13-letter words starting with S
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter S. This section showcases how S at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with S, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sophisticated | 21 | ahead in development; complex or intricate | a sophisticated electronic control system |
| superstitious | 15 | showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance | finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin |
| schizophrenia | 32 | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | - |
| schizophrenic | 34 | of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | - |
| schoolteacher | 23 | a teacher in a school below the college level | - |
| significantly | 22 | in an important way or to an important degree | - |
| statistically | 18 | with respect to statistics | this is statistically impossible |
| spontaneously | 18 | without advance preparation | - |
| swordsmanship | 24 | skill in fencing | - |
| strengthening | 18 | becoming stronger | - |
| schadenfreude | 23 | delight in another person's misfortune | - |
| strangulation | 14 | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | - |
| substantially | 18 | to a great extent or degree | painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger |
| skateboarding | 21 | the sport of skating on a skateboard | - |
| sanctimonious | 17 | excessively or hypocritically pious | a sickening sanctimonious smile |
| strategically | 19 | with regard to strategy | strategically important decisions |
| sportsmanship | 22 | fairness in following the rules of the game | - |
| supercomputer | 21 | a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
| sterilization | 22 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | - |
| scintillating | 16 | marked by high spirits or excitement | scintillating personality |
| spectacularly | 22 | in a spectacular manner | the area was spectacularly scenic |
| semiautomatic | 19 | a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously | - |
| sarcastically | 20 | in a sarcastic manner | `Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically |
| supplementary | 22 | functioning in a supporting capacity | - |
| stereotypical | 20 | lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality | - |
| shamelessness | 18 | behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | - |
| stabilization | 24 | the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | - |
| superficially | 23 | in a superficial manner | he was superficially interested |
| socialization | 24 | the action of establishing on a socialist basis | the socialization of medical services |
| stationmaster | 15 | the person in charge of a railway station | - |
| subordination | 16 | the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | - |
| stabilisation | 15 | the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | - |
| superposition | 17 | (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest | - |
| sleeplessness | 15 | a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | - |
| subcontractor | 19 | someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor | - |
| symmetrically | 25 | in a symmetrical manner | they were symmetrically arranged |
| sympathectomy | 30 | surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system | - |
| synchronicity | 26 | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | - |
| socioeconomic | 21 | involving social as well as economic factors | socioeconomic status |
| streptococcus | 21 | spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | - |
| substantiated | 16 | - | - |
| swashbuckling | 28 | flamboyantly adventurous | - |
| steadfastness | 17 | loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | - |
| streetwalking | 21 | - | - |
| steppingstone | 18 | - | - |
| sadomasochist | 21 | someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism | - |
| soundproofing | 20 | - | - |
| sequestration | 22 | seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized | - |
| serendipitous | 16 | lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | - |
| specification | 22 | a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | - |
| supranational | 15 | transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest | a supranational economy |
| synthetically | 24 | by synthesis; in a synthetic manner | some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically |
| sadomasochism | 23 | sadism and masochism combined in one person | - |
| sharecropping | 23 | - | - |
| surreptitious | 15 | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | surreptitious mobilization of troops |
| synchronizing | 31 | coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | - |
| seismographic | 23 | - | - |
| scarification | 20 | - | - |
| situationally | 16 | - | - |
| southwesterly | 22 | situated in or oriented toward the southwest | - |
| senselessness | 13 | total lack of meaning or ideas | - |
| sensitiveness | 16 | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | - |
| shortchanging | 23 | - | - |
| sterilisation | 13 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | - |
| stylistically | 21 | in a rhetorically stylistic manner | stylistically complex |
| survivability | 24 | - | - |
| scriptwriting | 21 | - | - |
| scatterbrains | 17 | - | - |
| semiconscious | 19 | partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations | - |
| sharpshooting | 22 | - | - |
| statesmanship | 20 | wisdom in the management of public affairs | - |
| strangulating | 15 | - | - |
| spectroscopic | 23 | of or relating to or involving spectroscopy | spectroscopic analysis |
| squeamishness | 27 | a mild state of nausea | - |
| splendiferous | 19 | having great beauty and splendor | a kind of splendiferous native simplicity |
| superabundant | 18 | most excessively abundant | - |
| sumptuousness | 17 | the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | - |
| superfluously | 21 | in a superfluous manner | superfluously, he added his silly comments to the discussion |
| superimposing | 20 | - | - |
| structuralist | 15 | - | - |
| symbiotically | 25 | in a symbiotic manner | - |
| sycophantlier | 23 | - | - |
| superluxuries | 22 | - | - |
| superdelegate | 17 | - | - |
| stonebreakers | 19 | - | - |
| stomatologist | 16 | - | - |
| stegosaurians | 14 | - | - |
| statesmanlier | 15 | - | - |
| squirrelliest | 22 | - | - |
| spritefulness | 18 | - | - |
| sportsmanlier | 17 | - | - |
| spondylosises | 19 | - | - |
| spondylitides | 20 | - | - |
| streamlinings | 16 | - | - |
| subarachnoids | 21 | - | - |
| subchartering | 21 | - | - |
| superdaintier | 16 | - | - |
| sunscreenings | 16 | - | - |
| sulphadoxines | 26 | - | - |
| sulfurization | 25 | - | - |
| sulfonmethane | 21 | - | - |
| subsidiariats | 16 | - | - |
| suboperculums | 21 | - | - |
| subministered | 18 | - | - |
| submillimetre | 19 | - | - |
| spinsterliest | 15 | - | - |
| spellchecking | 27 | - | - |
| speechifyings | 27 | - | - |
| sidesteppings | 19 | - | - |
| shrinkflation | 23 | - | - |
| shortsheeting | 20 | - | - |
| shirtfronting | 20 | - | - |
| shapeshifting | 25 | - | - |
| shapeshifters | 24 | - | - |
| shameworthier | 24 | - | - |
| shambolically | 25 | in a shambolic manner | - |
| semidetacheds | 22 | - | - |
| sightworthier | 23 | - | - |
| silkscreening | 20 | - | - |
| skinflintiest | 20 | - | - |
| specificatory | 25 | - | - |
| spearcarriers | 17 | - | - |
| spaghettifies | 22 | - | - |
| spaghettified | 23 | - | - |
| somatotropine | 17 | - | - |
| smoulderingly | 20 | with barely repressed anger | - |
| slumbrousness | 17 | - | - |
| sluggardliest | 16 | - | - |
| slatternliest | 13 | - | - |
| semiconsonant | 17 | - | - |
| semibasements | 19 | - | - |
| sandpaperings | 19 | - | - |
| sandpaperiest | 18 | - | - |
| salamandrians | 16 | - | - |
| saccharometry | 25 | - | - |
| scaramouching | 23 | - | - |
| scatterometer | 17 | - | - |
| semiautomated | 18 | - | - |
| semeiotically | 20 | - | - |
| slipsloppiest | 19 | - | - |
| seasonability | 18 | - | - |
| scrimshankers | 24 | - | - |
| screenwriting | 19 | - | - |
| screenshotted | 19 | - | - |
| scrapbookings | 24 | - | - |
| scoundrellier | 16 | - | - |
| scientificity | 23 | - | - |
| sportscasting | 18 | - | - |
