S
S ...
- 1 S
- 2 S.P.Q.R
- 3 S.S. Collar
- 4 S.S.S. (Latin stratum super stratum)
- 5 S.T.P
- 6 Saadia (Al)
- 7 Sabbath Day’s Journey (Exodus xvi. 29; Acts i. 12)
- 8 Sabbath of Sound (The)
- 9 Sabbathians
- 10 Sabbatical Year
- 11 Sabeans
- 12 Sabeanism
- 13 Sabeism
- 14 Sabellians
- 15 Sabiens
- 16 Sable
- 17 Sable black
- 18 Sablonnière (La)
- 19 Sabra
Sabreur ...
- 1 Sabreur
- 2 Sabrina (Latin)
- 3 Saccharine Principle in Things (The)
- 4 Saccharissa
- 5 Sacco Benedetto or Saco Bendito [the blessed sack or cloak]
- 6 Sachem
- 7 Sachentege
- 8 Sack
- 9 Sack
- 10 Sack Race (A)
- 11 Sackbut
- 12 Sackerson
- 13 Sacrament
- 14 Sacramentarians
- 15 Sacred Anchors
- 16 Sacred City
- 17 Sacred Heart
- 18 Sacred Isle
- 19 Sacred War
- 20 Sacred Way (The)
Sacred Weed (The) ...
- 1 Sacred Weed (The)
- 2 Sacrifice
- 3 Sacrifice to the Graces
- 4 Sacring Bell
- 5 Sacripant
- 6 Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis)
- 7 Sad Dog (He’s a)
- 8 Sadah
- 9 Sadda
- 10 Sadder and a Wiser man (A)
- 11 Saddle
- 12 Saddletree (Mr. Bartoline)
- 13 Sadducees
- 14 Sadi or Saadi
- 15 Sadler’s Wells (London)
- 16 Sadlerian Lectures
- 17 Sæhrimnir [Sza-rim-ner]
- 18 Safa
- 19 Safety Matches
- 20 Saffron
Saffron Veil ...
- 1 Saffron Veil
- 2 Saga (plural Sagas)
- 3 Sagan of Jerusalem
- 4 Sages (The Seven)
- 5 Sagittarius
- 6 Sagittary
- 7 Sagramour le Desirus
- 8 Sahib (in Bengalee, Saheb)
- 9 Sail
- 10 Sail before the Wind (To)
- 11 Sailing under False Colours
- 12 Sailing within the Wind or Sailing close to the Wind
- 13 Sailor King
- 14 Saint
- 15 St. Bees College (Cumberland)
- 16 St. Cecilia
- 17 St. Cuthbert’s Duck
- 18 St. Distaff
- 19 St. Elmo
- 20 St. Francis
St. George’s Cross ...
- 1 St. George’s Cross
- 2 St. John Long
- 3 St. John’s Eve, St. Mark’s Eve, and Allhallow Even
- 4 St. Johnstone’s Tippet
- 5 St. Leger Sweepstakes
- 6 St. Leon
- 7 St. Lundi (La)
- 8 St. Michael’s Chair
- 9 St. Monday
- 10 St. Simonism
- 11 St. Stephen’s
- 12 St. Stephen’s Loaves
- 13 St. Thomas’s Castle
- 14 St. Wilfrid’s Needle
- 15 Saints
- 16 Saivas
- 17 Saker
- 18 Sakhrat [Sak-rah]
- 19 Sakta
- 20 Sa-kuntala
Sakya-Muni ...
- 1 Sakya-Muni
- 2 Sal Prunella
- 3 Salacacabia or Salacacaby of Apicius
- 4 Salace
- 5 Salad Days
- 6 Salamander
- 7 Salamander’s Wool
- 8 Salary
- 9 Salchichon
- 10 Sale by the Candle
- 11 Salem
- 12 Salic Law
- 13 Saliens (The)
- 14 Salient Angles
- 15 Salisbury Cathedral
- 16 Salisbury Craigs
- 17 Sallee
- 18 Sallust of France
- 19 Sally
- 20 Sally Lunn
Sallyport ...
