-’s, -s’
-s, -es
s.d.
sabotage
sack
sacrilege, sacrilegious
sacrosanct
sadism
Sahara Desert
said
sailer, sailor
Saint(e), St(e).
sake, sakes
salad !! German Salat 'lettuce'
salad days
salary increment, bonus, COLA, raise, rise
salary, fee, honorarium, payment in kind, wage
salmon, salmonella
salon, saloon
salt, salts
salutary, salute, salvo
salvable, salvageable
salvo
same
same [mdm]
same as
same token, by the
sanatorium
sanctimonious, sanctimony
sanction
sanctum, sanctum sanctorum
sand
sand
sang
sanguine, sanguinary
sanitarium, sanatorium, sanitorium
sank
sans
sarcasm, sarcastic
sarcoma
sarcophagus
sardonic
sartorial, sartorially
sat
sated, satiated
sateen
satellite
satiated
satin, sateen
satire, satyr
saturate
saturnalia
satyr
Saud, Saudi
sauce !! German Soße 'gravy, gunge'
savant, idiot savant
save, save for
saving
saving
saving grace
savior, saviour
savvy
saw 1
saw 2, old
say
say the least, to
saying
saying goes, as the; they say
saying, that (it) goes without
scabrous, scabious, scabby
scale, large and small
scallop, scollop
scan
scant
scapegoat
scarce, scarcely
scared, scare
scarf
scarify
scena
scenario
scene
scent
sceptic, sceptical, scepticism
scheme, schema !! German Schema 'diagram, plan, pattern, schema'
schism, schist, schizo, schizo-
schlemiel, schlep, schlock, schmaltz, schmo, schmooze, schmuck, schnook, schnozzle, schtick
SCHOLARLY GRAMMARS
SCHWA
science and art
SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
scintilla, iota, jot, smidgin
scissors
scoff
scollop
scone, Scone
score
scorn
scotch 1
Scotch 2, Scottish, Scots, Scot, Scotchman, Scotsman, Scotswoman
scrip, script
scripture, Scripture(s)
scruffy
scrumptious
scruple
scrupulous !! German 'skrupellos unscupulous'
scull, skull
sculp, sculpt, sculpture
scurfy, scruffy, scurvy
scuttlebutt
sea !! German der See 'lake, loch, pond,' die See 'sea, ocean'
seamy
seasonable, seasonal, unseasonable, unseasonal, seasonably, seasonally, unseasonably, unseasonally
second
SECOND PERSON SINGULAR AND PLURAL
second to none
SECONDARY REFERENCE
SECONDARY STRESS
secondly
secret !! German Sekret 'secretion'
SECRET LANGUAGES
secrete
secretion
sect !! German Sekt 'sparkling wine'(religious) sect,'Sekte 'sect'
secular, sectarian
secure
-sede
see
see eye to eye
see where
see with half an eye
seed
-seed
seed 1
seed 2, kernel, pip, pit, stone
seeing, seeing as, seeing as how, seeing that
seek
seem
seen
segregate
segregation
seldom ever, seldom if ever, seldom or ever, seldom or never
self
-self
self-
self-confessed, self-addressed, self-defeating, self-deprecating, self-destruct
seltzer
SEMANTIC CHANGE
SEMANTIC DISTINCTION, SEMANTIC DIFFERENCE
semantic, semantics
semi
semi-
semiannual, semi-annual, semimonthly, semimonthly, etc.
SEMICOLON
SEMIFORMAL, SEMIFORMAL WRITTEN ENGLISH, SEMIFORMAL USAGE
semi-monthly
seminal
Semitic, anti-Semitic
senile, senescent
senior citizen
senior, junior, Jr., Sr.
