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sacred adj holy sacrosanct adj holy, hallowed sagacity n wisdom Saint (St.) epithet Holy saint n holyman salmon n lax salary n year's pay, earnings, income, salt salutary n healthy, healthful, well, whole, hearty, sound, hale salutation n greeting, welcome sanctify vb hallow sanctuary n haven, grith, holyroom sapience n wisdom sapient adj wise, thoughtful satiate vb fulfill, quench, slake satire n wry scolding, scoldcraft satirist n scold satisfaction n aftergladness satisfy vb slake, fulfill, aftergladden, sate, quench saturate vb sop, soak, steep sauce n dip sauna n steam room, hot-house, hotroom, sweatbath sausage n pudding, banger save vb hain, stow, hoard, spare, heal saviour n halend, healer scant adj little scar n healmark, woundheal, skinmark, woundfleck, wale, weal, wheal, wen, welt scarcity n lack, shortness, seldomness, fewness, dearth scholar n lorechild scholarship n bookhood school n lorehall, lorehouse science n witship, lore,learncraft, wisecraft scintillate vb sparkle, flash, shine scintillating adj sparkling scissors n shears search vb seek, comb, delve secret adj hushhush, hidden secret n hushthought, hushword secrete vb hide secular adj worldly secure vb fasten sediment n dregs, silt, draff, dross segregation n aparthood, asunderhood seizure n fit select vb choose, pick, wale self-esteem n self-worth selvedge vb & n forel semester n sixmonth, half-year sempiternity n endlessness, unendinghood, alwayness, everlastingness semi- pref half- senile adj old, elderly, doted senior citizens n elderly, old folks, eldfolk, eldman sensate adj feeling sensation n feeling sensational adj amazing sense n feeling, meaning sense vb feel sensitive adj feeling, keen, sharp sentence vb doom sententious adj pithy sentiment n feeling separate vb sunder separate adj sundry, freestanding September n holymonth, sheddingmonth serious adj earnest, unfunny, grave serpent n snake servant n housekeeper, maid (fm.), dey (fm.), bondsman, loaf-eater session n sitting several adj sundry severe adj stern, hard, harsh, tough, unyielding sex act n swive, fuck, screw, shag, houghmagandie sexual reproduction n breeding, swiveful matchyielding, swiveful matchbearing sign n token sign vb underwrite signal n bale-fire, beacon signal vb beckon significantly adj weightily signify vb betoken silhouette n outline, shadow similar adj like, alike, same, likekind similarity n alikeness similarly adv likewise simple adj straightforward, fewfold simpleton n half-wit, gowk single (trip) n one-way site n stead situation n setting slave n thrall slavery n thralldom sluggard n slug, slacker, sloth, slouch, loafer, bum, deadbeat, do-nothing, idler, sleepyhead, drone socialize vb chat, hobnob society n fellowship, club, guild, folkset, folkweld sociology n kithlore soil n earth solar adj sun (in compounds) sole adj only solicit vb seek solitary n lonesome solitude n loneliness, aloneness solstice n sunwend somnolent adj drowsy, sleepy, yawny, weary, heavy-eyed, half-asleep, sloomy sophisticated adj worldly sorority n sisterhood sort n kind sound n loud, din, pitch soup n broth source n springhead, root, stem, beginning, start, rise, wellhead, wellspring source code n wroughtdraught, working draught souvenir n keepsake space n room spacious adj roomy spasm n throe special adj byous specific adv ahone specifically adv ahonely specified adj hone, spell out spectacles n glasses spectator n bystander, onlooker spend vb outlay spending n outlay spine n backbone spiral n whorl spirit1 n ghost (as in soul), elf, wraith (as in specter) spirit2 n might spoil vb rot, mar spool n reel sports n games sporty adj gamesome spy vb keek square n (of a town), folkstead stagnant adj forstilled, gone orf stain n spot, fleck, blot stanch/staunch vb stem, halt state n rike, shire status n standing stay vb linger, be left, tarry stellar adj star (in compounds) stelliferous adj starry, star-filled stimulate vb kittle, whet, quicken stomach n belly, midriff, maw stomach vb bear, abide, brook, swallow, take, withstand story n tale, saga strange adj odd, weird, uncouth, unbeknown, queer strangle vb throttle structure n frame, framework, build-up, layout, brandrod student n learningknave, learner studio n workroom, workfloor study n reading room, drawing room study vb learn, learn about stuff vb pack stupefy vb bewilder stupid adj dumb, dull, dim, daft stylish adj dapper subconcious n undermind, nethermind subdue vb overcome, quell submarine n underseaboat (Calque of German 'Unterseeboot') subordinate n underling subjugate vb yoke subjugation n yoke submerge vb overwhelm, dip, dunk submissive adj weak submit vb yield, buckle, abow subsequent adj following, later substance n pith substantial adj sound, strong, heavy subterranean adj underground subtract vb take away suburbs n outskirts subvert vb overthrow succeed (in) vb win (in) successor n aftercomer succour n food, help, bread, manna, heavenly-food succour vb help, run to, breadcast phr free from hunger, drop food, suffer vb bear, thole, adree suffice vb be enough, answer, do sufficient adj enough suicide n selfslaughter, selfmurder suit n outfit suit vb befit, beseem suitable adj seemly, fitting, becoming, comely sulphur n brimstone summary n outline, rundown summit n peak, top, brow, cop superficial adj shallow, skin-deep superfluous adj overmuch, underneeded, more than is needed superior n & vb better, higher superiority n higherness, betterhood, overmight supervise vb oversee supervisor n overseer, foreman supple adj lithe supplement vb eke support vb back, uphold, help, strengthen, underpin, bolster, bear, carry suppose vb trow, guess suppress vb hold down, keep in, crush, quell surface n topside, skin surgery n fleshwork, cutwork surpass vb overtake, outdo, beat surplus n overmuch surrender vb yield, give up surround vb girt, bego, umclap, umclip, beset surrounded adj begone, girt, beset survey vb behold, look upon survive vb live through, outlive, outlast, belive suspend vb hang suspicion n misgiving suspicious adj shady, queer sustain vb keep going, bear, bolster, uphold sustenance n food sycophant n backscratcher, bootlicker, fawner, fleecher, mealymouth, selfseeker symptom n betokener of ill health, forerunner synopsis n outline synthetic adj man-made syphillis n great pox system n framework, make-up, set-up