| sword knot |
a loop or strap made of ribbon, leather, or the like, attached as decoration to the hilt of a sword and worn around the wrist. |
| sword of Damocles |
any impending or threatening danger. |
| swordplay |
the skill or action of using a sword; fencing. |
| swordsman |
one who is skilled in the use of swords. [2 definitions] |
| swore |
past tense of swear. |
| sworn |
past participle of swear. [3 definitions] |
| swum |
past participle of swim. |
| swung |
past tense and past participle of swing. |
| sybarite |
a person who is fond of pleasure and luxury; voluptuary. [2 definitions] |
| sycamore |
any of a group of tall trees bearing leaves with hollow leafstalk bases and flowers in balls, esp. the American plane tree or buttonwood. [3 definitions] |
| sycophancy |
servile flattery for the purpose of gaining personal favor from someone of influence. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| Sydney |
a seaport and provincial capital in southeastern Australia. |
| syl- |
together. |
| syli |
the chief monetary unit of Guinea, equaling one hundred cory. |
| syllabary |
a table or list of syllables. [2 definitions] |
| syllabic |
of or consisting of a syllable or syllables. [4 definitions] |
| syllabicate |
to divide (a word) into syllables; syllabify. |
| syllabify |
to divide (a word) into syllables; syllabicate. |
| syllable |
a segment of speech formed with a single uninterrupted pulse of air pressure, usu. consisting of a single vowel or diphthong with or without surrounding consonants. [3 definitions] |
| syllabub |
a beverage or dessertlike dish of cream or milk, sweetened and mixed with wine or liquor and sometimes gelatin. |