Words beginning with S

A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the Unit…

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The capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Honshu, Japan.

A river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa.

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Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a pu…

The king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 705 BCE to 681 BCE, famous for the role he plays in the Bible which describes his campaign …

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Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.

The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

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A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

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Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.

A general thought, feeling, or sense.

A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

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The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

In a separate manner; not together; apart.

The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatic movements.

plural of sephirah

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A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a me…

A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infec…

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.

A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by…

Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.

An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.