# sachet.........a small bag containing perfumed powder
# sashay.........to strut or flounce
# sacks..........bags
# sax............short for saxophone
# sail...........wind powered water travel
# sale...........the act of selling
# sane...........mentally normal
# seine..........fishing net
# saner..........more mentally normal than others
# seiner.........one who fishes with a net
# saver..........one who saves
# savor..........to relish a taste
# sawed..........cut timber
# sod............turf
# scene..........visual location
# seen...........past tense of saw
# scent, see: cent
# scents, see: cents
# scull..........rowing motion
# skull..........head bone
# sea............ocean
# see............to look
# seal...........to close
# seel...........to close someone's eyes
# sealing, see: ceiling
# seam...........row of stitches
# seem...........appears
# seamen.........sailors
# semen..........male discharge
# seams..........more than one rows of stitching
# seems..........it appears to be
# sear, see: cere
# seas...........oceans
# sees...........looks
# seize..........to grab
# sects..........religious factions
# sex............if you have to ask, you're too young
# seed, see: cede
# seeder, see: cedar
# seeding, see: ceding
# seek...........to look for
# Sikh...........Hindu religious sect
# seer, see: cere
# sell, see: cell
# seller, see: cellar
# sense, see: cents
# senses, see: census
# sensor, see: censer
# sent, see: cent
# sere, see: cere
# serf...........slave
# surf...........breaking waves
# serge..........strong twilled fabric
# surge..........forceful push
# serial, see: cereal
# series, see: Ceres
# session, see: cession
# sew............needle and thread
# so.............in the manner shown
# sol............musical note
# sow............broadcasting seeds
# sewer..........one who sews
# sower..........one who sows
# sewer..........waste drain
# suer...........one who sues
# shake..........vibrate
# sheik..........Arab prince
# shall..........is allowed
# shell..........aquatic exoskeleton
# she'll.........contraction of "she will"
# shill..........a decoy
# shear..........to cut or wrench
# sheer..........thin; abrupt turn
# shears.........cuts or wrenches; scissors
# sheers.........abruptly turns
# sheave.........pulley
# shiv...........knife
# shoe...........footwear
# shoo..........."go away"
# shoes..........more than one shoe
# shoos..........sends away
# shoot, see: chute
# sic............to set upon
# sick...........ill
# sics...........sets upon
# six............whole number
# side...........lateral
# sighed.........breathed sorrowfully
# sigh, see: psi
# sighs..........multiple sad and weary breaths
# size...........magnitude
# sight, see: cite
# sighted, see: cited
# sights, see: cites
# sign...........displayed board bearing information
# sine...........reciprocal of the cosecant
# signet, see: cygnet
# sink...........to submerge
# synch..........together in time
# Sioux..........tribe of native Americans
# sou............French coin worth five centimes
# sough..........soft sound
# sue............bring civil action
# site, see: cite
# sited, see: cited
# sites, see: cites
# slay...........kill
# sleigh.........snow carriage
# sleight........cunning skill
# slight.........not much
# slew...........past tense of slay
# slough.........bog
# slue...........to swing around
# sloe...........blackthorn berries
# slow...........not fast
# soar...........fly
# sore...........hurt
# soared.........to have sailed through the air
# sword..........long fighting blade
# solace.........comfort
# soulless.......lacking a soul
# sole...........only
# soul...........immortal part of a person
# some...........a few
# sum............result of addition
# son............male child
# sun............star
# sonny..........diminutive for male child
# sunny..........lit by the sun
# soot...........black residue of burning
# suit...........clothes
# sordid.........squalid
# sorted.........arranged
# spade..........shovel
# spayed.........to sterilize a female animal
# spoor..........trail of an animal
# spore..........single cell reproductive body
# staid..........reserved
# stayed.........remained
# stair..........a step
# stare..........look intently
# stake..........wooden pole
# steak..........slice of meat
# statice........an astringent herb
# status.........position with regard to law
# stationary.....not moving
# stationery.....writing paper
# steal..........take unlawfully
# steel..........iron alloy
# step...........a measure taken
# steppe.........a level, grassy, unforested plain
# stile..........narrow passage
# style..........mode
# stoop..........a small porch
# stoup..........a drinking cup
# storey.........the horizontal divisions of a building
# story..........a narrative tale
# straight.......not crooked
# strait.........narrow waterway
# succor.........relief
# sucker.........one who sucks
# suede..........split leather
# swayed.........curved; convinced
# suite..........ensemble
# sweet..........sugary
# summary........a statement giving only the main points
# summery........like summer
# sundae.........ice cream with syrup on it
# Sunday.........first day of the week
# symbol, see: cymbal
# tach...........short for tachometer
# tack...........small nail
# tacks..........small nails
# tax............governmental tithe
# tail...........spinal appendage
# tale...........story
# tailer.........one who hauls in on a ship's line
# tailor.........one who makes clothes
# taper..........wedge-shaped
# tapir..........hoglike, Malaysian mammal
# tare...........allowance for the weight of packing materials
# tear...........to rip
# taught.........past tense of teach
# taut...........stretched tight
# tea............herbal infusion
# tee............golfball prop
# ti.............musical note
# team...........a group working together
# teem...........to swarm
# teaming........a fortuitous pairing
# teeming........a swarming
# tear...........eyeball lubricant
# tier...........a horizontal row
# teas...........more than one herbal infusion
# tease..........tantalize
# tees...........more than one tee
# tenner.........English slang for a ten pound note
# tenor..........tendency
# tense..........nervous
# tents..........more than one temporary shelter
# tern...........a shorebird
# terne..........alloy of lead and tin
# turn...........rotate
# Thai...........from Thailand
# tie............a draw
# the............denoting persons already mentioned
# thee...........objective case of thou
# their..........belonging to them
# there..........a place
# they're........contraction of "they are"
# threw..........to propel by hand
# through........from end to end
# throe..........a spasm of pain
# throw..........to discharge through the air
# throes.........spasms of pain
# throws.........discharging through the air
# throne.........the royal seat
# thrown.........was hurled
# thyme..........herb
# time...........natures way of keeping everything from happening at once
# tic............twitch
# tick...........small noise; parasitic bug
# ticks..........the sounds of a clock
# tics...........more than one twitch
# tide...........periodic ebb and flow of oceans
# tied...........passed tense of tie
# tighten........to make tighter
# titan..........a giant
# timber.........wood for building
# timbre.........musical quality
# tire...........round, rubber things on your car
# tyer...........one who ties
# to.............toward
# too............also
# two............a couple
# toad...........frog
# toed...........having toes
# towed..........pulled ahead
# tocsin.........an alarm
# toxin..........a poison
# tocsins........more than one alarm
# toxins.........more than one poisons
# toe............forepart of the foot
# tow............to pull ahead
# told...........what was spoken
# tolled.........a bell was rung
# tole...........lacquered metalware
# toll...........a tax or charge
# ton............2000 lbs.
# Tun............a large cask
# tongue.........mouth muscle
# tung...........Chinese tree and its oil(similar to linseed)
# toon...........cartoon personality
# tune...........song
# tort...........a sweet cake for lawyers
# torte..........a sweet multi-layered cake
# tough..........difficult
# tuff...........a stratified, porous rock
# tracked........having tracks
# tract..........a plot of land
# tray...........a platter
# trey...........three
# troop..........a company of soldiers
# troupe.........a company of actors
# trooper........a private soldier
# trouper........a staunch colleague or actor
# troopers.......several soldiers
# troupers.......multiple actors, or allies
# trussed........tied up
# trust..........faith
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