English Words Starting With S

• sawney

  nounRare/Obsolete
  /ˈsɔːni/A derogatory, archaic term for a foolish or stupid person.
• sawtimber

  nounLow
  /ˈsɔːˌtɪmbə/Logs of suitable size and quality for cutting into lumber (planks, boards) in a sawmill.
• sawtooth

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈsɔːtuːθ/A shape or pattern resembling the teeth of a saw, characterized by a series of sharp, angled peaks and valleys.
• sawtooth roof

  nounC1
  /ˈsɔːtuːθ ruːf/A roof composed of a series of parallel roofs with alternating steep and shallow (or flat) slopes, resembling the teeth of a saw in profile.
• sawyer

  nounlow
  /ˈsɔː.jə/A person who operates a saw, especially one who saws timber for a living.
• sax

  nounC2
  /sæks/A colloquial term for the saxophone, a woodwind musical instrument.
• saxe

  nounRare/Very Low Frequency
  /sæks/A shade of light blue with a greyish tinge, named after the uniforms of the Saxon army.
• saxe blue

  nounLow
  /ˌsæks ˈbluː/A light greyish-blue colour, originally a dye colour.
• saxe-altenburg

  nounC2
  /ˌsaks ˈæltənbɜːɡ/A former German duchy and later a free state within the German Empire, located in the region of Thuringia. The term primarily refers to the historical territory and its ruling house.
• saxe-coburg-gotha

  nounC2
  /ˌsæks ˈkəʊbɜːɡ ˈɡəʊθə/The name of the German ducal house from which the British royal family descended until 1917.
• saxe-meiningen

  nounC2+ (Very Rare)
  /ˌsæks ˈmaɪnɪŋən/A historical German duchy, part of the former German Empire, now a region in Thuringia, Germany.
• saxe-weimar-eisenach

  nounVery Low
  /ˌsæksˌvaɪmɑːrˈaɪzənæk/A historical German duchy and later a grand duchy within the German Confederation and the German Empire.
• saxhorn

  nounLow
  /ˈsakshɔːn/A brass musical instrument with a conical bore and a flared bell, invented by Adolphe Sax, played with valves and used in brass bands.
• saxifrage

  nounLow
  /ˈsaksɪfreɪdʒ/Any of various low-growing, often tufted or mat-forming alpine plants, typically bearing small white, pink, or yellow flowers, and characteristically growing in crevices of rocks.
• saxifrage family

  nounVery low
  /ˈsæksɪfrɪdʒ ˈfæməli/A botanical family of flowering plants, Saxifragaceae, comprising herbaceous or shrubby species often found in temperate and alpine regions.
• saxitoxin

  nounC2 (Very low frequency, highly specialized)
  /ˌsæksɪˈtɒksɪn/A potent neurotoxin produced by certain marine dinoflagellates, responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning.
• saxo grammaticus

  nounVery Low
  /ˌsæksəʊ ɡrəˈmætɪkəs/A medieval Danish historian and author, known for writing the first comprehensive history of Denmark.
• saxon

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈsaks(ə)n/A member of a Germanic people that inhabited parts of what is now northern Germany and that, along with the Angles and Jutes, invaded and settled in Britain in the 5th–6th centuries.
• saxon blue

  nounVery Low / Obsolete
  /ˌsæk.sən ˈbluː/A specific historical shade of light blue.
• saxonism

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈsæksənɪzəm/A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of or derived from Anglo-Saxon (Old English), often one favored as being more native than a word of Latin or Greek origin.

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