riflebirds
plural of riflebird

riflebutt
Alternative form of rifle butt.

riflebutts
plural of riflebutt

rifled
Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.

rifledom
The world or sphere of rifles.

riflemaker
The maker of a rifle.

riflemakers
plural of riflemaker

riflemanship
The skill or art of shooting a rifle.

riflers
plural of rifler

rifles
plural of rifle

riflescope
A telescopic sight for a rifle.

riflescopes
plural of riflescope

rifleshot
A gunshot from a rifle.

rifleshots
plural of rifleshot

riflewoman
The female equivalent of a rifleman.

riflewomen
plural of riflewoman

riggings
plural of rigging

rimfire
A type of firearm cartridge where the primer is in the back rim, rather than a central primer cap. They are cheap to produce but cannot be reloaded with powder.

rimfires
plural of rimfire

rms
Initialism of root mean square.

robomb
A guided missile.

robombs
plural of robomb

rodelero
A type of trooper from Spain, who sported a rodela (a round type of shield) and often a side-sword.

rodeleros
plural of rodelero

rondel
A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
The verse form rondeau.
A rondelle, (small) circular object.
A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

rondelle
A small circular object.
One of the successive crusts formed on molten metal as it cools.

rondelles
plural of rondelle

rondels
plural of rondel

ronko
A traditional loose-fitting knee-length garment worn by chiefs, blacksmiths, warriors, and secret society officials in certain tribes of Sierra Leone, particularly the Limba, Koranko, and Yalunka, and said to protect against both natural and supernatural weapons when worn in battle.

ronkos
plural of ronko

rore
dew

saas
A mother-in-law, especially the mother of the groom, who lives with the married couple.

saases
plural of saas

saber
US standard spelling of sabre.
Clipping of lightsaber

sabered
simple past and past participle of saber

sabering
present participle and gerund of saber

sabers
plural of saber

sabot
A wooden shoe.
A carrier around a projectile in a firearm, cannon or other type of artillery piece that precisely holds the projectile within the barrel.

sabots
plural of sabot

sabre
A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

sabred
simple past and past participle of sabre

sabres
plural of sabre

sabretasche
A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the swordbelt.

sabretasches
plural of sabretasche

sabring
present participle and gerund of sabre

sagittaries
plural of sagittary

sagittary
A centaur, half-human and half-horse.
A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.

sai
A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

saifs
plural of saif

sake
Cause, interest or account.
Purpose or end; reason.
The benefit or regard of someone or something.
Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

sakeens
plural of sakeen

sakes
plural of sake (“benefit”)

sangu
An Indian steel spear.

santoku
A Japanese knife for general culinary usage.

santokus
plural of santoku

saprotrophy
saprotrophic feeding

sarissophoroi
plural of sarissophoros

sarissophoros
A light cavalry unit in Ancient Greece that held a long spear for charging and was equipped with several javelins for harassing the enemy.

saucisse
A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
A fascine of more than ordinary length.

saucisses
plural of saucisse

saucisson
A saucisse.

saucissons
plural of saucisson

sawback
A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect) that is a saw or is sawlike in form, as:
A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect) that is a saw or is sawlike in form, as:

sawbacks
plural of sawback

sax
Alternative spelling of zax.
A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.

saxes
plural of sax

scabbard
The sheath of a sword.

scabbards
plural of scabbard

scaledrake
sheldrake

scalpellus
surgical knife, scalpel

scalpels
plural of scalpel

scarmage
Obsolete form of skirmish.

scarmages
plural of scarmage

scarmoge
Obsolete form of skirmish.

scarmoges
plural of scarmoge

scarpe
Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”).

scarpes
plural of scarpe

scattergun
Synonym of shotgun.

scatterguns
plural of scattergun

schiavona
A type of sword with a basket-shaped guard, popular during the 16th and 17th centuries.

schiavonas
plural of schiavona

schiavone
A backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th century.

schiavones
plural of schiavone

scimetar
Alternative spelling of scimitar.

scimetars
plural of scimetar

scimitar
A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
A long-handled billhook.

scimitared
simple past and past participle of scimitar

scimitaring
present participle and gerund of scimitar

scimitars
plural of scimitar

scimiter
Dated form of scimitar.

scimiters
plural of scimiter

scimmies
plural of scimmy.

scimmy
A scimitar.

scirmish
Alternative form of skirmish.

scirmishes
plural of scirmish

sclerotome
A knife used in sclerotomy
A segmented mass of mesenchymal tissue, in a somite, that develops into the ribs

sclerotomes
plural of sclerotome

scourge
A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.

scourges
plural of scourge

scramasax
A type of dagger or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons, the Franks and the Vikings.

scramasaxes
plural of scramasax

scramaseax
Alternative form of scramasax.

scramaseaxes
plural of scramaseax

scrape
To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
To barely manage to achieve or attain.
To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

scrapes
plural of scrape

scymetar
Obsolete form of scimitar.

scymetars
plural of scymetar

scymitar
Obsolete form of scimitar.

scymitars
plural of scymitar

seax
A short Saxon sword.

seaxes
plural of seax

seconde
The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.

secondes
plural of seconde

securite
A high explosive in the form of a yellowish powder.

selictar
The swordbearer of a Turkish chief; a member of a Turkish cavalry corps.

selictars
plural of selictar

sellswords
plural of sellsword

semi
A semi-detached house.
A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
A semifinal.
A partial erection of the penis.
A semiautomatic firearm.
Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.
An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.