2-Letter Words Starting with S

Bursa, for one

Body bag (wordplay)

Get outta here!

How long to hold on (wordplay)

Listing on the port side (wordplay)

Triple chaser at the bar (wordplay)

That's what it says (nonverbal)

"Not my mistake!" (nonverbal)

Not my error (nonverbal)

What it's risky to build on (wordplay)

Something risky to build on (wordplay)

What some homes are built on (wordplay)

Togetherness (of sound and picture, say)

Brief agreement (wordplay)

Lip attachment (wordplay)

Of the Franks

Describing an ancient law

law ancient code

Of a reddishbrown hue

Of a reddish-brown color.

With a brownish tint

Backward concerns (wordplay)

Ice column on a glacier (RACES anagram)

Glacial chunk (or reading up, worries)

Containing Na, thus upsetting police

Containing a chemical.

Containing a whitish element

Almost - (Elvis Costello album)

Of or involving sound waves, say boom

The lad in charge of the boom, perhaps

Zeno of Citium for one

Zeno of Citium, for one

Not reacting to pain, say

Rash cause perhaps

Peruvian singer Yma (1922-2008: RIP)

Rash source maybe

Like a drive at Pebble Beach (wordplay)

Pretty as a postcard (wordplay)

Like a slower route, perhaps

Going on for a month, I see? That's bad!

Tank opening (wordplay)

It's gone bad for one month, I see

Pertaining to rocks rich in silica

Pert. to saliva.

Kind of acid (from rowan-berries)

Antimicrobial kind of acid

Fruit-derived acid

Still making attics of this (wordplay)

No radio silence (wordplay)

Its cat (anagram)

Pertaining to a {stele=n}

Spatial, in chemistry

Of atoms' spatial relationships

Of atomic spatial arrangement

Agent of a corporation.

Cambridge Univ. senator

Business agent

Hip caps (anagram)

Relating to a Greek female poet

Like some odes

Like Mills? Like hell!

Perhaps he'll be like the mills of Blake

Mills from Blake - like hell!

Swiftly done (wordplay)

Tongue-in-cheek

Nature of many Shavian remarks.

Like a lecher

Of certain demigods.

Lecherous comic, one going for unknown

Pascal dictating contentedly, like the Bard

Pertaining to

Moore's man from Missouri (wordplay)

Dubious one, in Devonshire

One questioning accepted opinions

102 cats? Some nerve!

The nerve to be a hippy, perhaps

Relating to the hip

""Derived from a certain acid, also SEBASIC""

""Derived from a certain acid, also SEBACIC""

Earth-shattering (wordplay)

Caused by bad vibrations (wordplay)

Earth-shattering, maybe

Containing a certain element

Of the moon.

Kind of acid that dissolves gold

Warning of danger

Serving as a warning of danger, as a snake's color.

Serving as a warning, as the color of certain poisonous snakes.

Get many hits off (a baseball pitcher)

Recruit maid first to polish (wordplay)

Polish female to ring back

Heavy laced waterproof boot

Wet-weather boot

Laced waterproof boot

""Pertaining to a sibyl, also SIBYLLIC""

- - acid, a silicon-based acid

Of rocks rich in quartz

Pertaining to the second most common element in the Earth's crust

""Pertaining to an ancient Scandinavian poet, also SCALDIC""

Pickets upset Thomas, perhaps (wordplay)

One with trouble swallowing (wordplay)

Pyrrho, for one

Pertaining to a state between solid and liquid

Related to the body

Of the body

During the day old Mark in charge of cells

Pertaining to a {somite=n}

Pertaining to {sorites=n}

Hopped up on sugar, say

Afflicted with muscle tremors

Of involuntary muscle contractions

""Of minerals, having good cleavage""

Pertaining to {sperm=n}

Wedge-shaped

Like 2 seconds with cipher to crack

Round, or suffix with atmo-

Form of ciphers

Pertaining to the spleen

Relating to a form of tin

Of one form of tin

Relating to one type of tin

Kind of acid

Kind of fatty acid

Relating to fat

With nervous energy

Having power to animate.

