2-Letter Words Starting with S

Crush, as an opponent

Brook no opposition

Suppress ruthlessly

Such as many hormones

Ideal sort for exercising, enhancing performance

Game played on city streets

Vacant lot game

Street competition

STOMODEA stomodeum

Gritty defence (wordplay)

Oliver's divider (wordplay)

Use delay-ing tactics

Urban kids' game

Street game

AERIAL an {antenna=n}

Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

DERMAL relating to the derm

LETHAL something designed to cause death

SUBMIT to yield to the power of another

Inferior bun, molars chewed

Of low intelligence

Lorna's bum's different and undeveloped

""SOCIAL a friendly gathering, also SOCIABLE""

VASSAL a person holding land in return for homage and allegiance

VISUAL something that illustrates by pictures of diagrams

SUCTION to remove by sucking

""Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds. as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.""

""SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""

""SURFIE one who surfs, also SURFER""

""The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.""

Saber fish (wordplay)

Fish used in genetic research

Popular aquarium fish

""Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem. as, a sympodial stem.""

Pertaining to Jewish religion

Associated with a shul

""Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.""

SYNCYTIA syncytium

""Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.as, synodical proceedings or forms.""

Leave of absence.

Period of leave for university teacher

John Barth's leave

Lead actors dressed for the priesthood (wordplay)

Unusual actors' deal concerning priesthood

Like a priest's attire, making a lot scared unfortunately

SARCOSOME

All that a bag can hold

All a bag can hold

SCLEROTIA

From the law and the prophets, say

From the Bible

Second vault addressed Russia's range of writing

Of Praxiteles's art

Adjective (-al)

SEMANTIC pertaining to {meaning=n}

Adjective (-al)

Occurring in March and September, say

Like some sales

Occurring every six months

FEUDAL pertaining to an ancient political and economic system

Not-too-dressy wedding attire

More than casual

Like attire for some weddings

LETHAL something designed to cause death

Stamp sold at a premium

Of a Washington group.

Like US upper assembly members

Like some biennial elections

""Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation. as, a sentential translation.""

Like the seven-year itch (wordplay)

Like a seven year itch

Recurring every seven years

Dividing the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Purcell has developed melancholy

Hollow and deep

Purcell has composed, despite being gloomy

Following in a logical sequence

In consecutive order

Describing 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.

""Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionid\'91, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas. Chionis, and family Chionid\'91, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas.""

Of the crime of traffic in sacred things

SIMPLICIA simplex

Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

Of or relating to the sinoatrial node: a sinoatrial heart block.

Oscillating (wave form)

Like alternating current

Like some waves in turbulent sound I sail

Base man (wordplay)

Contemptible sort, in slang

Despicable sort

Of a conductor

Of or pertaining to a solstice.

SPERMATIA

Sphenoid.

Nearly globe-shaped

Resembling a globe.

Fashion from Dior's a help with a round figure

Failing prison also for godparents

Pertaining to a patron.

SPORANGIA

SPORICIDE

Primitive jumping insect

Tiny, jumpy insect

Small 18 ac

Cash-box for a roadside shop (wordplay)

Hot dog vendor's cash drawer (wordplay)

Tolerate moonshiners (wordplay)

STOMODAEA

Relating to frame of a building

Pertaining to buildings

Like earthquake damage

Under the center.

CRUSTAL pertaining to the earth's crust

""Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams. as, subglacial streams.""

Kind of TV ad technique

Below the conscious level

Like underhanded advertising

""Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland. as, the sublingual gland.""

MAXIMAL an element of a mathematical set that is followed by no other

MINIMAL an element of a mathematical set that precedes all others

MUCOSAL resembling a {mucosa=n}

*Middling or worse

Ballesteros, initially 1 up, almost shot under par

ORBITAL a subdivision of a nuclear shell

TEXTUAL pertaining to a {text=n}

""Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys.""

""Of, relating to, or capable of staining living cells after their removal from a living or recently dead organism: a supravital dye.""

""Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.""

Of or pertaining to to symphysis.

Bones

Contemporaneous

Poles divided by variable of light in outline

Like some wine

Relating to bread and wine taken in church

Bones in the head of religious significance

Killed as an offering

Pertaining to dancing

Adapted for leaping.

""SALVATION The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.""

SARCOLEMMA The very thin transparent and apparently homogenous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

SCARLATINA Scarlet fever.

A scissor-tailed flycatcher.

Like an office aide's duties

Like typing, filing, etc.

Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.

""Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.""

NATURAL a type of musical note

Endless rest in maple syrup

Causing great excitement

Scandalous sonata lines rewritten

Causing great excitement or horror

So mawkish it drove me mad!

With tender, nostalgic or sad feelings

Moved by fond memories of the past

SEROLOGIC

""Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.""

Relating to the Chinese language or literature.

""SITUATION Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation. as, a house in a pleasant situation.""

Adjective (-al)

""Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.""

Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.

SPERMICIDE

SPIROCHETE

Word with analysis or significance

Relating to the analysis of data

Relating to data analysis

STRATEGIC

CLINICAL pertaining to a {clinic=n}

Below a part of the brain

CRITICAL {crucial=adj}

CULTURAL relating to culture

INTERVAL a space of time between periods or events

Under the shore.

MARGINAL anything in or on a margin

NATIONAL a citizen of a nation

PARALLEL to be extended in the same direction

RATIONAL a number that can be expressed as a quotient of integers

REGIONAL something that serves as a region

Of considerable importance

Of considerable size

Wealthy firm

TERMINAL an end

Like zones that support many deserts

Of a particular climate zone

Like a region whose climate is between temperate and torrid

""SUMMATION The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.""

Far from thorough

Not profound

Not significant.

Exceeding the average

Capistrano copper (wordplay)

Butterfly to emulate uroboros (wordplay)

Bird, dog or butterfly

With exact correspondence of parts

Appearing as if reflected about an axis

Mirrored about an axis

""Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.""

""Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.""

""Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.as, saccharoidal limestone.""

""SALUTATION The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.""

Preoccupied with excrement

Same as Schismatic. Schismatic.

SCHISTOSOME

""A white odorless barbiturate, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 , used in the form of its sodium salt as a sedative and hypnotic.""

ARBOREAL tree-dwelling

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony

MYSTICAL spiritually significant

""Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. as, a semiofficial statement.""

""Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.""

Warm, as a climate

SERICULTURE The raising of silkworms.

""Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.""

SPECIATION

Of or pertaining to a spectator.

SPERMATOZOA

English word

STENOTHERM

""Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages. as, the sternocostal cartilages.""

""A sterol, C 29 H 48 O, obtained from soybeans or Calabar beans.""

""EDITORIAL Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.""

Situated immediately below the epidermis.

""PRINCIPAL Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case. as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.""

Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.

Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.

""Pl. superhelixes or superhelices (h l -s z , h l -) A molecular structure in which a helix is itself coiled into a helix, as of overwound circular DNA.""

Changing usual partner is weird

Turns up a real oddity - it's uncanny

Psychic upset usual partner

Adjective (-al)

Spare plastic potty

Additional to what is required

Flexible in the mind, providing what's missing

Being above the threshold of consciousness or of sensation. Used of stimuli.

Located above the orbit of the eye: the supraorbital ridge.

SYNAPTOSOME

Happening at the same time; synchronous.

Of or pertaining to seismology.

""Astronomy the branch of astronomy that studies the physical characteristics of the moon. ; selenologist , ; selenological ,""

Like Gershwin's orchestral works

""EMPIRICAL Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.""

""POLITICAL Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.""

""Of, relating to, or involving the sensory nerves, especially as they affect the hearing: sensorineural deafness.""

Of or pertaining to the north; northern.

SILVICULTURE See Sylviculture. Sylviculture.

Of or involving both social and cultural factors.

SOMATOLOGIC

Caves

The study of three-dimensional properties of objects or matter usually observed two-dimensionally.

Conventionalised novel operatic style

Operatic style devised in keeping with stock character

Hackneyed

""Of, relating to, or caused by a streptococcus.""

""STRUCTURAL Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error. as, a structural error.""

Adjective (-al)

Adjective (-al)

""1. (Physics / General Physics) Physics (of a fluid) brought to a temperature and pressure higher than its critical temperature and pressure, so that its physical and chemical properties change""

SUPERNATION

SUPERPERSON

Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.

Adjective (-al)

Standing after drink? Ale not finished, it's presumed

With power or influence transcending borders

Adjective (-al)

Pl. synarthrodiae (-d - ) See synarthrosis .

Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

SYNECOLOGIC

See semantics .

""Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration. as, a semicentennial commemoration.""

""COMMERCIAL Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.""

Like class issues, in the classroom

SOTERIOLOGIC

""Of, relating to, or existing in both space and time.""

SPERMATOGONIA

Relating to a harmful bacterium