| superencipher | 22 | - | - |
| subdistricted | 19 | - | - |
| sternomastoid | 16 | - | - |
| staystitching | 22 | - | - |
| staycationers | 18 | - | - |
| staphylinidae | 22 | rove beetles | - |
| stakeholdings | 22 | - | - |
| springboarded | 20 | - | - |
| somatizations | 24 | - | - |
| snickerdoodle | 21 | - | - |
| slipstitching | 21 | - | - |
| singlefooting | 18 | - | - |
| semiofficials | 23 | - | - |
| semiabstracts | 19 | - | - |
| searchability | 23 | - | - |
| suballocating | 18 | - | - |
| sulforaphanes | 21 | - | - |
| syntacticians | 20 | - | - |
| superaccurate | 19 | - | - |
| sclerotherapy | 23 | - | - |
| salpingitides | 17 | - | - |
| scintigraphic | 23 | - | - |
| sclerodermata | 18 | - | - |
| sclerodermias | 18 | - | - |
| sclerodermite | 18 | - | - |
| sclerodermous | 18 | - | - |
| scleromalacia | 19 | - | - |
| scleroprotein | 17 | a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye | - |
| sclerotitises | 15 | - | - |
| scolopendrids | 19 | - | - |
| sclerocaulous | 17 | - | - |
| sclerocaulies | 17 | - | - |
| scintillantly | 18 | - | - |
| scintillation | 15 | a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | - |
| scintillators | 15 | - | - |
| scintilliscan | 17 | - | - |
| scintiscanner | 17 | - | - |
| scirrhosities | 18 | - | - |
| sclerenchymas | 25 | - | - |
| scolopendrine | 18 | - | - |
| scolopendrium | 20 | a fern thought to resemble a millipede | - |
| scopophiliacs | 24 | - | - |
| scratchbuilds | 23 | - | - |
| scratchplates | 22 | - | - |
| scrawninesses | 18 | - | - |
| screenwriters | 18 | - | - |
| scribblements | 21 | - | - |
| scrieveboards | 21 | - | - |
| scrimpinesses | 19 | - | - |
| scrimshanders | 21 | - | - |
| scratchboards | 23 | - | - |
| scrappinesses | 19 | - | - |
| scoptophilias | 22 | - | - |
| scoptophobias | 24 | - | - |
| scorbutically | 22 | - | - |
| scorchingness | 21 | - | - |
| scorification | 20 | - | - |
| scragginesses | 17 | - | - |
| scrapepennies | 19 | - | - |
| scraperboards | 20 | - | - |
| scrimshandied | 22 | - | - |
| schwarmerisch | 28 | - | - |
| scavengerings | 20 | - | - |
| schillerising | 19 | - | - |
| schillerizing | 28 | - | - |
| schismaticals | 22 | - | - |
| schismatising | 21 | - | - |
| schismatizing | 30 | - | - |
| schistosities | 18 | - | - |
| schizaeaceous | 29 | - | - |
| schizanthuses | 30 | - | - |
| schematically | 25 | in a schematic manner | schematically outlined |
| scenarisation | 15 | - | - |
| scenarization | 24 | - | - |
| sceneshifters | 21 | - | - |
| scenographers | 21 | - | - |
| scenographies | 21 | - | - |
| scentlessness | 15 | - | - |
| sceuophylacia | 25 | - | - |
| sceuophylaxes | 30 | - | - |
| schizocarpous | 31 | - | - |
| schizogeneses | 28 | - | - |
| schizogenesis | 28 | - | - |
| scholasticate | 20 | - | - |
| scholasticism | 22 | orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | - |
| schoolfellows | 24 | - | - |
| schoolgirlish | 22 | befitting or characteristic of a young girl | a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear |
| schoolmarmish | 25 | - | - |
| schoolmasters | 20 | - | - |
| schussboomers | 22 | - | - |
| scholarliness | 18 | - | - |
| schnorkelling | 23 | - | - |
| schizogenetic | 30 | - | - |
| schizomycetes | 34 | a former classification | - |
| schizomycetic | 36 | - | - |
| schizophrenes | 32 | - | - |
| schizothymias | 35 | - | - |
| schlumbergera | 23 | South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti | - |
| schutzstaffel | 33 | special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps | - |
| sectionalists | 15 | - | - |
| seductiveness | 19 | - | - |
| seemingnesses | 16 | - | - |
| segmentations | 16 | - | - |
| segregational | 15 | - | - |
| seigniorships | 19 | - | - |
| seismographer | 21 | - | - |
| seismological | 18 | of or concerned with seismology | - |
| seditiousness | 14 | - | - |
| seditionaries | 14 | - | - |
| sectionalized | 25 | - | - |
| sectionalizes | 24 | - | - |
| sectorisation | 15 | - | - |
| sectorization | 24 | - | - |
| sedentariness | 14 | - | - |
| sedimentarily | 19 | - | - |
| sedimentation | 16 | the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating | - |
