Elementary Vocabulary
36,007 words and 29 expressions at the elementary level.
The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
Initialism of sales and administration.
Initialism of Socialists and Democrats (“Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats”).
Abbreviation of shipping and handling.
A savings and loan association.
plural of S&L
Abbreviation of sadomasochism.
Initialism of strategy and operations.
Initialism of Standard & Poor's: a financial services company based in New York City known for providing stock market indices and credit ratings.
Initialism of search and seizure.
Initialism of science and technology.
Initialism of Smith & Wesson: an American manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and restraints founded in 1852.
plural of S&W
plural of s
Censored spelling of shit.
Censored spelling of shit.
Censored spelling of suck.
Alternative form of The S*n.
Censored spelling of sex.
Subatomic particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0, predicted by supersymmetry; the bosonic equivalent of known fermions.
Censored spelling of shit.
staff military intelligence officer position in smaller units, or section in larger formations
Alternative form of SF (science fiction)
Abbreviation of shilling, derived from Latin solidus.
Initialism of South Africa.
Initialism of South Carolina: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Abbreviation of Southern District Used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the southern part of a multi-district state.
Alternative form of SF.
Synonym of SI (International System of Units)
Abbreviation of Society of Jesus (the Jesuits).
Indicating that the title of a cited work is unknown.
Initialism of significant other.
Abbreviation of sine prole (borrowed from Latin); without offspring, without issue.
Abbreviation of steamship.
Abbreviation of subject to, used in optimisation problems.
Used to refer to an entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia: under the word(s) [X]; at headword [X]; at entry [X].
Replace the following string with the one that appears after it.
Abbreviation of somebody.
Ellipsis of S/F ratio.
plural of S/F
he or she
Alternative form of S&M.
Abbreviation of signal-to-noise ratio.
Abbreviation of someone.
Abbreviation of status post: after.
Abbreviation of staff returns.
Initialism of same size.
Alternative form of SV.
Alternative form of Section 226.
Initialism of Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Alternative form of Section 620.
Abbreviation of sinoatrial or sinoauricular.
simple past and past participle of SA
third-person singular simple present indicative of SA
Alternative form of sa. (“sable”).
Initialism of Sonic Adventure 2.
Single Action Army. The US Army's classification for the Colt M1873 "Peacemaker" revolver, their standard revolver from 1873 to 1892.
A Swedish aerospace and defence company, which formerly also produced automobiles.
The letter ص in the Arabic script.
Initialism of South African Air Force.
An Indian dish made from greens (usually spinach) cooked down to a thick paste.
Initialism of SOAP with Attachments API for Java.
A surname from German.
Alternative spelling of San.
A male given name from Hebrew סַעַר.
Acronym of software as a service.
Initialism of scientific/science advisory board.
Abbreviation of Sabbath.
A sweet grape syrup made from grape must
A surname.
Initialism of Self-Aid Buddy Care.
A Sasquatch-like mythological creature, representing the virture of honesty in Native American religion.
US standard spelling of sabre.
A surname.
Acronym of Society for American Baseball Research.
third-person singular simple present indicative of sab
A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
Dated form of Saka (“a member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau”).
Initialism of Super Audio CD, an optical disc, similar to a DVD, typically one holding a commercially-recorded music album.
A young, black, one-legged prankster in Brazilian folklore, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red hat that enables him to disappear.
A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.
Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
plural of sac
Initialism of Southern African Customs Union.
A surname.
Initialism of Southern African Development Community.
Initialism of Students Against Destructive Decisions (formerly known as Students Against Driving Drunk).
To make sad or unhappy.
A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
To tire, weary.
Initialism of South African Defence Force, an official name of armed forces of South Africa active from 1957 to 1994.
A person who belongs to a monotheistic sect of Hinduism, having beliefs similar to those of Quakers.
Alternative form of tsade.
Initialism of Special Atomic Demolition Munition.
Alternative form of chado (“Japanese tea ceremony”).
Acronym of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a partially recognised state in North Africa that claims the territory of Western Sahara but does not control most of it.
plural of sad (the Arabic letter)
Initialism of structured analysis and design technique.
A commune and village in Sibiu County, Romania.
Initialism of Society of Automotive Engineers.
A male given name from Arabic.
Synonym of Zuoying: the Japanese-derived name
plural of SAE
A surname.
Initialism of sustainable aviation fuel.
A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to hunt wild animals in their own environment.
To make something safe.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
The property of being safe.
The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
A city in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco.
Initialism of Swiss Army Fitness Test.
The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
Baggy or loose-fitting.
A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
plural of sag
Archaic form of sago.
Alternative spelling of sagey.
Pronunciation spelling of sir.
A surname from Bengali.
Acronym of stay-at-home dad.
A surname.
Acronym of stay-at-home mom/mum/mother.
A member of a Hamitic people of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Initialism of stay-at-home parent.
A surname.
plural of SAH
In ancient Egyptian mythology, a type of spiritual body which the Khu can inhabit.
A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
A surname from Italian.
Initialism of Science Applications International Corporation, a defense contractor, one of the largest employee-owned companies in the USA.
