14-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| superintendent | 17 | a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector | - |
| simultaneously | 19 | at the same instant | they spoke simultaneously |
| scientifically | 24 | with respect to science; in a scientific way | this is scientifically interesting |
| slaughterhouse | 21 | a building where animals are butchered | - |
| systematically | 24 | in a systematic or consistent manner | they systematically excluded women |
| sophistication | 21 | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | - |
| subconsciously | 23 | from the subconscious mind | the image came to him subconsciously |
| sentimentality | 19 | falsely emotional in a maudlin way | - |
| superstructure | 18 | structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck | - |
| sustainability | 19 | the property of being sustainable | - |
| specialization | 27 | the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | - |
| schoolchildren | 25 | - | - |
| scatterbrained | 19 | lacking sense or discretion | - |
| supernaturally | 19 | in a supernatural manner | - |
| susceptibility | 23 | the state of being susceptible; easily affected | - |
| satisfactorily | 22 | in a satisfactory manner | - |
| straightjacket | 31 | a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person | - |
| sensationalism | 16 | the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation |
| sociologically | 22 | with regard to sociology | sociologically speaking, this is an interesting phenomenon |
| sentimentalist | 16 | someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality | - |
| schoolmistress | 21 | a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | - |
| sentimentalism | 18 | a predilection for sentimentality | - |
| staphylococcus | 28 | spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | - |
| simplification | 23 | the act of reducing complexity | - |
| stratification | 19 | the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group | - |
| spectrographic | 26 | relating to or employing a spectrograph | - |
| solidification | 20 | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | - |
| superficiality | 24 | lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling | - |
| staphylococcal | 28 | of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria | a staphylococcal infection |
| superannuation | 16 | the property of being out of date and not current | - |
| saponification | 21 | a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap) | - |
| sanctification | 21 | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy | - |
| specialisation | 18 | the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | - |
| servomechanism | 26 | control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | - |
| sensationalist | 14 | someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention | - |
| suggestibility | 21 | susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion | - |
| substantiation | 16 | the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | - |
| stigmatization | 26 | the act of stigmatizing | - |
| supersensitive | 19 | having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | - |
| sanguification | 20 | the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | - |
| saturabilities | 16 | - | - |
| sauropterygian | 20 | - | - |
| saveablenesses | 19 | - | - |
| saxifragaceous | 27 | - | - |
| scabrousnesses | 18 | - | - |
| scalablenesses | 18 | - | - |
| sansculottists | 16 | - | - |
| sansculottisms | 18 | - | - |
| sanguinariness | 15 | - | - |
| sanguinenesses | 15 | - | - |
| sanguinivorous | 18 | - | - |
| sanitarianisms | 16 | - | - |
| sanitarinesses | 14 | - | - |
| sanitationists | 14 | - | - |
| sansculotterie | 16 | - | - |
| sansculottides | 17 | - | - |
| scalenohedrons | 20 | - | - |
| scampishnesses | 23 | - | - |
| scandalisation | 17 | the act of scandalizing | - |
