semiauto
Alternative form of semi-auto.

semiautomatic
Alternative spelling of semi-automatic.

semiautomatics
plural of semiautomatic

semiautos
plural of semiauto

semis
plural of semi

semises
plural of semis

semitar
Obsolete spelling of scimitar.

semitars
plural of semitar

semitruck
Alternative form of semi truck.

semitrucks
plural of semitruck

septime
The seventh defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee level.

serpette
A pruning knife with a curved blade.

serpettes
plural of serpette

seton
A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed.

setons
plural of seton

shabble
A kind of bent sword or hanger (weapon).

shabbles
plural of shabble

shable
A sabre or curved sword.

shables
plural of shable

shaft
The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
A beam or ray of light.
The main axis of a feather.
A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
A ventilation or heating conduit.
Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
The main cylindrical part of the penis.
The chamber of a blast furnace.
A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
An act of sexual intercourse.

shafts
plural of shaft

shalloon
A fabric of tightly woven wool, mainly used for the linings of articles of clothing.
A band for tying the tail of a wig, made of such material.
A material used as liner in artillery rounds between the casing and propellant or bursting charge. Also used as tying for silk bags containing the propellant charge in larger guns.

shalloons
plural of shalloon

shankings
plural of shanking

sheldrake
An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
A merganser.
The call sign for an artillery officer.

sheldrakes
plural of sheldrake

shelldrake
Alternative form of sheldrake.

shelldrakes
plural of shelldrake

shellfire
Artillery bombardment.

shellfires
plural of shellfire

shellings
plural of shelling

shetties
plural of shetty

shetty
Alternative form of chete (“knife”).

shielddrake
Obsolete form of sheldrake.

shielddrakes
plural of shielddrake

shieldrake
Obsolete form of sheldrake.

shieldrakes
plural of shieldrake

shinai
A bamboo sword used in the Japanese martial art kendo.

shinais
plural of shinai

shinogi
On a Japanese sword or knife, the ridge line where the angle meets the flat part of the blade.

shivs
plural of shiv

shoothouse
A structure used in military training exercises with live ammunition.

shoothouses
plural of shoothouse

shortblade
A shortsword.

shortblades
plural of shortblade

shortsword
A sword of a class generally shorter than one meter, but longer than a dagger.

shortswords
plural of shortsword

shotgunners
plural of shotgunner

shotshell
A shotgun cartridge.
Handgun and rifle cartridges loaded with lead shot canisters instead of bullets, intended for pest control.

shotshells
plural of shotshell

shottie
A shotgun.
A kind of bong.

shrimpoluminescence
Sonoluminescence caused by pistol shrimp (Alpheidae).

shuriken
A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).

shurikens
plural of shuriken

sica
A curved dagger used in Ancient Roman times, associated with the Thracian and Illyrians, gladiators, and Sicarii.

sideblade
A lateral blade; a blade protruding from the side of a weapon.
A panel immediately behind the rear door of a car, often contrasting in colour with the bodywork.

sideblades
plural of sideblade

sidelock
A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.

sidelocks
plural of sidelock

sighter
A trial shot in rifle, artillery shooting, or sports like football, to set the range, targeting etc.
a sight on a weapon
a targeteer

sighters
plural of sighter

silambam
A weapon-based Indian martial art.

silovarchies
plural of silovarchy

simi
A short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.

simis
plural of simi

simitar
Dated form of scimitar.

simitars
plural of simitar

simunition
Blank or training ammunition, made from wax, paintballs, etc.

singlestick
A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.
A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.

singlesticks
plural of singlestick

sixte
The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.

skean
Obsolete spelling of skein.

skeans
plural of skean

skeine
Alternative form of skean.

skeines
plural of skeine

skeldrake
Obsolete form of sheldrake.

skeldrakes
plural of skeldrake

skene
An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.

skenes
plural of skene

skeng
A weapon, especially a gun or a knife.

skengs
plural of skeng

skeyn
Alternative form of skean (“kind of dagger”).

skeyns
plural of skeyn

skirmish
A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
Any minor dispute.
A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.

skirmishes
plural of skirmish

slamfire
The premature accidental discharge of a firearm while a round is being loaded into the chamber.

slamfires
plural of slamfire

slicer
Someone or something that slices.
A broad, flat knife.
A slicing cucumber.
A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.

slicers
plural of slicer

slingball
A bullet made to be thrown using a sling.

slipjoint
A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint.
A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.

slipjoints
plural of slipjoint

sloid
Alternative form of sloyd.

slojd
Alternative spelling of slöjd.

sloyd
A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the importance of practical, hands-on work to develop cognitive and problem-solving skills. In particular, it is often associated with woodworking and carving, but can include other crafts as well.
A knife for carving.

sloyds
plural of sloyd

slugthrower
A firearm that fires bullets.

slugthrowers
plural of slugthrower

slungshot
A maritime tool consisting of a weight (the "shot") affixed to the end of a long cord, used to cast line from one location to another and sometimes as an improvised weapon.

slungshots
plural of slungshot

slushbox
Synonym of automatic transmission.

slushboxes
plural of slushbox

smallbores
plural of smallbore

smallsword
A light one-handed sword, designed for thrusting, which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance.

smallswords
plural of smallsword

smatchet
A small, nasty or insignificant person.
A large fighting knife.

smatchets
plural of smatchet

smellies
Pleasant-smelling toiletries.
Cinema enhanced with odours.

smileys
plural of smiley

smilies
plural of smilie
plural of smiley

smoothbores
plural of smoothbore

snakeshot
Synonym of shotshell.

snaphaan
A flintlock.

snaphaans
plural of snaphaan