7 Letter Words That Start With S

service

Noun : An act of being of assistance to someone.

Noun : The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.

Noun : Work as a member of the military.

synonym

Noun : (semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.

Noun : (semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.

Noun : (zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).

support

Verb : (transitive) To help keep from falling.

Verb : (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

Verb : (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.

science

Noun : (countable) A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.

Noun : Specifically the natural sciences.

Noun : (uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.

salient

Adjective : Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

Adjective : Prominent; conspicuous.

Adjective : (heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.

subject

Adjective : Likely to be affected by or to experience something.

Adjective : Conditional upon something; used with to.

Adjective : Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

sublime

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : (chemistry) Synonym of sublimate

Verb : To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container; (generally) to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.

station

Noun : A stopping place.

Noun : A regular stopping place for ground transportation.

Noun : A ground transportation depot.

secular

Adjective : Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

Adjective : Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

Adjective : (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

society

Noun : (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

Noun : (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

Noun : (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.

stretch

Verb : (transitive) To lengthen by pulling.

Verb : (intransitive) To lengthen when pulled.

Verb : (transitive) To pull tight.

sustain

Verb : (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.

Verb : (transitive) To provide for or nourish.

Verb : (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).

synergy

Noun : (systems theory) A synonym of binding energy.

Noun : (physiology) The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.

Noun : (pharmacology) The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.

success

Noun : The achievement of one's aim or goal.

Noun : (business) Financial profitability.

Noun : One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

storage

Noun : (uncountable) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

Noun : (usually countable) An object or place in which something is stored.

Noun : (usually uncountable, computer hardware) Any computer device, including such as a disk, on which data is stored for a longer term than main memory.

surreal

Adjective : Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous

Noun : (mathematics) surreal number

scratch

Verb : To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.

Verb : To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.

Verb : To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.

section

Noun : A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

Noun : A part, piece, subdivision of anything.

Noun : (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.

seminal

Adjective : Of or relating to seed or semen.

Adjective : Creative or having the power to originate.

Adjective : Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

suffice

Verb : (intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

Verb : (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

Verb : To furnish; to supply adequately.

suggest

Verb : (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

Verb : (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

Verb : (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it

species

Noun : Type or kind. (Compare race.)

Noun : A group of plants or animals in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.

Noun : (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.

sarcasm

Noun : (uncountable) Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and a sneering tone of voice.

Noun : (countable) An act of sarcasm.

solicit

Verb : (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

Verb : (transitive) To woo; to court.

Verb : (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.

stucker

Noun : A surname.

surmise

Noun : Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

Noun : Reflection; thought; posit.

Verb : To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

special

Adjective : Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.

Adjective : Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.

Adjective : (euphemistic) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.

surface

Noun : The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

Noun : The outside hull of a tangible object.

Noun : (figurative) Outward or external appearance.

scourge

Noun : A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.

Noun : A means to inflict such pain or destruction.

Noun : A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed.

similar

Adjective : Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

Adjective : (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.

Adjective : (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

surgery

Noun : (medicine, usually uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

Noun : (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

Noun : A room or department where surgery is performed.

slander

Noun : A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

Verb : To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.

scatter

Verb : (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

Verb : (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.

Verb : (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).

several

Adjective : (obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular.

Adjective : A number of different; various.

Adjective : (law) Separable, capable of being treated separately.

succeed

Verb : (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.

Verb : (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.

Verb : (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).

succour

Noun : (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

Noun : (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.

Noun : (uncountable, obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.

summary

Adjective : Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form

Adjective : Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.

Adjective : (law) Performed by skipping the procedures of a standard and fair trial.

scuttle

Noun : A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

Noun : A broad, shallow basket.

Noun : (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher.

serious

Adjective : Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition

Adjective : Important; weighty; not insignificant

Adjective : Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving

surfeit

Noun : (countable) An excessive amount of something.

Noun : (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

Noun : (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

steward

Noun : A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity

Noun : (historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.

Noun : (nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

startup

Noun : The act or process of starting a process or machine.

Noun : A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

Noun : (computing, often capitalized) A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in.

stellar

Adjective : (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

Adjective : Heavenly.

Adjective : (by extension) Exceptional, exceptionally good.

sojourn

Noun : A short stay somewhere.

Noun : A temporary residence.

Verb : (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

seizure

Noun : The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

Noun : A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

Noun : A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

succumb

Verb : (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

Verb : (intransitive) To give up, or give in.

Verb : (intransitive) To die.

surname

Noun : (obsolete) Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.

Noun : (obsolete) Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.

Noun : The name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name.

squeeze

Verb : (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

Verb : (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.

soldier

Noun : A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

Noun : (by extension, nonstandard) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.

Noun : An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

schlong

Noun : (vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a long one.

Verb : (vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse (with); to fuck.

Verb : (by extension) To beat, whack, or attack.

swallow

Verb : (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

Verb : (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

Verb : (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

stagger

Noun : An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

Noun : (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.

Noun : Bewilderment; perplexity.

segment

Noun : A length of some object.

Noun : One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

Noun : (mathematics) A portion.

stomach

Noun : An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.

Noun : (informal) The belly.

Noun : (uncountable, obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.

session

Noun : A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.

Noun : A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.

Noun : (computing) The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.

setting

Noun : The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.

Noun : The act of setting.

Noun : A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.

suspect

Verb : (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

Verb : (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

Verb : (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

stipend

Noun : (archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

sincere

Adjective : Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.

Adjective : Meant truly or earnestly.

Adjective : (archaic) clean; pure

smitten

Adjective : Affected by an act of smiting.

Adjective : Made irrationally enthusiastic.

Adjective : In love.

surpass

Verb : (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

staunch

Adjective : Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.

Adjective : (by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.

Adjective : Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.

shuffle

Noun : The act of shuffling cards.

Noun : The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.

Noun : An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.

shallow

Adjective : Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

Adjective : Extending not far downward.

Adjective : Concerned mainly with superficial matters.

stumble

Noun : A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

Noun : An error or blunder.

Noun : A clumsy walk.

statute

Noun : Written law as laid down by a legislature.

shelter

Noun : A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

Noun : An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.

Verb : (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

surplus

Noun : That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

Noun : Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

Noun : (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.

swagger

Verb : To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.

Verb : To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.

Verb : To walk with a swaying motion.

snapper

Noun : One who, or that which, snaps.

Noun : Any of approximately 100 different species of fish.

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand) The fish Chrysophrys auratus, especially an adult of the species.

sabling

Adjective : (poetic) That makes sable or black.

solvent

Noun : A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

Noun : That which resolves.

Adjective : (finance) Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.

strange

Adjective : Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

Adjective : Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

Adjective : (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.

student

Noun : A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

Noun : A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.

Noun : (in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).

salvage

Noun : The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

Noun : The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.

Noun : The compensation paid to the rescuers.

stealth

Noun : (uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.

Noun : (archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.

Verb : (especially military, computing) To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth.

subsume

Verb : To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

Verb : To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate

sponsor

Noun : A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.

Noun : A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.

Noun : One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.

suppose

Verb : (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

Verb : (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.

Verb : (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

survive

Verb : (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

Verb : (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

Verb : (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.

syncope

Noun : (linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.

Noun : (biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when someone faints.

Noun : (music) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

spectre

Noun : Britain standard spelling of specter.

sensual

Adjective : Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

Adjective : Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

subvert

Verb : (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

Verb : (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

Verb : (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

suspend

Verb : To halt something temporarily.

Verb : To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

Verb : To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

scholar

Noun : A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.

Noun : A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

Noun : A learned person; a bookman.

spatial

Adjective : Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.

Adjective : (uncommon) Pertaining to (outer) space.

sparkle

Noun : A little spark; a scintillation.

Noun : Brilliance; luster.

Noun : Liveliness; vivacity.

stamina

Noun : The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

Noun : (obsolete, uncountable, plural only) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

subside

Verb : (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

Verb : (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

Verb : (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.

supreme

Adjective : Dominant, having power over all others.

Adjective : (sometimes postpositive) Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.

Adjective : (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.

sibling

Noun : A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

Noun : (computing theory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Noun : (taxonomy) The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when none can be determined to be more closely related.

servant

Noun : One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.

Noun : One who serves another, providing help in some manner.

Noun : (religion) A person who dedicates themselves to God.

slender

Adjective : Thin; slim.

Adjective : (figurative) meagre; deficient

Adjective : (Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

setback

Noun : An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome)

Noun : (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.

Noun : (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.

shudder

Verb : (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.

Verb : (intransitive) To vibrate jerkily.

Noun : A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.

stature

Noun : A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.

Noun : Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.

Noun : (obsolete) Statue.

spindle

Noun : (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

Noun : A rod which turns, or on which something turns.

Noun : A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.

swindle

Verb : (transitive) To defraud.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

Verb : (chess) for a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw

spirits

Noun : (chiefly UK) Distilled alcoholic beverages.

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