| scattermouches | 23 | - | - |
| scenarisations | 16 | - | - |
| scenarizations | 25 | - | - |
| scenographical | 24 | - | - |
| sceuophylacium | 28 | - | - |
| schadenfreudes | 24 | - | - |
| schematisation | 21 | the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | - |
| scarifications | 21 | - | - |
| scaremongering | 20 | - | - |
| scandalization | 26 | the act of scandalizing | - |
| scandalmongers | 20 | - | - |
| scandalousness | 17 | disgracefulness that offends public morality | - |
| scapegallowses | 22 | - | - |
| scaphocephalic | 30 | - | - |
| scaphocephalus | 28 | - | - |
| scapulimancies | 22 | - | - |
| scapulomancies | 22 | - | - |
| schematization | 30 | the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | - |
| saccharimeters | 23 | - | - |
| saccharinities | 21 | - | - |
| saccharisation | 21 | - | - |
| saccharization | 30 | - | - |
| saccharometers | 23 | - | - |
| sacerdotalised | 18 | - | - |
| sacerdotalises | 17 | - | - |
| sacerdotalisms | 19 | - | - |
| sacchariferous | 24 | - | - |
| sabermetrician | 20 | - | - |
| sacerdotalists | 17 | - | - |
| sacerdotalized | 27 | - | - |
| sacerdotalizes | 26 | - | - |
| sacrosanctness | 18 | - | - |
| sadomasochisms | 24 | - | - |
| sadomasochists | 22 | - | - |
| saleablenesses | 16 | - | - |
| salpiglossises | 17 | - | - |
| salubriousness | 16 | the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | - |
| salutarinesses | 14 | - | - |
| salvablenesses | 19 | - | - |
| sacroiliitises | 16 | - | - |
| sacrococcygeal | 26 | - | - |
| sacralisations | 16 | - | - |
| sacralizations | 25 | - | - |
| sacramentalism | 20 | - | - |
| sacramentalist | 18 | - | - |
| sacramentality | 21 | - | - |
| sacramentarian | 18 | - | - |
| sacramentaries | 18 | - | - |
| sacrilegiously | 20 | in a sacrilegious manner | - |
| salvageability | 23 | - | - |
| sindonologists | 16 | - | - |
| skeuomorphisms | 27 | - | - |
| skillessnesses | 18 | - | - |
| skillfulnesses | 21 | - | - |
| skittishnesses | 21 | - | - |
| skullduggeries | 21 | - | - |
| slanderousness | 15 | - | - |
| slantendicular | 17 | - | - |
| slantindicular | 17 | - | - |
| skateboardings | 22 | - | - |
| sizeablenesses | 25 | - | - |
| sindonophanies | 20 | - | - |
| singablenesses | 17 | - | - |
| singularnesses | 15 | - | - |
| sinisternesses | 14 | - | - |
| sinistralities | 14 | - | - |
| sinistrorsally | 17 | - | - |
| siphonophorous | 24 | - | - |
| sisterlinesses | 14 | - | - |
| slatternliness | 14 | in the manner of a slattern | - |
| slaughterously | 21 | - | - |
| slumberousness | 18 | - | - |
| sluttishnesses | 17 | - | - |
| smotherinesses | 19 | - | - |
| snaggletoothed | 20 | - | - |
| snappishnesses | 21 | - | - |
| sneakingnesses | 19 | - | - |
| sneakishnesses | 21 | - | - |
| snickersneeing | 21 | - | - |
| sluggishnesses | 19 | - | - |
| sluggardnesses | 17 | - | - |
| sledgehammered | 24 | - | - |
| slipperinesses | 18 | - | - |
| slipshoddiness | 21 | - | - |
| slipshodnesses | 20 | - | - |
| slobbishnesses | 21 | - | - |
| slothfulnesses | 20 | - | - |
| slovenlinesses | 17 | - | - |
| sluggardliness | 17 | - | - |
| sniffishnesses | 23 | - | - |
| sinanthropuses | 19 | - | - |
| sexualisations | 21 | - | - |
| sherardisation | 18 | - | - |
| sherardization | 27 | - | - |
| shillingsworth | 24 | - | - |
| shillyshallied | 24 | - | - |
| shillyshallier | 23 | - | - |
| shillyshallies | 23 | - | - |
| shockabilities | 25 | - | - |
| shockingnesses | 24 | - | - |
| shellfisheries | 23 | - | - |
| sheepshearings | 23 | - | - |
| sexualizations | 30 | - | - |
| shadowcastings | 24 | - | - |
| shadowgraphies | 27 | - | - |
| shamefacedness | 25 | feeling embarrassed about yourself | - |
| shamefulnesses | 22 | - | - |
| shareabilities | 19 | - | - |
| sharpshootings | 23 | - | - |
| sheepishnesses | 22 | - | - |
| shortsightedly | 25 | - | - |
| showerproofing | 26 | - | - |
