5-letter words starting with s
- sault — a waterfall or rapid.
- sauna — a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- saury — a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- saute — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- saved — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- saver — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- savin — a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- savor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savoy — a member of the royal house of Italy that ruled from 1861 to 1946.
- savvy — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- sawah — an irrigated rice or paddy-field usually found in Indonesia or Malaysia
- sawed — a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- sawer — a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- saxes — a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.
- saxon — a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- sayao — Bidú [bee-doo;; Portuguese bih-doo] /ˈbi du;; Portuguese bɪˈdu/ (Show IPA), (Balduina de Oliveira Sayão) 1902–1999, Brazilian soprano.
- sayed — (in Islamic countries) a supposed descendant of Muhammad through his grandson Hussein, the second son of his daughter Fatima.
- sayer — to utter or pronounce; speak: What did you say? I said “Hello!”.
- sayon — a sleeveless tunic worn by lower-class men during the Middle Ages
- sayst — 2nd person singular of say1 .
- scada — Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- scads — any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- scaff — food
- scail — a scattering or dispersion
- scald — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scall — dandruff.
- scalp — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scaly — covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- scamp — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scanf — The C library routine that reads data from the standard input stream stdin into the locations given by each entry in its argument list. The first argument is a format string which controls interpretation of the input and each subsequent argument points to a variable with a type that corresponds to a type specifier in the format-string.
- scant — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scape — Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scare — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scarf — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarp — a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scart — to scratch or scrape
- scary — causing fright or alarm.
- scatt — (in the Shetland and Orkney Islands) a crown tax, as for use of common lands.
- scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- sceat — a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scelp — to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.
- scena — an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scend — to heave in a swell.
- scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- scent — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- schav — a cold soup of sorrel to which chopped egg, sour cream, lemon juice, and chopped scallions are sometimes added.
- schmo — a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- schul — shul.
- schwa — the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus.