ruan
A Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute which has, since the mid-20th century, been produced in a family of five sizes (from low to high).

ruanqin
Synonym of ruan.

ruanqins
plural of ruanqin

ruans
plural of ruan

rubab
A traditional lute-like musical instrument of Central Asia.

rubabs
plural of rubab

rubboard
A scraped percussion instrument used in zydeco music, resembling a washboard but without a frame, generally hung around the neck.

rubboards
plural of rubboard

rupchanda
A Chinese silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis.

sacbut
Alternative form of sackbut.

sacbuts
plural of sacbut

sackbut
A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.

sackbuts
plural of sackbut

sackbutt
Alternative spelling of sackbut.

sackbutts
plural of sackbutt

sagbut
Alternative form of sackbut.

sagbuts
plural of sagbut

saltbox
A box for keeping salt in.
A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.
A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

saltboxes
plural of saltbox

samisen
Alternative form of shamisen.

samisens
plural of samisen

sampler
A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.

samplers
plural of sampler

sandsheet
Alternative form of sand sheet.

sandsheets
plural of sandsheet

sangen
Synonym of shamisen.

sangens
plural of sangen

sanshin
A three-stringed instrument of Okinawan origin, the precursor to the shamisen.

sanshins
plural of sanshin

sansula
A musical instrument consisting of a kalimba mounted on the head of a drum.

sansulas
plural of sansula

sanxian
A three-stringed fretless Chinese instrument.

sanxians
plural of sanxian

sanza
Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.

sanzas
plural of sanza

sarangi
A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.

sarangis
plural of sarangi

sarod
A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music.

sarode
Alternative form of sarod.

sarodes
plural of sarode

sarods
plural of sarod

saroh
An Indian musical instrument with three metal strings, played with a bow.

sarrusophone
Any of a family of wind instruments intended to replace the oboe and bassoon in bands.

sarrusophones
plural of sarrusophone

sastruga
Any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice-covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.

sastrugi
plural of sastruga

sastrugus
Synonym of sastruga.

saung
An arched harp used in Burmese traditional music.

saungs
plural of saung

sautrie
Obsolete form of psaltery.

sautries
plural of sautrie

sawtries
plural of sawtry

sawtry
Obsolete form of psaltery.

saxhorn
Any of a group of similar brass instruments, resembling a bugle in shape, but with valves

saxhorns
plural of saxhorn

saxophone
A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
Someone who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.

saxophones
plural of saxophone

saxotromba
A valved brasswind instrument designed for the mounted bands of the French military.

saxotrombas
plural of saxotromba

saxtuba
An obsolete valved brasswind instrument inspired by the Ancient Roman cornu and tuba.

saxtubas
plural of saxtuba

saz
The baglama.

sazes
plural of saz

sazzes
plural of saz

scabella
plural of scabellum

scabellum
A kind of percussion instrument played by the foot, used in dramatic performances.

scetavaiasse
Alternative spelling of scetavajasse.

scetavajasse
A Neapolitan percussion instrument composed of two wooden sticks, a serrated one and a smooth one, played by rubbing the former on the latter.

schalmei
A shawm or chalumeau.

schalmeis
plural of schalmei

scratweed
Synonym of cleavers.

scroll
A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.
A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.
The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.
A skew surface.
A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.
The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.
A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.
A turbinate bone.
A rough draft of anything.
The act of scrolling

scrollbars
plural of scrollbar; alternative spelling of scroll bars

scrolleries
plural of scrollery

scrollery
Scrollwork.
A room where scrolls are kept.

scrolls
plural of scroll

scrollsaw
Alternative form of scroll saw.

scrollsaws
plural of scrollsaw

scrollwheel
Alternative form of scroll wheel.

scrollwheels
plural of scrollwheel

scrow
scroll
writings
the sky, the heavens
notice, memo
list, inventory
leather strips for making glue

scrubboard
A washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument

scrubboards
plural of scrubboard

sectional
Relating to a section.
Separating into sections.
Relating to conflict between areas.

sectionals
plural of sectional

sekere
A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.

sekeres
plural of sekere

selsyn
A synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.

semantra
plural of semantron

semantron
A percussion instrument used chiefly in Eastern Orthodox monasteries to summon the brethren to prayer or to lead processions.

semantrons
plural of semantron

semidiapason
A diminished octave.

semidiapasons
plural of semidiapason

semidiapente
A diminished fifth.

semidiapentes
plural of semidiapente

semidiatessaron
An imperfect or diminished fourth.

semidiatessarons
plural of semidiatessaron

semifinal
A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

semifinals
plural of semifinal

sequence
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium.
A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.

sequences
plural of sequence

seraphine
An early wind instrument with a keyboard, resembling a cross between a reed organ and an accordion, which makes its sound by the action of air being blown across metallic reeds.

seraphines
plural of seraphine

seringhi
Archaic form of sarangi (“string instrument”).

seringhis
plural of seringhi