| shrewishnesses | 23 | - | - |
| simaroubaceous | 20 | - | - |
| simplemindedly | 25 | - | - |
| simplificative | 26 | - | - |
| simplificators | 23 | - | - |
| simplistically | 23 | - | - |
| simultaneities | 16 | - | - |
| simultaneouses | 16 | - | - |
| silviculturist | 19 | - | - |
| silversmithing | 23 | - | - |
| shuttlecocking | 26 | - | - |
| sigmoidoscopes | 22 | - | - |
| sigmoidoscopic | 24 | - | - |
| signalisations | 15 | - | - |
| signalizations | 24 | - | - |
| significancies | 22 | - | - |
| significations | 20 | - | - |
| silicification | 21 | - | - |
| sorbitisations | 16 | - | - |
| sovietizations | 26 | - | - |
| sovietological | 20 | - | - |
| sovietologists | 18 | - | - |
| spaciousnesses | 18 | - | - |
| sparrowgrasses | 20 | - | - |
| spathiphyllums | 29 | - | - |
| spatiotemporal | 20 | existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration | - |
| sovietisations | 17 | - | - |
| sovereigntists | 18 | - | - |
| sorbitizations | 25 | - | - |
| soreheadedness | 19 | - | - |
| soteriological | 17 | of or relating to soteriology | - |
| soullessnesses | 14 | - | - |
| soundproofings | 21 | - | - |
| southeastwards | 21 | - | - |
| southernnesses | 17 | - | - |
| southwestwards | 24 | - | - |
| specifications | 23 | - | - |
| speciousnesses | 18 | - | - |
| speechlessness | 21 | the property of being speechless | - |
| spelaeological | 19 | - | - |
| spelaeologists | 17 | - | - |
| spellbindingly | 23 | - | - |
| spermatoblasts | 20 | - | - |
| spermatogenies | 19 | - | - |
| spermatogenous | 19 | - | - |
| spermatogonial | 19 | - | - |
| spectroscopist | 22 | - | - |
| spectroscopies | 22 | - | - |
| specklednesses | 23 | - | - |
| spectacularity | 23 | - | - |
| spectatorships | 23 | - | - |
| spectinomycins | 25 | - | - |
| spectralnesses | 18 | - | - |
| spectrological | 21 | - | - |
| spectrometries | 20 | - | - |
| spermatogonium | 21 | - | - |
| soporiferously | 22 | - | - |
| snippersnapper | 22 | - | - |
| sociopolitical | 20 | - | - |
| socioreligious | 17 | - | - |
| softheadedness | 22 | - | - |
| solecistically | 21 | - | - |
| solemnisations | 16 | - | - |
| solemnizations | 25 | - | - |
| solicitorships | 21 | - | - |
| solicitousness | 16 | a feeling of excessive concern | - |
| sociolinguists | 17 | - | - |
| snippetinesses | 18 | - | - |
| snobbishnesses | 21 | - | - |
| sobersidedness | 18 | - | - |
| sociablenesses | 18 | - | - |
| socialisations | 16 | - | - |
| socializations | 25 | - | - |
| sociobiologies | 19 | - | - |
| sociobiologist | 19 | a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior | - |
| solifidianisms | 20 | - | - |
| solitarinesses | 14 | - | - |
| somnambulistic | 22 | - | - |
| somniloquences | 27 | - | - |
| somniloquising | 26 | - | - |
| somniloquizing | 35 | - | - |
| sonorousnesses | 14 | - | - |
| soothingnesses | 18 | - | - |
| sophisticating | 22 | - | - |
| somnambulators | 20 | - | - |
| somnambulation | 20 | walking by a person who is asleep | - |
| solitudinarian | 15 | one who lives in solitude | - |
| solubilisation | 16 | - | - |
| solubilization | 25 | - | - |
| solvablenesses | 19 | - | - |
| somaesthesises | 19 | - | - |
| somatotrophins | 21 | - | - |
| somnambulances | 22 | - | - |
| somnambulating | 21 | - | - |
| sophisticators | 21 | - | - |
| sextuplicating | 26 | - | - |
| scripophilists | 23 | - | - |
| scurrilousness | 16 | - | - |
| seamlessnesses | 16 | - | - |
| seasonableness | 16 | being at the right time | - |
| seasonalnesses | 14 | - | - |
| secludednesses | 18 | - | - |
| secretaryships | 24 | - | - |
| sectarianising | 17 | - | - |
| sectarianizing | 26 | - | - |
| scrutinizingly | 29 | - | - |
| scrutinisingly | 20 | - | - |
| scripturalisms | 20 | - | - |
| scripturalists | 18 | - | - |
| scriptwritings | 22 | - | - |
| scrivenerships | 24 | - | - |
| scrofulousness | 19 | - | - |
| scrupulosities | 18 | - | - |
