
shock therapy ... shook-up
shoot ... shore
shore leave ... short-sighted
short-sightedly ... Shostakovich
shot ... showbread
showcase ... shrillness
shrilly ... Shulamite
shuln ... sibling rivalry
SIBO ... side hustle
side issue ... sidesplittingly
sidestep ... sight-seeing
-sighted ... signet
signet ring ... silica
silica gel ... silver command
silver fir ... Simmons
Simms ... simultaneous
simultaneous engineering ... Singapura
singe ... single-union agreement
single-use ... sinus venosus
sinusitis ... sit-in
sit-up ... sixpenny bit
sixte ... SKD
skean dhu ... ski pants
ski pole ... skincare
skinflint ... SKU
SKU number ... slackness
slacks ... slather
Slatkin ... sleep deprivation
sleep disorder ... sleuthing
slew ... slingback
slingbacks ... sloganize
slogger ... slow-pitch
slow-pitch softball ... slut
slut shaming ... small print
small saver ... smart set
smart speaker ... smew
smidge ... smoked salmon
smokehouse ... Smyth
Smythe ... snare
snare drum ... sniffle
sniffy ... snoozing
snore ... snowboarder
snowboarding ... snuggery
snuggle ... SoCal
soccage ... social housing
social injustice ... socially responsible investment
societal ... sodden
sodding ... soft market
soft money ... softness
softs ... solarium
solarization ... solid angle
solid food ... solvency margin
solvency ratio ... somniferous
somnolence ... sonship
sonsie ... soprano recorder
soprano sax ... sotol
sottish ... soundness
soundproof ... South Devon
South Dublin ... southwesterly
southwestern ... space opera
space platform ... Spalding
spall ... sparkle
sparkler ... Speaight
-speak ... special school
special situation ... spectate
spectator ... speech recognition software
speech synthesizer ... speleological
speleologist ... spermicidal
spermicide ... spider plant
spider vein ... spinal accessory nerve
spinal canal ... spiral notebook
spiral staircase ... spittle
spittoon ... split pin
split run ... spondee
spondulicks ... sporotrichosis
sporozoan ... spot colour
spot delivery ... spread betting
spread eagle ... sprocket
sprog ... squaddy
squadron ... squawk
squeak ... squirty
squish ... St Kitts and Nevis
St Laurent ... stack
stack system ... stagey
stagflation ... Stakis
stalactite ... stand-off half
stand-up ... standoffishly
standoffishness ... star jump
Star of David ... start-up
start-up business ... state flower
state funding ... stateside
statesman ... status quo
status quo ante ... steading
Steadman ... steatopygia
steatopygous ... steinbock
Steinbrenner ... stepdaughter
stepfamily ... sterilization
sterilize ... stick
stick blender ... stiflingly
Stiggins ... stink bomb
stink bug ... stock dividend
stock exchange ... stocker
stockfish ... Stogumber
Stogursey ... stone-clad
stone-cold ... stop-loss
stop-motion ... stork
storksbill ... stout
stout-hearted ... straighten
straightener ... stratagem
strategic ... stratospherically
Stratton ... street party
street people ... stressor
stressy ... strike fund
strike pay ... strip search
strip steak ... strong suit
strong-arm ... strung
strung out ... stuff
stuff bag ... stupefyingly
stupendous ... Stylophone
stylus ... sub-postmaster
sub-postmistress ... subcluster
subcode ... subglacially
subglottal ... sublot
sublunary ... subornation
Subotica ... subside
subsidence ... substitutability
substitutable ... subtrahend
subtreasury ... succuba
succubi ... Suez
Suez Canal ... sugarloaf
sugarplum ... sulfanilamide
sulfate ... sultriness
sultry ... sumptuary
sumptuous ... Sunderland
sundew ... sunshine
sunshine law ... super-intelligent
super-large ... superabsorbent
superabundance ... superdelegate
Superdrug ... superintendency
superintendent ... supersaver
superscale ... superwife
superwoman ... supportable
supporter ... Supreme Court
supreme governor ... surge
surge capacity ... surroundings
surtax ... suspension (system)
suspension bridge ... Suzuki
Suzy ... swansdown
Swansea ... sweatpants
sweats ... sweetbrier
sweetcorn ... swimmer
swimmer’s ear ... Swiss
Swiss Army Knife ... swordsmanship
swordsmen ... symbiont
symbiosis ... synapsid
synapsis ... syndrome
syne ... Syria
Syriac ... Szeged
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