6-letter words containing t, s
- sinnet — flat, braided rope
- sinter — siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sintra — a town in central Portugal, near Lisbon, in the Sintra mountains: noted for its castles and palaces and the beauty of its setting: tourism
- sippet — a small bit; fragment.
- sister — a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sistra — an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- sit by — If you sit by while something wrong or illegal is happening, you allow it to happen and do not do anything about it.
- sit in — any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
- sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sit up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sit-in — any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
- sit-up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sitbol — (language) A SNOBOL4 interpreter for the PDP-10.
- sitcom — situation comedy.
- sithee — look here! listen!
- siting — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- sitrep — a military situation report
- sitten — (in prescriptions) may it be.
- sitter — Willem de [wil-uh m duh] /ˈwɪl əm də/ (Show IPA), 1872–1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
- sittwe — a seaport in W Burma (Myanmar).
- situla — a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- sixtus — (Felice Peretti) 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1585–90.
- skaith — injury; damage
- skater — a person who skates.
- sketch — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- skitch — (of a dog) to attack; catch
- skited — to boast; brag.
- sklent — any slanting surface, as a slope.
- skouth — abundance; plenty.
- slanty — at an oblique or sloping angle
- slatch — a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- slated — a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- slatey — slightly mad; crazy
- sleety — of, relating to, or like sleet.
- sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- sliest — a superlative of sly.
- slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slitty — long, straight, and narrow
- 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.
- slutch — mud
- sluter — Claus (klaʊs). ?1345–1406, Dutch sculptor, working in Burgundy, whose realism influenced many sculptors and painters in 15th-century Europe. He is best known for the portal sculptures and the Well of Moses in the Carthusian monastery at Champnol
- slutty — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- slyest — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- smalto — colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- smarts — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smarty — a smart aleck.
- smeath — the merganser or smew duck