| scrupulousness | 18 | strict attention to minute details | - |
| scrutabilities | 18 | - | - |
| sectionalising | 17 | - | - |
| sectionalizing | 26 | - | - |
| sectionisation | 16 | - | - |
| segregationist | 16 | someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart | - |
| seignioralties | 15 | - | - |
| seismographers | 22 | - | - |
| seismographies | 22 | - | - |
| seismometrical | 20 | - | - |
| selenographers | 20 | - | - |
| selenographies | 20 | - | - |
| selenographist | 20 | - | - |
| sedulousnesses | 15 | - | - |
| sedimentologic | 20 | - | - |
| sectionization | 25 | - | - |
| sectorisations | 16 | - | - |
| sectorizations | 25 | - | - |
| secularisation | 16 | the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | - |
| secularization | 25 | the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | - |
| securitisation | 16 | - | - |
| securitization | 25 | - | - |
| sedimentations | 17 | - | - |
| selflessnesses | 17 | - | - |
| scrimshandying | 26 | - | - |
| schismatically | 26 | in a manner that is schismatic | - |
| schoolmastered | 22 | - | - |
| schoolmasterly | 24 | - | - |
| schoolteachers | 24 | - | - |
| schoolteaching | 25 | - | - |
| schutzstaffels | 34 | - | - |
| scintigraphies | 22 | - | - |
| scholasticisms | 23 | - | - |
| schizognathous | 32 | - | - |
| schizomycetous | 35 | - | - |
| schizophrenias | 33 | - | - |
| schizophrenics | 35 | - | - |
| schizophyceous | 38 | - | - |
| schlumbergeras | 24 | - | - |
| scholastically | 24 | with respect to scholastic activities | scholastically apt |
| scholasticates | 21 | - | - |
| scintillascope | 20 | - | - |
| scintillations | 16 | - | - |
| scintilliscans | 18 | - | - |
| sclerotisation | 16 | - | - |
| sclerotization | 25 | - | - |
| scolopendriums | 21 | - | - |
| scorifications | 21 | - | - |
| scornfulnesses | 19 | - | - |
| scraggednesses | 19 | - | - |
| scratchbuilder | 24 | - | - |
| scratchinesses | 21 | - | - |
| scleroproteins | 18 | - | - |
| sclerophyllous | 24 | - | - |
| scintillometer | 18 | - | - |
| scintilloscope | 20 | - | - |
| scintiscanners | 18 | - | - |
| scissiparities | 18 | - | - |
| sclerenchymata | 26 | - | - |
| sclerodermites | 19 | - | - |
| scleromalacias | 20 | - | - |
| sclerophyllies | 24 | - | - |
| scrimshandered | 23 | - | - |
| sequestrations | 23 | - | - |
| serendipitists | 17 | - | - |
| serialisations | 14 | - | - |
| serializations | 23 | - | - |
| sericicultures | 18 | - | - |
| sericitisation | 16 | - | - |
| sericitization | 25 | - | - |
| sericulturists | 16 | - | - |
| sequaciousness | 25 | - | - |
| septuagenaries | 17 | - | - |
| sentimentalize | 25 | make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities | Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind |
| separabilities | 18 | - | - |
| separatenesses | 16 | - | - |
| separationisms | 18 | - | - |
| separationists | 16 | - | - |
| separativeness | 19 | - | - |
| septuagenarian | 17 | someone whose age is in the seventies | - |
| seriocomically | 23 | - | - |
| seroconversion | 19 | - | - |
| seroconverting | 20 | - | - |
| serviceberries | 21 | - | - |
| sesquipedalian | 26 | a very long word (a foot and a half long) | - |
| sesquipedality | 29 | using long words | - |
| sesquisulphide | 29 | - | - |
| sesquiterpenes | 25 | - | - |
| severabilities | 19 | - | - |
| sexcentenaries | 23 | - | - |
| serviceability | 24 | the quality of being able to provide good service | - |
| serratirostral | 14 | - | - |
| serodiagnostic | 18 | - | - |
| seronegativity | 21 | - | - |
| seropositivity | 22 | - | - |
| serotaxonomies | 23 | - | - |
| serotoninergic | 17 | - | - |
| serpentiningly | 20 | - | - |
| serpentinising | 17 | - | - |
| serpentinizing | 26 | - | - |
| sexploitations | 23 | - | - |
| selfsamenesses | 19 | - | - |
| semiconducting | 22 | having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors | - |
| semiconduction | 21 | - | - |
| semiconductors | 21 | - | - |
