2-Letter Words Starting with S

Shikar

Made a flash

Shone fitfully

Gleamed faintly.

Shinney

Type of romance (on an ocean liner)

Like some short-lived romances

Shivaree

Stilt, for example

Stilt, e.g

Dinah and Larry

Heading to land

Toward land

Cut down to size (wordplay)

Tenor performing in hut gets cut

Condensed thus, or the ends may be off

Speedwriting by worker of little stature

Girl Friday's forte.

Gregg's system.

Cleared the driveway, perhaps

Hole in Amundsen's equipment gets dug

How crude shelter carried by sleigh was shifted (wordplay)

""Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place.""

Put on exhibit

Exhibited, as one's talent

Displayed to best advantage

Withered

Shivered in fear or revulsion

Trembled violently as with horror

Trembled, shivered

Shunpike

Quiet-spoken, like some windows

(Of windows) shut up

Like some windows

Shylock

Skreegh

Skreigh

Put on lavishly

Laid on thick

Used wastefully

Emulated a snake

Moved like a snake

Moved like a snake.

Drenched in sauce

Her modest fancy will get stifled

Stifled, he stormed out

Walked at a ski resort

Soothsay

Dixie

In the direction of Cork, say

In the direction of Waterford, say

In the direction of Spain

Lead (a military attack)

Lead (an attack)

Lead (an attack or movement)

Spotted, splashed

'Boldly spotted the third allotment': penned by Guardian setter

*Stained

Monosyllabic word meaning "sat on"

Sat on

Suppressed

Squinch

Squoosh

He may convey properties

Person moving theatre props

Theater crew member

British armed reconnaissance car.

One whose quarry is sought and abused (wordplay)

Hunting dog

For Hawaii and Alaska (wordplay)

Territory's future, perhaps

For Hawaii and Alaska?

How Edward the loyal stopped the flow

Arrested resolute pressman

The rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Trout variety

Marriage acquisition, maybe

Second mate's kid (wordplay)

Offspring of spouse

""The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.""

Put up with

Most upset having hurt bore

Stood

Stonish

Extended, one's limbs perhaps

Like some truths

Extended in time or space

Sulphate

Stop man at newspaper being fumigated

Sunbathe

Terrific leader (wordplay)

Vain or conceited person.

Conceited sort

Pig's head (wordplay)

Gurth, in "Ivanhoe"

Tender of pigs

Swither

Inserted between.

Was hidden plastic, encasing canine opening, like a filling (wordplay)

Scouther

Scrootch

Not new - part of watch!

Watch! It goes around (wordplay)

Used to be found on watch (wordplay)

""SEMAPHORE A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.""

""SEPULCHRE The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.""

Very modest, bashful

Showing guilty embarrassment

Red, perhaps

Impressed a sailor without his knowing!

Eastern city editor may be impressed

Coerced into crewmanship

""A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, ∨ Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds. Archosargus, ∨ Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.""

Finished, in a way

High-speed option on the East Coast

Defeated soundly

Emulated Bo-Peep

Tended sheep

Escorted

Squeezed (into)

Stole

Bobby's favorite snack (wordplay)

Rich crumbly biscuit

Lorna Doone makeup

Shotgun

Took on (a burden)

Took, as with a burden

Showboat

Perforated part of a bathroom fitting

Certain water dispenser

Bathtub fixture

I have two lines in small part as an old man (wordplay)

Women with similar habits (wordplay)

Kinship between women

Community of nuns

Engaged in a minor conflict

SKYLIGHT a window in the ceiling

One nodding off (2 words)

Yawning child (wordplay)

Slacker ground he'd ply with ease

Eliminated rough edges

Simpleminded or lamebrained

Simpleminded

Afflicted with migraine.

Going from the Bronx to Brooklyn

Headed to Dixie - or stuck there (wordplay)

English word

A fountain or source.

Stablish

Straight

Keep firm grip

Defensive position taken by a wrestler

Fastness of dogs left North exhausted

It's taken away from rough brute's hand

SUPERHYPE

""SURCHARGE To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.""

Power-station area

SCHEMATIZE To form a scheme or schemes.

Schnorkel

First grader, for example

First grader, e.g

Scrimshaw

Sepulcher

English word

Didn't really hit

Stranded, in a way

Mainly ruined

The wood of the shittah tree.

Like some cats

In need of stenographers

Not having enough staff

Without enough staff

Seen as a shape against a light background

Killed

Hammer or Spade

Sherlock, for instance.

Detective with a nose for crime fighting

Snapshot

Too compassionate (wordplay)

A bunch of pseuds of the art editor kind

Daftest hero becomes compassionate

Spearfish

Initiated, as an undertaking

Took the lead, as in a campaign.

Pioneered, as a movement

""-fies , -fying , -fied (intr) to make a speech or speeches""

""A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; in the United States commonly called dashboard. dashboard.""

With all eyes watching

Stanchion

Any rove beetle.

Like once-popular jeans

SULPHURISE

With temperature raised to excess

Egotistical

Conceited

Vain

Operator's post, once

Manual telephone exchange

Where telephones are connected

Shared an understanding with shyest maid, trembling, keeping quiet

Shared a sentiment

Like some computer voices

Made from parts

Put together

""-fies , -fying , -fied (Chemistry) (tr) to convert (starch) into sugar saccharification  , saccharization , saccharisation n""

SCHISMATIZE To make part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

A drawing board coated with white clay and a surface layer of black ink that is scratched or scraped away to produce an effect similar to engraving. Also called scraperboard .

(Of houses) joined in pairs

Decide Thames could do for a house

Type of house

FINISHED finish

SHARECROP

SHIRTSLEEVE

Cheated (by cashier?)

Done - with spirit transformed!

Didn't get full return for your money

Heedless of the future.

Like the grasshopper of fable

Limited in one's outlook

How to get broad (wordplay)

Prepare to deal and get on with the game

Cruise-ship pastime

A shrub for the huntress

Being single could make person do this

Stickhandle

Unfeeling - like Olive (wordplay)

Devoid of feeling for others

Feeling callous? Then destroy a settlement

Upset due to threats, but resolute

Courageous, resolute

Courageous

STRAIGHT to make {straight=adj}

Put in order

Way of presenting gender that is not kinky

Hulk Hogan's choker (wordplay)

Force that menaces freedom.

Complete power over a situation

Made more robust

Reinforced

Stringhalt

ARACHNOID Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

""THRESHOLD The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.""

Very quick, huge car sped round corner, finally

SWASHBUCKLE

Switchback

Drenching my own missis, ridiculous sport

SYNCHRONIZE To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

Shuttlecock

Advanced cash? Deposit it, perhaps

Possessed of culture, refinement and 24

Ditches patois, turning suave

""A southeastward direction, point, or region.""

""A southwestward direction, point, or region.""

Stereograph

Done up in a prudish sort of way

Extremely proper

Puritanically corseted

Superharden

Hit hard

Snaggletooth

Upright basketball player (wordplay)

Honest direction (wordplay)

Undemanding, unlike a hooker!