Words that start with S

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

Sis forSnooze

A snooze is a short sleep. A similar word to snooze is nap or siesta.

Sis forSnore

Sometimes when you are asleep, while you breathe the soft tissues at the back of your mouth vibrate and make a noise, which is called snoring. Snoring can be quite quiet, or very loud and annoying enough to keep anyone else near them awake.

Sis forSnorkel

A snorkel is a tube you put in your mouth so you can swim underwater with the snorkel sticking out and still be able to breathe. Elephants have their own built-in snorkel - their trunks! They use it when they cross deep rivers.

Sis forSnort

A snort is a short, sharp, loud noise made by suddenly blowing out air through your nose. Horses and pigs are the animals that snort most often.

Sis forSnout

A snout is the front part of an animal's face, where its nose and mouth are. The term snout is usually given to the snout of a pig.

Sis forSnow

Snow is what happens to rain when it is so cold that the raindrops turn to ice crystals. Snow is white, can be very soft and you can use it to make snowballs or snowpeople out of.
Scientific name: panthera uncia
A snow leopard is a kind of cat more closely related to the tiger than the leopard. They live in mountains around the snow line in central and south Asia.

Sis forSnowman

A snowman is just a man made out of snow. You can also make a snowwoman, snowchildren, snowcats or snowdogs. Or in fact anything you want!

Sis forSnuff

Snuff is powdered tobacco leaves, designed to be sniffed through the nose. Snuff was much more popular in the past than it is today. Most people today smoke cigarettes rather than sniff tobacco. Snuff was carried around by people in their pockets in small, airtight snuff boxes, which ranged from simple wooden boxes like in the picture to quite elaborate and expensive jewelled boxes.

Sis forSnug

Something is snug if it is wrapped up, warm and comfortable. Clothes might be described as snug if they are a little tight, but not too tight. A house or another place is described as snug if it is a little small, but not too small. A similar word to snug is cozy.