2-Letter Words Starting with S

Savoury

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Most rough, as cliffs

Roughest

Most argumentative

Most quarrelsome

Rubbish heaps left out in street that's extremely messy

Scrawly

Most waif-like, as a runway model

Most undernourished, unprepared to bite into dodgy insects

Scrimpy

Scroggy

Scrubby

Most unkempt

""One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.""

Act of acquiring.

Rather arid region

Area of limited growth

Habitat for some scorpions

""A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.""

SECRET something that is kept from the knowledge of others

One who advocates secession

One who would break up a union

One advocating political autonomy

""Pl. serologies The science that deals with the properties and reactions of serums, especially blood serum.""

Skilled craftsman (wordplay)

A worker who knows his craft (wordplay)

Craftsman cracking whip's not mistaken

English word

American word for a woman's blouse

Land situated on the edge of a body of water.

Shrieky

Shrimpy

Shrubby

Most tenuous.

Most willowy

SOLIDARE a small coin

Turnover from two seasons, say

Gymnast's specialty, perhaps

Gymnast's specialty

Fancy nickname

Nickname that could make bishop quite sour (wordplay)

Nickname

Room for skill with shuttle, perhaps

*Mars Pathfinder, for one

Discoverer, for one.

Sparkly

Spidery

""An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus. Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.""

Small fern once used medicinally

Small fern that grows in rosettes on rocks and walls

Splurgy

One who won't play (wordplay)

Rewards of victory, plus drink? Misery!

Troops slip over wet blanket

Football on TV, say

Warner Wolf specialty

Prime-time fare

Sprawly

Spriggy

Elastic persisting, most flexible

Squirmy

Playwright's skill

Theater crew's area of expertise

Skill of old coach on ship

Smash hit - actress is most stiff

Most like pasta and potatoes

Tops in formality

Art of government? Utter spin!

Diplomacy in, say, a ship

The art of government.

Mike Brady, for one

Pater's new woman? Pater spent freely!

Cinderella's nemesis, for example

Wild plant with small white flowers

Two chits - right? - required for the plant

Herb as son, little chap with endless merit

Window-shopping locale

Display window locale

*Window-shopping spot

Military expert, say

Long-term planner

Planner to insist - get painting back

Streaky

Streamy

""An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.""

Stringy

Stroppy

PRODUCT something produced by labour or effort

PROJECT to extend outward

Woodhull or Pankhurst

Woman who wanted say, stiff sugar confection

Summery

English word

Very large star

Betelgeuse, for example

Heavenly monster

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Tension reducer

Type of painter.

County contracted celebrity artist

Magritte perhaps

Wearing sweatshirt that's most black

Darkest-complexioned and least confident, having blemish

Wears t-this loosely? Exactly!

Track cover-up (wordplay)

Long-sleeved top worn by athletes

E, my love (wordplay)

Wee darling (wordplay)

Favourite soft centre (wordplay)

Sweltry

One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance;

Broad and unorganized

Lacking focus

Scrabbly

Scraggly

Scratchy

Screechy

Scroungy

20th Century Fox picture (wordplay)

It illuminates land under damaged arches

*'Slumdog Millionaire' studio [37]

U.N. group of 1973?

Body once dictated to (wordplay)

U.N. group of 1973 (wordplay)

A barrier of trees and shrubs that protects against the wind and reduces erosion.

A technique of drawing on specially prepared paper with a silver-tipped instrument.

Skittery

Slippery

Not one to buy with prudence

Extravagantly spending person

Irresponsible user of money

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

Program to start making bed (wordplay)

Partly make a bed as a table (wordplay)

Cell block (wordplay)

Noun (-ment)

Straggly

Sniper originally hits target, sprawling, most horizontal

It glows at night in the city

It improves night vision

Nighttime illuminator

Stretchy

Outsource, as part of a job

Farm work out

Get extra help, as a builder

Smaller part of a larger zoned area

Ben's virtues misconstrued as slavish

Prepared to obey others unquestioningly

Obsequious.

Complete reversal of opinion Fig.

Trampoline stunt

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SUPEREGO a part of the psyche

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""Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks. as, superjacent rocks.""

Weekly shopping site

Weekly shopping site, for many

Grocery's descendant.

""Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water. as, oil supernatant on water.""

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Superscription.

English word

Type of drug

Drug keeping symptoms down

Inhibiting drug

SUPREME a rich cream sauce

SUPREME a rich cream sauce

One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.

Person planning for the apocalypse

One looking to preserve their own existence

ABSTRACT to draw away

Consisting of serum and pus.

Farthest south.

Hint to the Mystery Guest's identity

Medium habit is coming in double

Seance holder.

""Sprightlier , sprightliest Full of spirit and vitality; lively; brisk.""

A case for arms limitation (wordplay)

Something that restricts.

No sane person is likely to assume it

English word

To offer no resistance is good behaviour

Demonstrate zero electrical resistance

An electrical current flowing through a superconductor.

""Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.""

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Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.

One with exaggerated respect for priests could become so strait-laced

lasting more or less indefinitely

Lasting nearly for ever

One wanting to secede

He raises silkworms

""With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.""

One studying patterns of thought, behaviour, etc

A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau. Bureau.

""GOVERNMENT The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. as, civil, church, or family government.""

Excessive in quantity

More than sufficient

Excessive in quality

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Person associated with (-ist)

Person associated with (-ist)

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One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ;s body and blood in the holy eucharist.

""SEGREGATION The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.""

Problematical situation to bore chaps in group half slouching around (wordplay)

SILVICULTURE See Sylviculture. Sylviculture.

One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope.

Restraining garment (alternative spelling)

Restraining garment

Honest alien holding flag put under severe restraint

PROLETARIAT The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.

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Large early landmass

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Lying or resting on something else.

One who is in charge of an organisation

Overseer; police officer

Senior police officer

Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.

Paperback moved with additional books, which is not entirely clear

It's not quite clear how a Jew almost managed to save Christian writings

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One administration on top of another

Believer in ESP

Seance participant, presumably

Believer in miracles.

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