Words beginning with S

Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food.

To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

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

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A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, namely in Habakkuk and the Psalms; perhaps indicating a …

Infrequently, rarely.

Privileged, specially selected.

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A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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The goddess of the Moon.

A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O).

A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.

Any member of the Seleucidae.

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Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint; directed for oneself.

Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.

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A peptide used in the treatment of diabetes and as an antiobesity medication.

The outward appearance or form of a person or thing.

A unit of time, a division of a foot; a mora.

A semi-detached house.

A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.

Any member of a Native American people formed in the eighteenth century, now residing primarily in Florida and Oklahoma.

Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician,…

A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew.

Abbreviation of semper fidelis.