Words that start with S

Sis forSmile

You smile when you are happy. When you smile, the corners of your mouth point upwards, and sometimes your smile gets so big your teeth show, just like the girl in the picture.

Emotions

Shanna Trim / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmirk

A smirk is a smile that is smug and slightly offensive. People often smirk at you when they think they know better than you do.

Emotions

kellyhogaboom / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmock

A smock is a loose fitting garment often worn over something else, eg a paint smock. Smock could also mean a garment made by smocking.

Clothing

Susan / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmocking

Smocking is a needlework technique that draws fabric together in a pattern of diamond shapes.

Aaron Gustafson / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmog

Smog is a layer of airborne pollution that forms a haze over cities. Sometimes pollution can be so thick that it is a health hazard to people breathing it.

Weather

Andrei! / CC BY-SA

Smoke is given off when you burn something. Smoke is made up of byproduct gases and small particles from the burning process. Most of the particles are small specs of soot. The smoke in the picture is a smoke bomb some students made in a science class at a school.

Science

ColinD40 / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmooth

Something is smooth if you can run your fingers over it and not catch or snag your fingers on the surface. A smooth surface has no bumps or imperfections. The opposite of smooth is rough.

Adjectives

Quinn Dombrowski / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmudge

A smudge is a place where something clean or sharply drawn has been wiped with something and it has been blurred.

Damage

Russell Trow / CC BY-SA

Sis forSmug

Someone is smug if they are very confident of their ability to do something, but at the same time are calm and complacent about it, as if they can do it very easily.

Emotions