Words beginning with S

The capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia.

Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”).

Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

An excessive amount of something.

A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this p…

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.

A person from Suriname or of Surinamese descent.

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

Something unexpected.

To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.

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The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.

Arousing suspicion.

A British breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for its meat and for its eggs.

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To maintain, or keep in existence.

A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs a…

Able to be sustained.

The capital city of Fiji.

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A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, and Susanna.

A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic auton…

A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independe…

A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River.