sense, feel, recognize
senseless
sensible !! German sensibel 'sensitive, delicate'
sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
sensible, sensitive, susceptible
sensitive
sensitiveness, sensitivity
sensual, sensuous, sensory
SENTENCE
SENTENCE ADJECTIVES
SENTENCE ADVERBS
SENTENCE MODIFIER
SENTENCE TYPES
sentient, sententious
sentinel, sentry
sentry
separate, separateness, separation, separately
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
seraph
serendipity, serendipitous
serious !! German seriös 'reputable, respectable, trustworthy, reliable, honest'
shall [mdm]
sharp !! German scharf 'randy, horny, sexy'
should [mdm]
should in subordinate clauses expressing personal reactions
shortly [mdm]
since (reason) vs. because, as, for
slip !! German Slip 'underwear,briefs, panties'
slipper !! German Slipper 'shoe without laces, loafer'
small !! German schmal 'narrow, thin, meagre'
smoking !! German Smoking 'dinner jacket, tuxedo'
so [mdm]
since in time expressions [mdm]
so that
so vs. so that [mdm]
solid !! German solid(e) 'sound, reasonable, respectable'
solution [mdm]
some in time adverbials [mdm]
somewhat
somewhere, somewheres
son-in-law
sophisticated, sophisticate, sophistication
soprano
sorbet
sort
sort of
sort of a
sound, sound off, sound out
sound, soundly
SOUTH MIDLAND REGIONAL DIALECT
south, South, southerly, Southern, southern
SOUTHERN REGIONAL DIALECT
southward, southwards
SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL DIALECT
soviet
sow
sox
spacial
spake
SPANGLISH
Spaniard, Spanish
spanner !! German Spanner 'peeping tom'
sparing in, sparing of, sparing with
sparkling water
spat
spate
spatial, spacial
spay
speak
speak to, speak with
special, especial, specially, especially
speciality, specialty
SPECIALIZATION
specialty
species, specie
speciesism
specific definite and indefinite reference [mdm]
specific reference [mdm]
specious
spectators
speech
SPEECH COMMUNITY, LANGUAGE COMMUNITY
SPEECH FORMULAS
spell 1
spell 2
spell out
SPELLING 1: AMERICAN AND BRITISH DIFFERENCES
SPELLING 2, MISSPELLING, AND SPELLING REFORM
SPELLING OF COMPOUND WORDS
SPELLING OF -ING AND -ED FORMS OF VERBS ENDING IN -IC, -AC
SPELLING OF UNSTRESSED VOWELS
SPELLING OF WORDS CONTAINING -EI- OR -IE-
SPELLING OF WORDS ENDING IN -ER, -OR
SPELLING OF WORDS ENDING IN -ER, -RE
SPELLING OF WORDS ENDING IN -IZE, -ISE
SPELLING OF WORDS ENDING IN -OR, -OUR
SPELLING OF WORDS ENDING IN -SE, -CE
SPELLING OF WORDS USING DIGRAPHS
SPELLING PRONUNCIATIONS
SPELLING REFORM
SPELLING: PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN -F, -FE
SPELLING: PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN -O
SPELLINGS, VARIANT
spend !! German spenden 'to donate to offer, give, spendieren 'to spend money on someone, to treat (someone to something)'
spender !! German Spender 'dispenser, donator, contributor'
sperm
sphere
spick-and-span
spiffy
spill
spin, spin doctor
spiral
spiritual, spiritous, spirituous
spit
spit and image, spitten image, spittin’ image, spitting image, very spit of
splendiferous
split
SPLIT INFINITIVE
spoil
spokesperson
sponge
spontaneity
spoof
spook
SPOONERISMS
spoonful
sport, sporting, sports
spot !! German spotten 'to mock, ridicule, deride'
spouse
sprain
spring, spring for
sprite, spright, sprightly
spur !! German Spur 'trace, clue'
spurious
SQUARE BRACKETS
square one
squoze
St. James, King James
St. John
stadium !! German Stadium 'stage, level,' Stadion 'stadium'
staff, staffer
stage
stalactite, stalagmite
stall
stamen, stamina
stamp
stanch, staunch
stand for office
STANDARD ENGLISH, STANDARD
STANDARD USAGE
STANDARD, COMMON, AND VULGAR ENGLISH
standee
standpoint, point of view, viewpoint
stanza
star !! German Star 'film star, starling, cataract'
start
stash
stat
state
state of the art, state-of-the-art
STATEMENT
station
stationary, stationery
statistics, statistic
status
STATUS LABELS
staunch
stave
stay !! German stehen 'to stand, to be, to appear'
stay, stop, stop by
steal
stem
stem to stern
stench
stepmother, stepchild, stepfather
STEREOTYPE
stern !! German Stern 'star, stern (ship)'
stewardess
stick
stigma
stiletto
still !! German still 'quiet, silent, secret, hidden'
still and all
still life
stimulant, stimulus
sting 1
sting 2
stink
stock, to put stock in, to take stock in, to take stock of
stocking, sock
stoic, stoical
stomp, stamp
stone
stoned
stonewall
stood
stool !! German Stuhl 'chair, throne'
stop, stop by
store
story, storey
straight, strait
straightened, straitened
straightjacket, straightlaced
strain, sprain
strait
straitened
straitjacket, straightjacket, straitlaced, straightlaced
strand !! German Strand 'beach, shore'
strangle
strata, stratas
strategy, tactics
stratum
stream !! German Strom '(large) river, current, electricity'
stream, brook,etc.