Archaic spelling of say.
Alternative form of seif (“type of sand dune”).
A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
A male sailor.
Alternative form of seam (“lard”).
To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses.
A surname.
An Asian tree, Terminalia elliptica
Initialism of secure attention key (such as ctrl+alt+delete for Windows operating systems) (not in general use but used in topic-relevant online discussions).
A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.
Cause, interest or account.
Alternative spelling of saké (“rice wine”).
A surname.
plural of SAK
A town and city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
A city in Crimea, Ukraine.
Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
Salt.
Used to form names of salicylic acid derivatives.
A large hall or reception room.
A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process.
A surname.
An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
A young woman employed as a salesclerk.
A woman who is employed as a sales clerk.
A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
plural of salesperson
A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.
A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.
University of Salford, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate
A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
A surname.
Any of several historical countships and principalities in present-day Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
Acronym of statement of assets, liabilities and net worth.
a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae.
plural of sal
To add salt to.
To which salt has been added.
A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.
Alternative spelling of salt shaker.
An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions.
A coastal city near Rabat in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, Morocco.
To assemble.
Abbreviation of Samuel.
A surname.
Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
Upsilon Andromedae c, an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sun-like star Upsilon Andromedae A.
A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
Acronym of Security Assertion Markup Language.
A language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
plural of sam
An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.
A surname.
A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel.
A ridge of sand along a shore that is partially or totally submerged and thus a hazard to shipping.
A sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle; typically, but not always, made for fun by a child on a beach.
A vacant lot where children play.
A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes.
Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
simple past of sing
A Loloish language spoken in China.
simple past of sink
A surname from Japanese.
Without; lacking, especially with regard to something expected or with precedent
A surname.
Any of a group of South American native ungulates, extinct ungulate-like mammals sharing uncertain affinities.
A surname.
A nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology.
Initialism of arterial oxygen saturation.
plural of SAO
To exhaust the vitality of.
A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.
Alternative form of SPD (“sadistic personality disorder”).
A Kru language of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken in eastern Liberia.
A surname.
plural of sap
Acronym of search and rescue.
Abbreviation of Sardinia.
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
dry, withered
A city in Moyen-Chari, Chad
One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe.
Acronym of selective androgen receptor modulator.
A large village in St Bride's Minor community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9083).
A surname.
Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also Sars.
An assart, or clearing; land cleared for agriculture.
Initialism of Special Air Service.
Initialism of self-addressed stamped envelope.
A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
Abbreviation of Saskatchewan: a province of Canada.
Initialism of South African Sign Language.
Acronym of senescence-associated secretory phenotype.
The quality of being sassy.
Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy.
Initialism of South African Standard Time.
simple past and past participle of sit
Abbreviation of Saturday.
Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment), a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. It is the successor to the legacy Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) standard.
Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
Initialism of Sex and the City.
Initialism of shortest access time first, a disk scheduling algorithm or approach
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
A surname from Japanese.
Initialism of standard ambient temperature and pressure.
plural of sat
Alternative spelling of satay.
Initialism of school administrative unit.
Acronym of Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions.
A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
A barangay of Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Obsolete form of save.
A member of a certain tribe or group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group.
The first king of Israel in the Old Testament.
fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
A male elephant that is not part of a herd; a rogue.
Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”).
plural of SAU
To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.
Abbreviation of savings.
A river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube at Belgrade.
Except; with the exception of.
One who saves.
plural of saving
A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
A surname from Italian.
plural of sav
Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”)
To sprinkle with sawdust.
Obsolete spelling of saw, simple past of see.
A surname.
A Dardic language spoke in Afghanistan and also Pakistan.
Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
plural of saw
A style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and Bahrain.
Alternative spelling of zax.
Abbreviation of saxophone.
Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany
A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.
Initialism of small-angle X-ray scattering.
A skirt.
simple past and past participle of say
Obsolete spelling of say.
third-person singular simple present indicative of say
Initialism of search as you type.
The baglama.
Alternative form of Said.
A city in ancient Egypt.
Abbreviation of somebody.
simple past and past participle of SB
Abbreviation of somebody.
Initialism of school-based assessment.
Abbreviation of anti-strange quark.
plural of SBA
Initialism of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation; SRG SSR.
Initialism of single-byte character set.
Initialism of Stryker brigade combat team
Alternative spelling of sbd..
Abbreviation of somebody.
plural of SBD
Abbreviation of south by east.
simple past and past participle of SB
Initialism of single (unmarried) black female.
plural of SBF
Initialism of Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
Abbreviation of stellar black hole (“collapsar”).
plural of SBH
Initialism of State Bank of India.
Initialism of soy-based infant formula.
Initialism of small business innovation research.
Abbreviation of simple bit array.
Abbreviation of superbike.
plural of SBK
Synonym of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Initialism of small to medium business.
Initialism of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
Initialism of skill-based matchmaking.
plural of SBM
Initialism of Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
Initialism of spiritual but not religious.
Initialism of small business owner.
Initialism of software bill of materials, the inventory of components used to build a software artifact.
plural of SBO
Initialism of systolic blood pressure.
