shuffleboard
A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
The long, narrow board on which this game is played.

shuffleboards
plural of shuffleboard

shufflepuck
The game of shuffleboard.
The puck used in the game.

shufflepucks
plural of shufflepuck

shva
A Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel.

shvas
plural of shva

shvitzer
A show-off or braggart.

shvitzers
plural of shvitzer

shyrdak
A colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia.

sialogram
The diagnostic image produced by sialography.

sialograms
plural of sialogram

siddur
A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.

siddurim
plural of siddur

siddurs
plural of siddur

sideart
artwork on the side of an arcade game cabinet.

sideromancy
divination by studying the burning of straws on heated iron.

sifflage
Synonym of soufflage.

sigfile
A text file containing a sig (e-mail or newsgroup signature).

sigfiles
plural of sigfile

sigla
plural of siglum

sigloi
plural of siglos

siglos
A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.

siglum
A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.
A thing which represents something else; a sign, a symbol.

signalese
Words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the letters being sent and received, such as the RAF phonetic alphabet.

signaries
plural of signary

signary
The set of characters in a writing system: alphabet, syllabary, etc.

silat
A type of martial art originating from the Malay Archipelago.

silbergroschen
A coin used in Prussia and several other German Confederation states in northern Germany during the 19th century, worth one thirtieth of a thaler.

silbergroschens
plural of silbergroschen

silkpunk
A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with East Asian aesthetics and philosophy.

sillon
A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.

sillons
plural of sillon

sillyfic
A fanfic intended to be humorous or absurd.
Such fan fiction collectively.

sillyfics
plural of sillyfic

simcade
A game with the simple, intuitive controls of an arcade game but also having some of the technical accuracy of a simulation.

simcades
plural of simcade

simketh
Alternative spelling of samekh.

simon
Sixpence coin.
A US dollar.

simulationism
An art movement of the 1980s, somewhat akin to pop art.
The imitation of characteristics of a certain genre in a roleplaying game.
Belief in the simulation hypothesis.
An ideology or position in which a micronation does not claim or actively seek to achieve sovereignty or independence (statehood), but rather seeks to function as a political or cultural simulation.

sinetron
A sitcom or soap opera.

sinetrons
plural of sinetron

singspiel
An early German form of opera consisting of spoken dialogue interspersed with song.
An opera in this style.

singspiels
plural of singspiel

sinogram
Any character used in Chinese writing; hanzi.

sinograms
plural of sinogram

sinology
The study of the history, language and culture of China; Chinese studies.
The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the People's Republic of China.

sirvente
A typically satirical song sung by the troubadours of Provence.

sirventes
plural of sirvente

sisee
Alternative form of sycee (“historical Chinese ingots used as currency”).

sixain
Alternative form of sixaine.

sixaine
Synonym of sextain.

sixaines
plural of sixaine

sixains
plural of sixain

sixies
plural of sixie

sixmo
sexto (as a paper size in printing).

sixmos
plural of sixmo

sixteenmo
sextodecimo (as a paper size in printing).

sixteenmos
plural of sixteenmo

sizecode
Program code written as a competitive exercise in achieving impressive results in the smallest possible space.

sizescale
A scale of sizes

sizescales
plural of sizescale

skail
scale

skails
plural of skail

skayles
The game of skittles.

skazka
A Russian fairy tale

skazkas
plural of skazka

skazki
plural of skazka

skerping
In the Faroese language, the phenomenon where back vowels are fronted before [kv], and certain diphthongs are monophthongized before [tʃː].

sketchbook
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
A book of printed sketches.
A printed book of literary sketches or skits.

sketchbooks
plural of sketchbook

skeuomorph
A design feature copied from a similar feature in another object, even when not functionally necessary.

skeuomorphs
plural of skeuomorph

skiagram
A picture or image created from shadows, especially with X-rays.

skiagrams
plural of skiagram

skiamorph
Synonym of skeuomorph.

skiamorphs
plural of skiamorph

skiddie
A script kiddie.

skiddies
plural of skiddie

skiddles
A game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
Alternative form of skittles.

skiv
A sovereign (the coin).

skivs
plural of skiv

skweee
A musical style combining simple synth or chiptune leads and basslines with rhythms from funk, rhythm and blues or soul music.

slackcom
A sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.

slackcoms
plural of slackcom

slangese
The language of slang; slang speech; the use of slang.

slangification
The addition or increase of slang lexis in language, in a text, etc.

slashfic
A work in the genre of slash fiction.
Clipping of slash fiction, a genre of fan fiction.

slashfics
plural of slashfic

slashtag
A tag in a posted message, starting with the / symbol and serving as a keyword to specify a topic or metadata.

slashtags
plural of slashtag

slavefic
A fanfic centered on the enslavement of one or more characters.
Such fan fiction collectively.

slendro
A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

slidegroat
The game of shuffleboard.

slideshow
A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a spoken or recorded explanation.
Any sequence of images, shown one after the other (not simultaneously).
Any sequence of images, shown one after the other (not simultaneously).

slideshows
plural of slideshow

slipmat
A circular piece of slippery material used by turntable disk jockeys instead of the traditional rubber mat, allowing a record to be manipulated while the platter continues to rotate underneath.

slipmats
plural of slipmat

slipware
A type of pottery identified by its primary decorating process where slip is placed onto the dry surface by dipping, painting or splashing.

slipwares
plural of slipware

slitherlink
A grid-based puzzle which involves connecting dots so they form one big loop.

slogo
A corporate slogan used as a logo.

slogos
plural of slogo

sloka
Alternative form of shloka.

slokas
plural of sloka

slowcore
A subgenre of indie and alternative rock music, characterized by downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements.

slowie
A song with a slow tempo.

slowies
plural of slowie

slugfest
A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.
A game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.
A tough, heated contest.

slugfests
plural of slugfest

slushpile
A collection of rejected or unsolicited manuscripts.

slushpiles
plural of slushpile

smalti
plural of smalto

smalto
A piece of coloured glass used in mosaic.

smartmodem
A modem controlled through a simple command language, rather than by manual switches.

smartmodems
plural of smartmodem

smirkfest
A work or event featuring a great deal of smirking or smugness.

smirkfests
plural of smirkfest

smoothstep
A family of sigmoid-like interpolation and clamping functions commonly used in computer graphics and game engines.

smutfics
plural of smutfic

snowboy
A visual representation of a boy made from snow.

snowboys
plural of snowboy