strength, length
STRESS
STRESS IN COMPOUND WORDS AND PHRASES
strew
stricken
stride
strike
string
strive
stroke, stroking
STRONG VERBS 1
STRONG VERBS 2, WEAK VERBS, THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE TERMS
strove
struck
STRUCTURAL GRAMMARS
STRUCTURES OF MODIFICATION
strung
stuck
student
studio bed, studio couch
stuff
stung
stunk
stunning
sty, stye
STYLE
style
stylus
suave
sub
subconscious, unconscious
SUBJECT OF AN INFINITIVE
SUBJECT, GRAMMATICAL
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS
SUBJECTIVE GENITIVE
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
SUBJUNCTIVE
subjunctive [mdm]
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
submarine, grinder, hero, hoagie, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, torpedo
submariner
submit
subnormal, abnormal, paranormal, supernormal
SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
subpoena, subpena
subsequent, subsequently, subsequent to
subsist, exist
substance abuse, controlled substance
SUBSTANDARD, NONSTANDARD
substantial, substantive
SUBSTANTIVE
substitute
subway, tube, underground, underpass
succeed
successfully, successively
succor, succour
succubus, incubus
such
such [mdm]
such as
such vs. so [mdm]
suffer
suffice
sufficient, enough, sufficient enough
sufficiently
SUFFIX
suffragan
suffragette, suffragist
suggested, suggestive
suitable
sulfuric, sulfureous, sulfurous, sulfury
summersault
summon, summons
sumpin’, somethin’, something
sundry, sundries
sung
sunk, sunken
super-, supra-
supercede
superfluous
superhighway
superior
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE USED OF TWO
supernatural, preternatural, supranatural, unnatural
supernormal
SUPERPLUPERFECT
supersede, supercede, surpass
supervise
supervisor
supine
supper
supplement, complement
supplementary, complementary
supportive
suppose, supposing
supposed
supposing
supra-
supranatural
supreme
Supreme Court
surcease
sure and
sure, surely
surely
surgery, operation, surgical procedure, in surgery
surmise
surpass
surprised
surveillance, surveillant, surveil
susceptible
suspected
suspenders
sustain
swap, swop
swear, swearword
sweat
sweat equity
sweep
swell 1
swell 2
swift, swiftly
swim
swine
swing, swinger, swinging
swivel
swollen
swop
swore, sworn
swum
swung
SYLLABLES
syllabus
SYLLEPSIS
symbol
sympathetic, sympathize, sympathy !! German sympathisch 'likeable, pleasant, attactive,' Sympathie 'liking, fellow-feeling, solidarity, good will'
symposium
SYNCOPE
synchronize !! German synchronisieren 'dub (a film'
syndrome
SYNECDOCHE
synergy, synergism, synergistic
SYNONYM, SYNONYMIES
synopsis
SYNTACTIC
SYNTACTIC BLENDS
SYNTACTIC INVERSION
SYNTAX
synthesis
synthetic
syringe
syrup, sirup
systematic, systemic, systematically, systemically
systemize, systematize