sacks

large bags

sax

saxophone

saver

one who saves

savor

to appreciate a taste

scene

a view, a setting

seen

to have viewed with eyes

scent

(see cent)

sea

a body of salt water

see

to view with eyes

seam

line formed by pieces of fabric sewn together

seem

appear

sear

scorch, burn, or char

seer

one who sees (as in the future)

sere

withered, dry

seas

bodies of salt water

sees

views with eyes

seize

to grab hold of

seed

(see cede)

sell

(see cell)

semiannual

(see biannual)

sensor

(see censor)

sent

(see cent)

serf

slave

surf
(noun, verb)

breaking waves; to ride a surfboard

serial

(see cereal)

set

one sets a thing

Example: Please set the table.

sit

one sits oneself

Example: Please sit down at the table.

sew

to stitch

so

in the manner indicated

sow

to scatter or plant seed

sewer

a conduit for carrying off waste

suer

one who sues

shear

to cut

sheer

transparent

shoe

foot attire

shoo

interjection used to scare away an animal

shoot

(see chute)

sic

a Latin term used to indicate that something written is intentionally left in the original form, which may be incorrect.

Example: She wrote, "They made there [sic] beds."

sick

ill

sics

attacks

six

a number

sight

(see cite)

sign

an indication

sine

a trigonometry term

since

(see because)

sink

to submerge; to descend to a lower level; where you wash dirty clothes

synch or sync

to synchronize, to coincide or match up

site

(see cite)

slay

kill

sleigh

snow vehicle, sled

sleight

cunning, skill

slight

slender, of little substance

slew

past tense of slay

slough

swamp (pronounced slew or slau)

soar

to fly at great height

sore

in pain

soared

flew at great height

sword

a bladed weapon

sole

bottom of foot; lone

soul

the spiritual part of humans

some

a certain unspecified number

sum

the total from adding numbers

son

male offspring

sun

star that is the central body of the solar system

sonny

diminutive of son

sunny

lit or warmed by the sun; cheerful

spade

digging tool

spayed

to have removed the ovaries of an animal

staid

solemn, serious

stayed

remained, waited

stair

step

stare

to look without blinking

stake

a pole

steak

cut of meat

stationary

in one place

stationery

writing paper

steal

rob

steel
(noun, adjective)

iron alloy; determined

step
(verb, noun)

moving by lifting the foot; degree

steppe

vast grasslands

stile

turnstile, passageway

style

fashion

straight

not curved or bent

strait

narrow passage of water connecting two bodies of water

succor

relief, assistance

sucker

fool

suede

leather finished with a soft, napped surface

swayed

past tense of sway; persuaded

suite

a connected series of rooms

sweet

opposite of sour

summary

an abstract or brief account

summery

of the summer

sundae

ice cream with syrup

Sunday

day of the week

sympathy

(see empathy)