2-Letter Words Starting with S

""Pl. spermatozoa (-z ) The mature fertilizing gamete of a male organism, usually consisting of a round or cylindrical nucleated cell, a short neck, and a thin motile tail. Also called sperm cell , zoosperm .""

SPERMICIDE

Spermicide

Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; gopher. See Illust. under Gopher. Spermophilus; gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.

Sperrylite

""A red to brownish-red mineral of the garnet group, Mn 3 Al 2 (SiO 4 ) 3 .""

A manganesian variety of garnet.

Sphalerite

Sphenopsid

Spherical

""An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.""

""A bacterial cell whose cell wall is absent or deficient, causing it to have a spherical form.""

Spherulite

Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.

""SPHINCTER A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder. as, the sphincter of the bladder.""

""A basic, long-chain, unsaturated amino alcohol, C 18 H 37 NO 2 , found combined with lipids in the brain and in nerve tissue.""

Spicebush

Spiciness

""SPICULATE Covered with, or having, spicules.""

Flowers.

Spikiness

Adjective meaning resembling

Weakly and without courage

The book fell apart

Spininess

Diminutive form

Spinosity

SPINSTER an older unmarried woman

Concerning the occult.

In a sanctified manner.

In an unearthly manner

An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.

Having or evidencing a refined mind and wit.

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any of a group of spirally coiled rodlike bacteria that includes the causative agent of syphilis See treponema [from New Latin spīrochaeta; see spiro- 2 , chaeta ]""

SPIROCHETE

Spirochete

Spirometer

An instrument for measuring the volume of air entering and leaving the lungs.

Spiteful

Spittlebug

""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.""

Splashdown

""Splashier , splashiest Making or likely to make splashes.""

Splatter

Splayfoot

Spleenwort

Splendid

Splendid.

Pl. splenectomies Surgical removal of the spleen.

When breaking up, maybe slept in before call

Fragmenting

Splotchy

Splutterer

Spitting explosively

Don't invite them!

Wet blankets, figuratively

Wet blankets

Spokeshave

A woman who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man .

A man who speaks on behalf of another or others. See Usage Note at man .

Spoliation

Plural or third person singular

SPONDYL a {vertebra=n}

Spongeware

Money given to support an activity

Backing prison's posh refurbishment

The pledging of money to a fund-raiser

Abandon nasty pie, not properly cooked

Ability to act on impulse

Uninhibited or instinctive behaviour

Unrehearsed, awful panto's no use

Cause of Mr Krook's death

Middle of the resolution

Those making rowdy brawls from fairy lights, perhaps (wordplay)

They often involve switching initial letters, as in the starred answers

Transpositions like "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride"

Production or formation of spores.

Sporogony

""Pl -nia [-nɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts, consisting of a spore-bearing capsule on a short stalk that arises from the parent plant (the gametophyte) sporogonial   adj STADIOMETER (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc., by running a toothed wheel along them [from stadio- , from stadium + -meter ]""

Sporophore

Sporophyll

Sporophyte

""SPOROPHYTE In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.""

Sporozoite

Game shows (wordplay)

TV fare

Sportsman

Female athlete or player

Female athlete

A woman who is active in sports.

SPORULATE

""The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b. Illust. of Bacillus, b.""

SPORULATE

With all eyes watching

Program to start making bed (wordplay)

Partly make a bed as a table (wordplay)

Cell block (wordplay)

More animated.

Southern prude, dictatorial type, demoting one relatively active

Perils at sea crossing starboard make you more nimble

Flexible point of departure (wordplay)

Jumping-off place (wordplay)

If you're here, you'll take a dive

Springhead

A small storehouse constructed over a spring and used to keep food cool.

Light, bouncy feeling

Springtail

The high seas

Periods of seedings and plantings

Vernal occasions

Clear quaff

Cooler drink

Perrier product

Springwood

Protected from fire by a water system.

Protected from fire by a water system

Sprinkling

Spurgall

Tolerate a sideshow barker (wordplay)

Opponent of change in policy.

Conservative Colloq

Standpoint

Any rove beetle.

Statoscope

""Body, Human""

""Body, Human""

See hardhack .

TV presenter Fred Dibnah's day job

Tall chimney repairer

Worker on tall chimneys etc

Steepness

Tool for the working girl.

Secretary's forte

Shorthand writing

Stenotypy

STENOTYPE

STENOTYPE

Relative by marriage

Relative to walk with hassle round river

Upset Herbert's top relative

New additions to the family, sometimes

Ones joining the family

Tropical climbing plant

House painters' aids

Roofers' gear

Paperhangers' needs

Fairy tale characters.

Some remarried women

They've joined the family

Relatives by marriage

Cinderella had two

A flat representation of a 3-D original

Three-D picture

3-D picture.

Twin-channel sound

Device offering 3-D viewing

It provides outstanding images

Three-D viewer

Viewing in 3-D

Conforming to stock idea

Conforming to a stock image

Tired Tory with deep-set disorder

""One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.""

Hackneyed expressions, for example.

Sees pottery cast in moulds

Film heroes, often

Like a stock image

Conventional

It can pick the beat up (wordplay)

Medical instrument that scoops teeth out

It will find a broken heart

Management or care (of something)

Administration of property, finance etc

Management employing waitress with PhD

Working for regular pay

Paid magistrate

It's back to the accounts' book to write in 'paid'

""STIPULATE Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf. as, a stipulate leaf.""

Condition of an agreement

Condition to an agreement

Condition attached to an agreement

Stipulator

""STIPULATOR One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants.""

Warehouse worker

Stockpiler

Storing up

Stomatopod

They have seconds

Many timers

Local retailer, maybe

* Mom or Pop, maybe

Stockholder (wordplay)

Foot-weary citizen.

Type of passenger.

Subway rider without a seat

Strapless

Dances with stunner, initially wearing terribly pretty sash

Lights on posts, perhaps

Some crime deterrents

Road lighting

An artistic representation of a street.

""A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:""

Questionable nightclub performer

Demi Moore played one in 1996

Striptease

Flashing lamp effectively freezing motion

Condition of scholar put in shed to work at end of street

Stupidity

A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.

""An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.""

CAPSULAR enclosed and compact

Subchapter

Subcompact

EMPLOYED employ

""A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times. submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.""

""OPTIMIZE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMISE""

PARALLEL to be extended in the same direction

Subpoena

Subprimate

Subproblem

Subproduct

Subprogram

Subproject

Subreption

SAMPLING a small part selected for analysis

SPECIFIC a remedy intended for a particular disease

""The act of subsuming, or of including under another.""

Like zones that support many deserts

Of a particular climate zone

Like a region whose climate is between temperate and torrid

""Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.""

SULPHURISE

Sulphurise

Sumptuous

""To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn. as, the country superabounds with corn.""

Superadd

Pl. superagencies A large government agency composed of or coordinating a number of smaller agencies.

Superagent

Superalloy

English word

Superblock

Superboard

Superbomb

English word

Supercargo

SUPERCEDE

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Fill to excess at a splendid price!

Pep up, as an engine

Use a turbo

English word

Supercity

Supercoil

Supercool

English word

SUPEREGO a part of the psyche

Plural or third person singular

A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.

Past tense or past participle

Far from thorough

Not profound

Not significant.

""The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.""

Superflack

Superfluid

Extreme excess - fruity pulse (anagram)

Excessively large amount

Frill

More than is needed

Extra to requirements

Above requirements

Supergiant

Supergroup