Words that start with S

Sis forSea urchin (Shell)

The picture is of the internal skeleton of the sea urchin. They are like a hollow ball and you often find them washed up on the beach.

Containers

Eric Kilby / CC BY-SA

Sea urchins are a small, round, spiny creature related to the starfish. They move very slowly on hundreds of small tentacle-like legs that use suction to stick to rocks. Their mouth is at the bottom of the sea urchin, and they eat algae as they move around. Different kinds of sea urchin have different colours and different lengths of spines. The spines are hinged and can move around. Sea urchin shells don't have spines and look very different to a live sea urchin.

Echinoderms, Spikey

dynamosquito / CC BY-SA

Sis forSeagull

Scientific name: larus delawarensis

Seagulls are very common birds that live near the sea. They have webbed feet so they can paddle in water. Gulls catch and eat fish and will also scavenge for dead fish and trash people have thrown away. Seagulls are very common on rubbish dumps and garbage tips.

Birds

shellac / CC BY-SA

Sis forSeahorse

Scientific name: genus: hippocampus

A seahorse is a type of small fish. They live around coral reefs and in seagrass. They eat tiny fish and other small sea creatures. Male seahorses look after the babies. The female lays her eggs in a pouch on the male, and he looks after the eggs for several weeks until they hatch.

Fish

Lawrence Murray / CC BY-SA

Sis forSeal

Scientific name: pinniped

Seals are a large animal that spends most of its time in the sea. Seals eat fish, and come up onto the beach to rest and have baby seals. The closest land relative to the seal is the bear, and their closest relatives in the water are walruses.

Sea mammals

Spoungeworthy Redux / CC BY-SA

Sis forSeam

A seam is a long line of stitches that holds two pieces of fabric together. You can easily see seams down the sides of a garment like jeans.

List of sewing items

Alpha / CC BY-SA

Sis forSear

Sear means to cook or char the surface of food so it becomes dark and crispy. Meat and seafood are often seared to improve flavor and texture.

Food preparation

Generated image of a man searching for something

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Sis forSearch

You search for something when you look for it very carefully.

Verbs

woodleywonderworks / CC BY-SA

Sis forSeared

Something is seared if it is slightly burnt on the outside, by cooking it at a high temperature.

Adjectives, Past tense

Les Chatfield / CC BY-SA

Sis forSeat

A seat is anything you can sit on, or a part of something you sit on, for example the seat of a chair. If you want to invite someone to sit down, you might ask them to take a seat.

Furniture