Pertaining to a {stich=n}

Spinning about orbits spinning

Having a spinning motion

Like a spinning-top

This should stop the bleeder!

Checking bleeding pencil

Kind of first-aid pencil

Pertaining to cork

Dull in colour

(Sombre) clothes worn with academic gown

Dull, gloomy; academic dress

No answer in physical exercising like a graceful spirit (wordplay)

Re religious meetings

Pertaining to a church council

Of a church council

Relating to a weekly day of rest (Var.)

Of rest

Jerky

Pertaining to a {sachem=n}

With cruel tendencies.

Taking pleasure from inflicting pain

Liking to hurt others

Having the power to save

Cypress gum resin; as canard (anagram)

Varnish-making resin

Resin used in varnish

Pertaining to sandalwood

Pertaining to {sapremia=n}

Pertaining to {saprobe=n}

Cynical - so rancid (anagram)

Mocking about drains & Co (wordplay)

Like some grins

Of vision in dim light

Scoot off with photograph of vision in darkness

Of meaning in language

Of word meanings

System of meaning

Of signs and symbols

Concerned with signs, as Van Gogh became (wordplay)

Signal like Holyfield after Tyson had finished snacking

Chips are heavenly served like this

To do with top angels

Like an angel

Like a talk from the pulpit

Like magic priests

Like some magical practitioners

Of medicine men.

""Pertaining to a sibyl, also SIBYLIC""

""One who practices simony, also SIMONIST""

""Pertaining to a siphon, also SIPHONAL""

A plum brandy

Pertaining to a {sonant=n}

Involving transmutation of racy pigs (wordplay)

Particular muscle providing parts thus

Explicit or particular

Explicit or in detail

Pertaining to {sphygmus=n}

Having a certain meter.

New coda spin produces sort of measure

All long for such verse iPods can produce

Tossed picadors (off and on)

Picadors get involved now and then

On-and-off

Of verses forming definitive pattern

Of a group of lines of verse forming a definite pattern

Of an abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body

Insect to suffer as the result of being constricted

Pertaining to {stolon=n}

Of the mouth.

Pertaining to {strontia=n}

'Killing cat', a disastrous sort of ode

(Of song) with each verse sung to the same tune

Describes Greek ode by barbers shop band sounds hick

Pertaining to a {stylite=n}

Situated under the eyes

Situated under the pubis

Not so fast (wordplay)

Below the speed of sound

Not like an SST

Leading note; bust icon (anagram)

Type of note to get replacement to pick me up

A secondary topic

A tunic worn under another tunic

Pertaining to {amber=n}

""Pertaining to sulfite, also SULPHITIC""

""Containing a certain univalent radical, also SULFO""

Type of acid

Kind of acid

Like gunpowder

Of Scheherazade's husband

Pertaining to

Relating to parts of words just so, with blooming contrary content

Pertaining to the forest

Representative revamping sybil.com

Like some gestures or logic

Lyrics can be this

Of neural firing points

Like some firings

Pertaining to a {syncope=n}

Connective

Pertaining to a system of problem solving

Cooperating

Cooperative

Pertaining to {syngamy=n}

Like some Gospels

Presenting a general view

Presenting a general view.

Having equal resonant frequency

Concerning the body as a whole.

Affecting the body generally

Like certain insecticides

Blood-pressure word

Relating to heartbeat rates

Of a contraction of the heart.

""Obtaining nourishment by absorption of dissolved organic and inorganic materials, as in protozoans and some fungi.""

Snidely stated, perhaps

Full of barbs

Using mocking wit

Relating to or affected with scabies.

Graphic new form of catechism

Catechism (anagram)

Catechism (anagram) - of a diagram

SCHLIERE a small streak in an igneous rock

That's a morbid sort of hardening

Of an eye membrane

It's getting a bit thick to be so loving at last

""Body, Human""

Descriptive of a scurvy knave (wordplay)

What a scurvy knave may be

""Relating to signs or symbols, esp. spoken or written signs [adj] : SEMEIOTICALLY""

'Black Maria, a - herself, rummages through the Zodiac' (Tom Wolfe)

Issue A not quite complete, so is binding B to C (wordplay)

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

In a total mess

Chaotic and inefficient

Confused clash involving mob I fancy

A disease of the lungs caused by continued inhalation of the dust of siliceous minerals and characterized by progressive fibrosis and a chronic shortness of breath.

