English Words Starting With S

• schizothymia

  nounC2
  /ˌskɪtsə(ʊ)ˈθaɪmɪə/A personality type or temperament characterised by a tendency toward social withdrawal, emotional coldness, and introversion, without reaching the severity of schizophrenia.
• schizotypal personality

  nounLow
  /ˌskɪtsə(ʊ)ˈtaɪpəl ˌpɜːsəˈnæləti/A personality disorder characterized by severe social anxiety, thought disorder, paranoid ideation, derealization, transient psychosis, and often unconventional beliefs.
• schlag

  nounLow (in English; primarily a loanword or specialized term)
  /ʃlɑːɡ/A heavy, forceful blow or strike.
• schlegel

  nounVery Low / Technical
  /ˈʃleɪɡəl/A specialized tool, typically a type of heavy hammer or mallet, used in stone carving, masonry, or blacksmithing.
• schleicher

  nounVery Low
  /ˈʃlaɪkə(r)/A surname of German origin, often associated with particular historical figures; literally meaning 'sly/crafty person' or 'creeper' in German.
• schleiden

  nounVery Low (Technical/Specialist)
  /ˈʃlaɪdən/To cover or coat a surface with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis.
• schleiermacher

  nounVery Low
  /ˈʃlaɪəˌmækə(r)/, /ˈʃlaɪəˌmɑːkə(r)/A proper noun referring specifically to Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834), a highly influential German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar.
• schlemiel

  nounLow
  /ʃləˈmiːl/A chronically unlucky, clumsy, or incompetent person; a bungler.
• schlep

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveMedium Frequency
  /ʃlɛp/To carry or haul something heavy or cumbersome with effort, often implying inconvenience; also, to travel a long, tiresome distance.
• schlesien

  nounVery low
  /ˈʃleɪziən/The German name for the historical region of Silesia in Central Europe.
• schlesinger

  nounVery Low
  /ˈʃleɪzɪŋə/A surname of German origin, meaning 'person from Silesia' (a historical region in Central Europe).
• schleswig

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun)
  /ˈʃlɛsvɪɡ/A proper noun referring to a historical region in northern Europe, located at the base of the Jutland Peninsula, and a modern city in Germany.
• schleswig-holstein

  nounVery Low
  /ˌʃlɛsvɪɡ ˈhɒlstaɪn/A northernmost federal state (Bundesland) of Germany, located on the Jutland Peninsula between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
• schley

  nounVery low (rare, proper noun/technical term)
  /ʃlaɪ/A proper noun primarily referring to a surname or geographical name, most famously a type of peach cultivar (Schley Peach).
• schlick

  nounLow
  /ʃlɪk/Fine, soft mud or sediment, particularly at the bottom of a body of water or river.
• schlieffen

  nounRare
  /ˈʃliːfən/A proper noun, most commonly a surname, famously associated with German Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen, author of the Schlieffen Plan for the invasion of France and Belgium prior to World War I.
• schliemann

  nounLow
  /ˈʃliːmən/The surname of Heinrich Schliemann, a 19th-century German archaeologist renowned for excavating Troy and Mycenae.
• schlieren

  nounRare / Technical
  /ˈʃlɪərən/Streaks or irregular patterns visible in transparent fluids (liquids or gases) due to variations in density, refractive index, or composition.
• schlieren method

  nounRare
  /ˈʃlɪərən ˈmɛθəd/A technique for visualizing variations in the refractive index of a fluid, used to study flow patterns such as shock waves or convection currents.
• schlimazel

  nounRare / Very Low
  /ˈʃlɪməz(ə)l/A chronically unlucky or unfortunate person; someone to whom bad things constantly happen, often through no apparent fault of their own.

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