6-letter words containing s, t, o
- seston — any particulate matter suspended in bodies of water, esp plankton or other organic matter
- sestos — an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- set on — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- setoff — something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.
- setose — covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setout — preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- sexpot — a sexually attractive person.
- sexton — Anne (Harvey) 1928–74, U.S. poet.
- shinto — Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- shohet — a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shorts — having little length; not long.
- shorty — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shouty — characterized by or involving shouting
- shtoom — silent; dumb (esp in the phrase keep shtoom)
- shunto — the annual sessions of collective bargaining for wage increases sought by Japanese labor unions each spring.
- sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sitbol — (language) A SNOBOL4 interpreter for the PDP-10.
- sitcom — situation comedy.
- skouth — abundance; plenty.
- slot 1 — (hardware, standard) The physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessor cards, currently (August 1999) the SEPP Celeron and the SECC Pentium II. Slot 1 is a departure from the square ZIF PGA/SPGA sockets used by Pentium and earlier processors, the processor being mounted on a card, with a 242-lead edge-connector. The Slot 1 specification allows for higher bus rates than Socket 7. Slot 1 motherboards use the GTL+ bus protocol. See also Slot 2, Slot A.
- slot 2 — (hardware, standard) A physical and electrical specification for the 330-lead edge-connector used by some of Intel's microprocessor cards, currently (August 1999) the SECC Pentium III/Xeon. Slot 2 is intended for use in high end multi-processor workstations and servers. See also Slot A, Slot 1.
- slot a — (hardware) The physical and electrical specification for the edge-connector used by AMD's Athlon processor. The connector allows for a higher bus rate than Socket 7 or Super 7. Slot A motherboards use Compaq's EV6 bus protocol. Slot A is mechanically compatible but electrically incompatible with Intel's Slot 1.
- smalto — colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- snooty — snobbish.
- snorty — in a snorting manner
- snotty — Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- snouty — resembling a snout
- sobeit — provided that
- socket — a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- sod it — expressing exasperation
- soffit — the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- softie — softy.
- softly — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- sokoto — a state in NW Nigeria; formerly a sultanate and province; empire in the 19th century. 57,560 sq. mi. (149,066 sq. km).
- solate — to change from a gel to a sol.
- solent — The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- solito — to be played in the customary manner
- solute — the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- somat- — somato-
- somata — the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- somite — any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sonant — sounding; having sound.
- sonata — a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- sonnet — Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- sontag — Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.