serpent
A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.

sestina
A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
A chord comprising the first six members of the harmonic series.

sestinas
plural of sestina

setar
A Persian musical instrument.

setars
plural of setar

setup
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
An installer.
The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.

setups
plural of setup

shahnai
Alternative form of shehnai.

shahnais
plural of shahnai

shakeree
Alternative form of sekere.

shakuhachi
A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.

shakuhachis
plural of shakuhachi

shalm
Obsolete form of shawm.

shalms
plural of shalm

shamisen
A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.

shamisens
plural of shamisen

shanai
Alternative form of shehnai.

shanais
plural of shanai

sharpsichord
A musical instrument that is a combination harp and music box operated by pins in a rotating cylinder, invented by Henry Dagg

shawm
A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.

shawms
plural of shawm

shehnai
An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.

shehnais
plural of shehnai

shekere
Alternative spelling of sekere.

shekeres
plural of shekere

shenai
Alternative form of shehnai.

shenais
plural of shenai

shikho
A kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior.

shikhos
plural of shikho

shos
plural of sho

showhomes
plural of showhome

shurangiz
A modern Iranian musical instrument, a member of the lute family, with a skin face and six strings.

siciliana
A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure.
The music to this dance.

sicilianas
plural of siciliana

siciliane
plural of siciliano

siciliano
Synonym of siciliana.

sicilianos
plural of siciliano

sicilienne
A dance, the siciliana.
A kind of rich poplin fabric.

siciliennes
plural of sicilienne

siderostat
A heliostat that may be used with stars as well as the sun.

sifflet
A theatrical whistle.

simphonies
plural of simphony

simphony
Obsolete form of symphony.

sinew
A cord or tendon of the body.
A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.
Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.
That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.
A nerve.

sinews
plural of sinew

sinfonia
A symphony.
A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
A small symphony orchestra.

sinfonias
plural of sinfonia

sinfonie
plural of sinfonia

sinfonietta
A small-scale symphony (either in length or size of orchestra needed).
A small orchestra.

sinfoniettas
plural of sinfonietta

sinfoniette
plural of sinfonietta

sintir
A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.

sintirs
plural of sintir

sitar
A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

sitars
plural of sitar

sitzprobe
The first run-through of an opera or musical in which the orchestra and singers rehearse together, covering only those portions of the piece in which the orchestra plays, and in which the singers sit or stand at microphones, but do not block out any action.

sitzprobes
plural of sitzprobe

sixxen
A microtonal hammered keyboard percussion instrument.

skabenga
A gangster or thug.

skabengas
plural of skabenga

skebenga
Alternative form of skabenga.

skebengas
plural of skebenga

skycam
A camera mounted or flying in the sky, taking aerial pictures or video footage.

slenthem
A Javanese metallophone.

slughorn
A certain fictional wind instrument.
Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”).

slughorns
plural of slughorn

snaeng
Alternative spelling of sneng (“animal horn used as a musical instrument”).

sneng
An ox horn or water buffalo horn used by the Khmer people as a musical instrument. It has been used to call for assembly, to summon elephants from the field and by hunters to communicate over great distances.

sodina
A type of woodwind instrument from Madagascar played in Malagasy music.

solfege
Alternative spelling of solfège.

solfeges
plural of solfege

sompoton
A woodwind instrument made of bamboo, used by indigenous people in Borneo.

sompotons
plural of sompoton

songwriter
A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

songwriters
plural of songwriter

sonizance
The sound produced by a musical instrument

sonizances
plural of sonizance

sonobuoy
A buoy that sends a radio signal when it detects the sound of underwater objects (such as submarines).

sopila
A type of woodwind instrument from Croatia similar to the oboe.

sopranini
plural of sopranino

sopranino
a musical instrument, especially a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class

sopraninos
plural of sopranino

soprillo
The smallest member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments, one size smaller than the sopranino saxophone and with a range of A♭₄ to E♭₇ or similar.

soprillos
plural of soprillo

sordine
A mute for musical instruments.

sordines
plural of sordine

sordini
plural of sordino

sordino
Synonym of sordine.

sordinos
plural of sordino

sordono
An old musical instrument of the oboe family, resembling the bombard.

sordune
A cylindrical wind instrument with double reed and U-shaped bore.

sorna
Alternative form of zurna.

sornai
Alternative form of zurna.

sornais
plural of sornai

sornas
plural of sorna

sos
plural of so

soundboard
A wide, flat board placed within, or forming part of the body of, a musical instrument in order to improve vibrations and increase volume.
A mixing console used to combine and blend different audio sources to a single output.
A sounding board.
A control panel offering playback of various sound effects.

soundboards
plural of soundboard

soundbox
Alternative form of sound box.

soundboxes
plural of soundbox

soundhole
Alternative form of sound hole.

soundholes
plural of soundhole

sousaphone
A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.

sousaphones
plural of sousaphone