| sedimentology | 20 | - | - |
| seismologists | 16 | - | - |
| seismometries | 17 | - | - |
| seismonasties | 15 | - | - |
| semasiologist | 16 | - | - |
| semeiological | 18 | - | - |
| semeiologists | 16 | - | - |
| semeioticians | 17 | - | - |
| semelparities | 17 | - | - |
| semiaridities | 16 | - | - |
| semicarbazide | 29 | - | - |
| semasiologies | 16 | - | - |
| selfishnesses | 19 | - | - |
| selectionists | 15 | - | - |
| selectiveness | 18 | - | - |
| selectivities | 18 | - | - |
| selenocentric | 17 | - | - |
| selenographer | 19 | - | - |
| selenographic | 21 | - | - |
| selenological | 16 | - | - |
| selenologists | 14 | - | - |
| semicarbazone | 28 | - | - |
| sectionalisms | 17 | - | - |
| scrimshandies | 21 | - | - |
| scrubbinesses | 19 | - | - |
| scruffinesses | 21 | - | - |
| scrumptiously | 22 | so as to produce a delightful taste | - |
| sculdudderies | 18 | - | - |
| sculduggeries | 18 | - | - |
| sculpturesque | 26 | resembling sculpture | the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies |
| scutcheonless | 20 | - | - |
| scutellations | 15 | - | - |
| scrophularias | 20 | - | - |
| scrobiculated | 20 | - | - |
| scrimshanking | 25 | - | - |
| scripophilies | 22 | - | - |
| scripophilist | 22 | - | - |
| scripturalism | 19 | - | - |
| scripturalist | 17 | - | - |
| scriptwriters | 20 | - | - |
| scrivenership | 23 | - | - |
| seamstressies | 15 | - | - |
| searchingness | 19 | - | - |
| seasicknesses | 19 | - | - |
| secretaryship | 23 | the position of secretary | - |
| secretiveness | 18 | characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) | - |
| sectarianised | 16 | - | - |
| sectarianises | 15 | - | - |
| sectarianisms | 17 | - | - |
| sectarianized | 25 | - | - |
| sectarianizes | 24 | - | - |
| sectionalised | 16 | - | - |
| secretariates | 15 | - | - |
| secretagogues | 17 | - | - |
| seasonalities | 13 | - | - |
| seaworthiness | 19 | fitness to traverse the seas | - |
| secessionisms | 17 | - | - |
| secessionists | 15 | - | - |
| seclusionists | 15 | - | - |
| seclusiveness | 18 | - | - |
| secobarbitals | 19 | - | - |
| secondariness | 16 | - | - |
| sectionalises | 15 | - | - |
| sacerdotalism | 18 | a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God | - |
| sacerdotalist | 16 | - | - |
| sacerdotalize | 25 | - | - |
| sacralisation | 15 | - | - |
| sacralization | 24 | - | - |
| sacramentally | 20 | - | - |
| sacrificeable | 22 | may be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective | - |
| sacrificially | 23 | - | - |
| sacerdotalise | 16 | - | - |
| saccharomyces | 27 | single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates | - |
| saccharifying | 27 | - | - |
| saccharimeter | 22 | - | - |
| saccharimetry | 25 | - | - |
| saccharometer | 22 | - | - |
| sacrosanctity | 20 | - | - |
| sansculottist | 15 | - | - |
| satanophanies | 18 | - | - |
| satanophobias | 20 | - | - |
| satellitising | 14 | - | - |
| satellitizing | 23 | - | - |
| satiabilities | 15 | - | - |
| satiricalness | 15 | - | - |
| satirisations | 13 | - | - |
| satirizations | 22 | - | - |
| satanicalness | 15 | - | - |
| sarsaparillas | 15 | - | - |
| saplessnesses | 15 | - | - |
| saprogenicity | 21 | - | - |
| saprophytisms | 25 | - | - |
| sarcocystises | 20 | - | - |
| sarcophaguses | 21 | - | - |
| sarmentaceous | 17 | - | - |
| sarrusophones | 18 | - | - |
| satisfactions | 18 | - | - |
| saturnalianly | 16 | - | - |
| saturninities | 13 | - | - |
| scapegoatisms | 20 | - | - |
| scaphocephali | 27 | - | - |
| scaphocephaly | 30 | congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation | - |
| scapulimantic | 21 | - | - |
| scapulomantic | 21 | - | - |
| scarificators | 20 | - | - |
| scathefulness | 21 | - | - |
| scapegoatings | 19 | - | - |
| scandalmonger | 19 | a person who spreads malicious gossip | - |
| saurognathous | 17 | - | - |
| savablenesses | 18 | - | - |
| savourinesses | 16 | - | - |
| scabbednesses | 20 | - | - |
| scalabilities | 17 | - | - |
| scalariformly | 23 | - | - |
| scalenohedron | 19 | - | - |
| scalpelliform | 22 | - | - |
| scatterations | 15 | - | - |
| sansculottism | 17 | - | - |
