Words that start with S

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

Sis forStairs

Stairs are made out of lots of steps that you can climb to get somewhere higher. If you are in a tall building or a double storey house there will be a staircase so you can get to the next floor up. If a building has too many floors for someone to walk all the way up without getting tired, it will have an elevator or lift to take you to another floor.

Sis forStake

A stake is any piece of wood, or sometimes metal, that is used for supporting something else. Stakes are generally driven into the ground and are used to support plants or young trees as they grow. Stakes usually have one end sharpened to a point, which makes it easier to drive them into the ground.
Stalactites are formed when water that has a lot of minerals dissolved in it drips through the roof of a cave and some of the minerals are left behind. Over a long time, the mineral deposits form into spikes hanging from the ceiling of the cave. Where water drips from a stalactite, stalagmites form.
Stalagmites grow up from the floor of a cave as water with a lot of dissolved minerals drips from the cave ceiling. Where the water drips from a stalactite forms. Stalagmites are typically shorter and fatter than stalactites.

Sis forStale

Stale means that something, especially food, has gone bad or become old. The opposite of stale is fresh. Stale bread is good to feed to birds.
You stalk someone or something when you creep up on them without them knowing you are there. Animals like cats hunt their prey by stalking it and then pouncing on it. A stalk is also another name for a plant's stem.
A stalk is a very thin branch, usually holding up flowers. Another word for stalk is stem.

Sis forStall

A stall is an enclosed structure used to house animals, such as horses or cows.