SMECTITE a clayey mineral

""SODOMITE one who practices sodomy, also SODOMIST""

SOPHIST one who use sophisms

Poor sci-fi rerun sending one to sleep

Inducing drowsiness or sleep

That's enough to make one drop off

Done in short bursts

Done in brief irregular bursts

Faulty compass I'd disconnected

""Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.""

Pencil set (anagram)

Being irritable, select pin differently

There's a splice around the cross net

Slugging percentage, for one

R.B.I., for one

E.g. crime figure

""Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite.""

STEMMA a family tree

A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

Digestive medicine for cat in African country is fashionable

The "S" in SALT

Forming part of a long-term plan

Of military importance.

Artistic city's redesigned around tip

Pertaining to literary design or appearance

Rhetorical

Designating Greenland, Baffin Land, etc

Very tiny coat - bum is suffering!

Smaller than small

Like a quark

TROPIC an imaginary circle on the celestial sphere

Singular bubble with incomplete opening will make one sweat

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

Sensuous city bar is demolished

Affording, enjoying, luxury

Devoted to luxury

""Pl. syllepses (-s z) A construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in He lost his coat and his temper.""

Mutually beneficial

Of different organisms, living together for mutual benefit

Equally balanced

Evenly proportioned.

Well proportioned

Ecology Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas without interbreeding. Used of populations of closely related species.

Like some music? My, Chopin's fantastic!

My! Chopin's unusually melodic

Like a major classical music form

""Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.""

""Genetically identical or closely related, so as to allow tissue transplant; immunologically compatible: syngeneic grafts; syngeneic animals.""

Cynic heard about my refusal to come up with the same definition

Relating to language structure

Random choice of Smollett

Clerical doctor has a bit of a scheme concerned with aspect of language

Man-made (fibre)

Artificially-made compound

Dacron, for example

Contractile

Joint at the base of the spine

A joint in the lower back

Strong pelvic joint

""Of, producing, or resulting from putrefaction.""

""SAXOPHONE A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.""

Causing division in the RC Church

Favouring separation from a church

Singular elegance about theory volunteers rejected being fractious (wordplay)

Relating to education

Pedant and stoic clash violently

Clash with stoic could be academic

Of physics or biology perhaps

Part of UNESCO.

Methodical but not artistic presumably

Showing only surface knowledge.

""A disease of the sebaceous glands characterized by excessive secretion of sebum or an alteration in its quality, resulting in an oily coating, crusts, or scales on the skin.""

PUBLIC people as a whole

Like Paraguay's climate

SEPTIC an agent producing sepsis

Like some plays.

Half-and-half kind of drama

Ignoring real complexity

Not recognising true complexity

Naive; ignoring complexities

SKELETON the supporting bone structure of a body

""The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.""

Unschooled

""SOLONETZ a type of soil, also SOLONETS""

A chemical reaction in which the solute and solvent react to form a new compound.

Pertaining to a second-year student (US)

Like a lot of humor in this puzzle, maturity-wise, admittedly

Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.

Biology ()

""Reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many sporozoans. Sporogony results in the production of sporozoites.""

Having poor ecological adaptability

Skillful in guessing or conjecturing.

STRABISM a squint

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

OCEANIC pertaining to the ocean

Very fast - 11 (anagram)

Boom-causing, perhaps

*Anthropocentric jet type (wordplay)

Inspector cunningly concealing university second degree in music

Adjective (-ic)

""SYNCHRO a type of remote-control device, also SELSYN""

Working together

Cooperative.

Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.

Methodical teams City's deployed

Methodical distribution of city's steam

Done methodically

Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Adjective (-ic)

Commentating on ancient literature

AQUATIC an organism living in or near water

CLASSIC a work of established excellence