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Meaning of Cultural Terms
A person needs more than basic literacy, that is, the ability to read and write. Every citizen should possess a common body of knowledge that allows them to communicate effectively, govern themselves, and share in their society's rewards.
Here are the list of terms beginning with letter "S".
Sabbath, the
Sacco-Vanzetti case
sacrament
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Valley
sacred cow
Sade, Marquis de
sadism
Sahara Desert
Saigon
Saint George and the dragon
Saint Lawrence River
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Paul, MN
Saint Paul’s Cathedral
Saint Petersburg, FL
Saint Peter’s Church
Saint Sophia (basilica)
salad days
Salem witch trials
Salk vaccine
Salome
salon
Salt Lake City, UT
salt of the earth
salt on a bird’s tail
salvation
Salvation Army
Samson and Delilah
San Andreas Fault
San Antonio, TX
sanctions
sanctum sanctorum
Sand, George
Sandburg, Carl
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Bay
sang froid
San Joaquin Valley
San Jose, CA
San Salvador
Sanskrit
Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Trail
Santiago
São Paulo
Sappho
Sarajevo
Saratoga, NY
sarcasm
Sardinia
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Satan
satellite (politics)
satellite (technology)
satire
saturated fatty acid
Saturn (myth)
Saturn (planet)
satyr
Saudi Arabia
savanna
savings and loan association
savings bond
savoir-faire
Savonarola, Girolamo
saxophone
scab (labor)
Scandinavia
scapegoat
Scarlet Letter, The (title)
Scheherazade
Schiller, Friedrich von
schism
schizophrenia
scholasticism
Schubert, Franz
Schweitzer, Albert
sciatica
science fiction
scientific method
Scopes trial (monkey trial)
Scotland
Scotland Yard
Scott, Sir Walter
Scrooge
Scylla and Charybdis
sea legs
seamy side
seasonal unemployment
Seattle, WA
secession
Second Coming, the
Second Inaugural Address
second sight
second wind
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The
(title)
Secret Service
Sect
secular
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Security Council
sedimentary rock (sedimentation)
sedition
Seeing is believing.
segregation
Seine River, the
seismology (seismograph)
Seize the day. (Carpe diem.)
Selective Service
self-incrimination
Self-Reliance (title)
seller’s market
Selma, AL
semantics
semicolon (;)
Seminole Indians
Semite, Semitic
semper fidelis
Senate, the U.S.
seniority
señor
señora
señorita
sentence
Seoul
separate but equal
separation of church and state
separation of powers
Sequoyah, Chief
serfdom
Sermon on the Mount
Serpent, the
Serra, Junipero
service industry
Sesame Street (title)
settlement houses
set your teeth on edge
Seuss, Dr.
seven deadly sins
Seventh-Day Adventists
Seven Wonders of the World
Seville
sexism
sex-linked trait
sexual reproduction
Shakespeare, William
shale
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
shalom
Shanghai
Shangri-la
sharecropping
Shaw, George Bernard (GBS)
Shawnee Indians
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Sherman’s march to the sea
Sherwood Forest
shibboleth
shipshape
ships that pass in the night
shock therapy
Shoot, if you must, this old gray head...
short circuit
short story
shout fire in a crowded theater
show must go on., The
Shreveport, LA
Siberia
sic
Sicily
sickle-cell anemia
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Sierra Madre
Sierra Nevada
siesta
sign of the cross
signor
signora
signorina
Silence is golden. (Speech is silver.)
silent majority
Silent Night (song)
silicates
silicon chip
Silicon Valley
simile
simple sentence
Simple Simon (text)
Sinai
Sinatra, Frank
sine die
sine qua non
Singapore
Sing a Song of Sixpence (song)
singular
sinking fund
Sink or swim.
Sioux Indians
Sirens, the
Sistine Chapel
Sisyphus
sitcom (situation comedy)
sit-ins
sit on the fence
Sitting Bull
skepticism
Skinner, B. F.
skin of your teeth
skull and crossbones
skyscrapers
slang
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slavery
slave trade, the
Sleeping Beauty (title)
sliding scale
slow but sure
smallpox
smell a rat
Smith, Adam
Smith, Captain John
Smithsonian Institution
smog
Snow White (title)
social gospel
socialism
social science
Social Security
Society of Friends
sociobiology
sociology
sociopath
Socrates
Sodom and Gomorrah
soft answer turneth away wrath., A
software
solar cell
solar system, the
solid
South
solipsism
Solomon
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
sonata
sonic boom
sonnet
sophist
Sophocles
soprano
Sorbonne
sound mind in a sound body, a
soup to nuts
sour grapes
Sousa, John Philip
Sousa marches
South Africa
South America
South Carolina
South Dakota
Southeast Asia
Southern Hemisphere
South Korea
South Sea Islands
South Seas
sovereignty
Soviet bloc
Soviet Union
space shuttle
space station
space telescope
Spain
Spanish-American War
Spanish Armada
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Inquisition
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Sparta
Speaker of the House
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Speech is silver; silence is golden.
speed of light
sperm whale
sphere
Sphinx, the
Spinoza, Baruch
Spirit of ‘76 (image)
Spirit of St. Louis
split hairs
split infinitive
Spock, Dr. Benjamin
spoils system
spontaneous combustion
spore
spreading yourself too thin
sputnik
Sri Lanka
staccato
staff of life
stagflation
stalactite
stalagmite
Stalin, Josef
Stalingrad, Battle of
Stalinism
stamen
Stamp Act
standard deviation
standard of living
standing orders
stanza
Star Chamber
star-crossed lovers
stare ‘decisis
Stars and Stripes Forever (song)
Star-Spangled Banner, The (song)
Star Trek (title)
Star Wars (title)
State of the Union Address
states’ rights
static electricity
statistics
Statue of Liberty
status quo
status symbol
statute of limitations
steal (someone’s) thunder
Stein, Gertrude
Stendhal
Step on a crack, break your mother’s back.
steppe
stereotype
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stewart, Jimmy
Still waters run deep.
stitch in time saves nine., A
stock exchange/stock market
stoicism
stomach (anatomy)
Stone Age
Stonehenge
Stone walls do not a prison make.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening (title)
storage battery
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Stradivarius
strain at a gnat and swallow a
camel
strange bedfellows
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
(SALT)
strategic defense initiative
(SDI)
strategy/tactics
stratification
stratosphere
stratus clouds
Strauss, Johann
Strauss, Richard
Strauss waltzes
Stravinsky, Igor
straw in the wind
straw man
streamline
stream of consciousness
Streetcar Named Desire, A (title)
strike
strikebreaker
Strike while the iron is hot.
Strindberg, August
string quartet
strip mining
Stuart, Gilbert
Stuttgart
Sturm und Drang
Stuyvesant, Peter
Styx, River
subconsciousness
subject (grammar)
subjunctive
sublimation (chemistry)
sublimation (psychology)
subordination (grammar)
subpoena
subsidy
subsistence farming
suffer fools gladly
suffix
suffrage
suffragette
sui generis
sulfa drug
summa cum laude
summit meeting
Sumter, Fort
Sun Also Rises, The (title)
Sun King
superconductor
superego
superlative (grammar)
Superman
supernova
supersonic
supply and demand
supply-side economics
Supreme Court
surface tension
surrealism
surtax
swastika
sweatshop
Sweden
sweetness and light
Swift, Jonathan
swing
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
(song)
Switzerland
Sword of Damocles
Sydney
Symphony
synagogue
syndrome
synfuel
synonym
syntax
syphilis
Syracuse, NY
Syria
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