| semicrystallic | 23 | - | - |
| semidarknesses | 21 | - | - |
| semielliptical | 20 | - | - |
| semifluidities | 20 | - | - |
| semiochemicals | 25 | - | - |
| semicommercial | 24 | - | - |
| semicircularly | 23 | - | - |
| semaphorically | 26 | - | - |
| semasiological | 19 | - | - |
| semasiologists | 17 | - | - |
| semiautomatics | 20 | - | - |
| semiautonomous | 18 | - | - |
| semicarbazides | 30 | - | - |
| semicarbazones | 29 | - | - |
| semicentennial | 18 | the 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
| semiofficially | 27 | - | - |
| semiologically | 22 | - | - |
| semipalmations | 20 | - | - |
| sensationalize | 23 | - | - |
| sensiblenesses | 16 | - | - |
| sensitisations | 14 | - | - |
| sensitizations | 23 | - | - |
| sensitometries | 16 | - | - |
| sensualisation | 14 | - | - |
| sensualization | 23 | - | - |
| sensuousnesses | 14 | - | - |
| semiparasitism | 20 | - | - |
| semiperimeters | 20 | - | - |
| semiporcelains | 20 | - | - |
| semiretirement | 18 | - | - |
| sempiternities | 18 | - | - |
| sempstressings | 19 | - | - |
| seneschalships | 24 | - | - |
| sensationalise | 14 | - | - |
| sentimentalise | 16 | make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities | - |
| subcontracting | 21 | - | - |
| subgenerations | 17 | - | - |
| subgenerically | 22 | - | - |
| subgovernments | 22 | - | - |
| subindications | 19 | - | - |
| subinfeudating | 21 | - | - |
| subinfeudation | 20 | - | - |
| subinfeudatory | 23 | - | - |
| subinsinuation | 16 | - | - |
| subfertilities | 19 | - | - |
| subemployments | 25 | - | - |
| subcontractors | 20 | - | - |
| subcontrariety | 21 | - | - |
| subcutaneously | 21 | below the skin | inject subcutaneously |
| subdeaconships | 24 | - | - |
| subdepartments | 21 | - | - |
| subdevelopment | 24 | - | - |
| subdisciplines | 21 | - | - |
| subeditorships | 22 | - | - |
| subintroducing | 20 | - | - |
| subinvolutions | 19 | - | - |
| subirrigations | 17 | - | - |
| submaxillaries | 25 | - | - |
| submergibility | 24 | - | - |
| submersibility | 23 | - | - |
| submetacentric | 22 | - | - |
| submicroscopic | 26 | - | - |
| subminiaturise | 18 | - | - |
| subminiaturize | 27 | - | - |
| submissiveness | 21 | the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. | - |
| submandibulars | 21 | - | - |
| subliteratures | 16 | - | - |
| subjectability | 30 | - | - |
| subjectiveness | 28 | judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts | - |
| subjectivising | 29 | - | - |
| subjectivistic | 30 | - | - |
| subjectivities | 28 | - | - |
| subjectivizing | 38 | - | - |
| sublieutenancy | 21 | - | - |
| sublieutenants | 16 | - | - |
| subnormalities | 18 | - | - |
| subcontinental | 18 | - | - |
| stretchinesses | 19 | - | - |
| structuralisms | 18 | - | - |
| structuralists | 16 | - | - |
| structuralized | 26 | - | - |
| structuralizes | 25 | - | - |
| structurations | 16 | - | - |
| stubbornnesses | 18 | - | - |
| studiousnesses | 15 | - | - |
| stultification | 19 | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | - |
| structuralises | 16 | - | - |
| structuralised | 17 | - | - |
| stridulousness | 15 | - | - |
| strikebreakers | 24 | - | - |
| strikebreaking | 25 | confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers | - |
| strikingnesses | 19 | - | - |
| strobilisation | 16 | - | - |
| strobilization | 25 | - | - |
| stroboscopical | 22 | - | - |
| strophanthuses | 22 | - | - |
| stupendousness | 17 | - | - |
| stylographical | 25 | - | - |
| subadolescents | 19 | - | - |
| subcategorises | 19 | - | - |
| subcategorized | 29 | - | - |
| subcategorizes | 28 | - | - |
| subclassifying | 25 | - | - |
| subcollections | 20 | - | - |
| subcommissions | 22 | - | - |
| subcommunities | 22 | - | - |
| subconsciouses | 20 | - | - |
| subcategorised | 20 | - | - |
| subatmospheric | 25 | - | - |
| subaggregation | 19 | - | - |
| suballocations | 18 | - | - |
