Words beginning with S

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A city in Bangladesh.

A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

A suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Synonym of symbiont.

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

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A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.

A surgical procedure in which the cartilage of the pubic symphysis is divided to widen the pelvis, allowing childbirth when there is…

A place of worship for Jews.

The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

Occurring at a specific point in time.

At the same time, at the same frequency.

In a synchronous manner; carried out or occurring with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.

The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.

Of or pertaining to a syncytium.

A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating …

A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific…

A synonym of binding energy.

Alternative spelling of synaesthesia.

A surname.

An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.

Of, or relating to synthesis.

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Any of a group of diseases associated with abnormal deposition of synuclein.

A type of red wine.