| salicylamides | 21 | - | - |
| salifications | 18 | - | - |
| salinisations | 13 | - | - |
| salinizations | 22 | - | - |
| salinometries | 15 | - | - |
| salmonberries | 17 | - | - |
| salmonelloses | 15 | - | - |
| salmonellosis | 15 | a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium | - |
| salesmanships | 20 | - | - |
| saleabilities | 15 | - | - |
| safecrackings | 25 | - | - |
| sagaciousness | 16 | the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating | - |
| sailboardings | 17 | - | - |
| saintlinesses | 13 | - | - |
| salablenesses | 15 | - | - |
| salaciousness | 15 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | - |
| salamandroids | 17 | - | - |
| salpingectomy | 23 | surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes | - |
| salpingitises | 16 | - | - |
| saltationisms | 15 | - | - |
| sanctuarizing | 25 | - | - |
| sandblastings | 17 | - | - |
| sandpaintings | 17 | - | - |
| sanguinolency | 19 | - | - |
| sanitarianism | 15 | - | - |
| sanitationist | 13 | - | - |
| sanitisations | 13 | - | - |
| sanitizations | 22 | - | - |
| sanctuarising | 16 | - | - |
| saltationists | 13 | - | - |
| saltishnesses | 16 | - | - |
| salutatorians | 13 | - | - |
| salvabilities | 18 | - | - |
| salvationisms | 18 | - | - |
| salvationists | 16 | - | - |
| salviniaceous | 18 | - | - |
| sanctifyingly | 25 | - | - |
| sansculottish | 18 | - | - |
| sloganeerings | 15 | - | - |
| snapshootings | 19 | - | - |
| snobbocracies | 21 | - | - |
| snobographers | 21 | - | - |
| snobographies | 21 | - | - |
| snollygosters | 17 | - | - |
| snooperscopes | 19 | - | - |
| snowboardings | 20 | - | - |
| snowmobilings | 21 | - | - |
| snakishnesses | 20 | - | - |
| smokelessness | 19 | - | - |
| slopingnesses | 16 | - | - |
| slouchinesses | 18 | - | - |
| sluggardising | 17 | - | - |
| sluggardizing | 26 | - | - |
| slumpflations | 20 | - | - |
| smallholdings | 20 | - | - |
| smilingnesses | 16 | - | - |
| smithereening | 19 | - | - |
| snowmobilists | 20 | - | - |
| snowploughing | 23 | - | - |
| sociabilities | 17 | - | - |
| solarizations | 22 | - | - |
| solderability | 19 | - | - |
| soldierliness | 14 | - | - |
| solemnisation | 15 | the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | - |
| solemnization | 24 | the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | - |
| solicitations | 15 | - | - |
| solicitorship | 20 | the position of solicitor | - |
| solidungulate | 15 | - | - |
| solarisations | 13 | - | - |
| softheartedly | 23 | - | - |
| socialisation | 15 | the action of establishing on a socialist basis | - |
| sociocultural | 17 | relating to both social and cultural matters | - |
| sociolinguist | 16 | a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication | - |
| sociologistic | 18 | - | - |
| sociometrists | 17 | - | - |
| sodomitically | 21 | - | - |
| solidungulous | 15 | - | - |
| slockdologers | 21 | - | - |
| singularities | 14 | - | - |
| situationisms | 15 | - | - |
| sizablenesses | 24 | - | - |
| skateboarders | 20 | - | - |
| skeletogenous | 18 | - | - |
| skeletonisers | 17 | - | - |
| skeletonising | 18 | - | - |
| siphonostelic | 20 | - | - |
| siphonosteles | 18 | - | - |
| singularizing | 24 | - | - |
| sinisterities | 13 | - | - |
| sinistrorsely | 16 | - | - |
| sinlessnesses | 13 | - | - |
| sinterability | 18 | - | - |
| sinuousnesses | 13 | - | - |
| siphonogamies | 21 | - | - |
| siphonophores | 23 | - | - |
| skeletonizers | 26 | - | - |
| skeletonizing | 27 | - | - |
| skepticalness | 21 | - | - |
| slaveholdings | 21 | - | - |
| slavishnesses | 19 | - | - |
| sledgehammers | 22 | - | - |
| sleepwalkings | 23 | - | - |
| slendernesses | 14 | - | - |
| slipstreaming | 18 | - | - |
| slockdolagers | 21 | - | - |
| slaughterable | 19 | - | - |
| skutterudites | 18 | - | - |
| sketchability | 27 | - | - |
| sketchinesses | 22 | - | - |
| skeuomorphism | 26 | - | - |
| skilfulnesses | 20 | - | - |
| skrimshankers | 26 | - | - |
| skrimshanking | 27 | - | - |
| skuldudderies | 20 | - | - |
| skulduggeries | 20 | - | - |
| slockdoligers | 21 | - | - |
| soothfastness | 19 | - | - |
| soteriologies | 14 | - | - |