Initialism of standby power system/supply.
Synonym of RAII (particular style of use of RAII)
Initialism of sick building syndrome, health effects experienced by building occupants that appear to be linked to time spent in a building.
Initialism of Special Broadcasting Service independent.
Initialism of Southern bleached softwood kraft.
Abbreviation of space-based solar power.
Initialism of State Bank of Travancore.
Initialism of sensitive but unclassified.
Abbreviation of Starbucks.
Abbreviation of south by west.
Abbreviation of snowboardcross.
Initialism of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former president of Indonesia.
Abbreviation of subcutaneous.
Abbreviation of scilicet: namely, to wit, (law) done and recorded in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction.
Initialism of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
Acronym of Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.
A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
The top of the head; the skull.
Covered or abounding with scales.
A quick, light run.
Initialism of State Court Administrative Office.
Initialism of supreme commander of the Allied powers.
A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
The property of being scary.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
Alternative form of skaw (“promontory”).
Initialism of self-contained breathing apparatus, a portable breathing device for persons entering a toxic environment.
Initialism of special care baby unit.
Initialism of Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
Initialism of Sports Car Club of America.
plural of SCC
Initialism of slowly changing dimension.
plural of SCD
European Cooperative Society
Abbreviation of scenario.
Initialism of Sun Certified Enterprise Architect.
The location of an event that attracts attention.
A distinctive smell.
Having a pleasant aroma.
Initialism of Spacecraft Event Time.
Initialism of self-consistent field.
Initialism of short-chain fatty acid.
Initialism of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
Abbreviation of standard cubic feet per hour, a unit of volumetric fluid flow.
Abbreviation of single-chain variable fragment.
Initialism of Sydney Cricket Ground.
Abbreviation of school.
Used to form an intensified word, typically with words starting with voiceless sibilants and affricates like /s/, /ʃ/, and /t͡ʃ/ especially for comedic effect.
Abbreviation of school.
A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
A satchel used to carry supplies for school; a bookbag.
A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.
A boy attending school.
A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
plural of schoolday
A girl attending school.
A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
Training or instruction.
A male teacher.
A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
A classroom, a room in a school used for instruction.
Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.
The grounds around a school.
Abbreviation of science or sciences.
plural of sce.
Initialism of severe combined immunodeficiency.
Initialism of Science Citation Index Expanded.
A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
Related or connected to science
One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
Initialism of State Compensation Insurance Fund.
Synonym of Chios.
plural of sci
Initialism of Sun Certified Java Developer.
Initialism of Sun Certified Java Programmer.
Initialism of small-cell lung cancer.
Initialism of software configuration management.
Initialism of South China Morning Post, a newspaper published in Hong Kong.
Initialism of South American Community of Nations.
Initialism of signal to effective clipping noise ratio.
plural of SCN
Abbreviation of Scotland.
A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.
A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
Alternative form of scoon (“to skim along a surface”).
To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
A poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England.
A large board that displays the score in a game or contest.
A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress.
Someone who keeps track of the score at a sporting event or other contest.
The keeping of score.
With no points or goals etc having been scored.
One who scores.
Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
plural of SCO
To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
Alternative letter-case form of Scoutmaster.
Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
Initialism of senior chief petty officer.
plural of SCP
Initialism of silicon controlled rectifier.
Abbreviation of Serbo-Croatian.
To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
Mixed, disordered, shuffled.
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.
To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
A user of the Scratch visual programming language.
A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.
To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.
Of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.
The foundational text of a given religion, or a text considered especially holy.
Initialism of steel cord reinforced polymer/plastic.
plural of SCR
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
Initialism of South China Sea.
Initialism of Small Computer Systems Interface.
Initialism of Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Initialism of Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode.
Abbreviation of scattered.
Initialism of Stream Control Transmission Protocol.
Initialism of sea cadet training ship.
Initialism of solitary confinement unit.
An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
To scrape the feet while walking.
To shelter; to protect.
school, shoal (of fish)
To form by sculpture.
A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
Alternative form of scoon (“to skim along a surface”).
A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
plural of SCU
A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in a hunt.
Alternative form of scuzz.
Initialism of Santa Clarita Valley: A regoin in the County of Los Angeles, California, United States
Initialism of substorm current wedge.
Initialism of Seabee combat warfare specialist.
An armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.
Abbreviation of schizophrenia.
Initialism of South Dakota: a state of the United States.
Initialism of Seventh-day Adventism, a Protestant denomination.
plural of SDA
Initialism of sialodacryoadenitis virus.
Initialism of self-directed brokerage account.
Initialism of sight draft (on presentation of) bill of lading.
Initialism of self-driving car
plural of SDC
Initialism of syntax-directed definition.
Initialism of stochastic differential equation.
plural of SDE
Initialism of (Japanese) Self-Defence Force(s).
Initialism of single-display groupware.
plural of SDG
Initialism of Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
Initialism of synchronous digital hierarchy.
Initialism of Secure Digital High Capacity: a type of memory card.
Initialism of single-document interface.