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Words starting with S

Words that start with S

Six slippery snakes sailed southward on a silver ship to Sydney.

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Animals starting with S

Animals

Photo of squash.

Food

Plants that start with S

Plants

Adjectives that start with S

Adjectives

Verbs that start with S

Verbs

Countries that start with S

Countries

Cities that start with S

Cities

Jobs that start with S

Jobs

Photo of a skull.

Body parts

Photo of strawberries

Fruit

Photo of a swan.

Birds

Photo of women using spinning wheels
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Sis forSpinning wheel

A spinning wheel is a device that is used to spin fibres like animal hair or linen into thread or yarn. Spinning wheels of various designs have been in use for hundreds of years. Spinning wheels are usually powered by a foot treadle or turning them by hand. Today, yarn is made on a much larger scale by machines, powered by motors.
Devices
Photo of a spinster
Photo by Pedro Ribeiro Simões
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Sis forSpinster

A spinster is a woman who is not married or in any kind of relationship. The term is usually used to describe an older unmarried woman, while bachelor can be used to describe a man of any age.
Female, Lifestyles
Photo of a spiral
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Sis forSpiral

A spiral is a curve that you make by drawing around a central dot while at the same time getting further and further away from the dot.
Shapes
Photo of a spire.
Photo by The Pug Father
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Sis forSpire

A spire is a tall, pointed structure usually found as a type of roof on the tallest part of a grand building. Spires are common on churches and cathedrals.
Structures
Photo of a spirit level
Photo by Alastair Thompson
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Sis forSpirit level

A spirit level, or bubble level is a tool that is used to tell if something is horizontal or vertical. Spirit levels have one or more small tubes filled with liquid in them, with a bubble of air in the liquid. When the bubble is in the centre of the liquid, the spirit level is straight.
Tools
Photo of a splash in water
Photo by Mark Robinson
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Sis forSplash

A splash happens when something hits water fast. You make a big splash if you jump into a swimming pool. The splash in the picture is from someone throwing stones into a pond.
Verbs
A diagram showing the spleen in the body.
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Sis forSpleen

The spleen is an organ located inside the abdomen. The spleen is part of the immune system, and its job is to filter old and abnormal blood cells from the blood stream.
Body parts
Photo of a hand with a splinter in it
Photo by Deovolenti
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Sis forSplinter

A splinter is a tiny piece of wood that is sharp at one end. You can get splinters in your hands if you work with splintery wood without gloves on.
Medical
Photo of a split rock
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Sis forSplit

You split something by hitting it so that it breaks lengthways along its grain. The rock in the picture has been split down the middle. Large blocks of wood are usually split with an axe to turn them into firewood.
Verbs
Photo of the spokes of a wheel.
Photo by Hans Kylberg
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Sis forSpokes

Spokes are the thin parts of a wheel that connect the center of the wheel to the edges. Not all wheels have spokes, some are solid. Almost all kinds of bicycle wheels have spokes. Spoked wheels are lighter than solid wheels.
Automotive