- 1 Sallyport
- 2 Salmacis
- 3 Salmagundi
- 4 Salmon (Latin, salmo, to leap)
- 5 Salmon
- 6 Salmoneus
- 7 Salsabil
- 8 Salt
- 9 Salt
- 10 Salt Bread or Bitter Bread
- 11 Salt-cellar (A)
- 12 Salt Hill (Eton)
- 13 Salt Junk
- 14 Salt Lake
- 15 Salt Ring
- 16 Salt River
- 17 Salt an Invoice (To)
- 18 Salt in Beer
- 19 Salt in a Coffin
- 20 Salt Losing its Savour
Salt on His Tail (Lay) ...
- 1 Salt on His Tail (Lay)
- 2 Saltarello
- 3 Saltpetre (French, saltpetre)
- 4 Salute
- 5 Salutations
- 6 Salve
- 7 Salve
- 8 Sam
- 9 Sam Weller
- 10 Samael
- 11 Samanides
- 12 Samaria
- 13 Samaritan
- 14 Sambo
- 15 Samedi (French)
- 16 Samian
- 17 Samian Letter (The)
- 18 Samian Sage (The)
- 19 Samiasa
- 20 Samiel
Samiel Wind, or Simoom ...
- 1 Samiel Wind, or Simoom
- 2 Sammael
- 3 Samoor
- 4 Samosatian Philosopher
- 5 Sampford Ghost (The)
- 6 Sampi
- 7 Sampler
- 8 Sampson
- 9 Samson
- 10 Samson Carrasco
- 11 San Benito (The)
- 12 San Christobal
- 13 San Suena
- 14 Sance-bell
- 15 Sancha
- 16 Sancho Panza
- 17 Sanchoniatho
- 18 Sanctum Sanctorum
- 19 Sancy Diamond
- 20 Sand (George)
Sand ...
- 1 Sand
- 2 Sand-blind
- 3 Sand-man is about (The)
- 4 Sands
- 5 Sandabar
- 6 Sandal
- 7 Sandals of Theramenes
- 8 Sandalphon
- 9 Sandalwood
- 10 Sandbanks
- 11 Sandemanians or Glassites
- 12 Sanden [sandy-den]
- 13 Sandford and Merton
- 14 Sandjar
- 15 Sandschaki or Sandschaki-sherif [the standard of green silk]
- 16 Sandwich
- 17 Sandwichman (A)
- 18 Sang Bleu
- 19 Sang Froid (French, “cool blood”)
- 20 Sangaree
Sanglamore ...
- 1 Sanglamore
- 2 Sanglier (Sir)
- 3 Sangrado (Dr.)
- 4 Sangreal
- 5 Sanguine [murrey]
- 6 Sanguinary James (A)
- 7 Sanhedrim
- 8 Sanjaksherif
- 9 Sans Culottes (French, without trousers)
- 10 Sans Culottides
- 11 Sans Peur et Sans Reproche
- 12 Sans Souci (French)
- 13 Sanscara
- 14 Sansfoy [Infidelity]
- 15 Sansjoy [Without the peace of God]
- 16 Sansloy [Irreligion]
- 17 Sansonetto (in Orlando Furioso)
- 18 Santa Casa (Italian, the holy house)
- 19 Santa Claus or Santa Klaus
- 20 Saophron
Sapphics ...
- 1 Sapphics
- 2 Sappho of Toulouse
- 3 Saracen Wheat (French, Blé-sar-rasin)
- 4 Saracens
- 5 Saragoza
- 6 Saraswati
- 7 Sarcasm
- 8 Sarcenet
- 9 Sarcenet Chidings
- 10 Sarcophagus
- 11 Sardanapalus
- 12 Sardinian Laugh
- 13 Sardonic Smile, Grin, or Laughter
- 14 Sardonyx
- 15 Sarnia
- 16 Sarpedon
- 17 Sarsen Stones
- 18 Sartor Resartus
- 19 Sash Window
- 20 Sassanides
Sassenach (ch = k) ...
- 1 Sassenach (ch = k)
- 2 Satan
- 3 Satan’s Journey to Earth (Milton: Paradise Lost, iii. 418 to the end)
- 4 Satanic
- 5 Satire
- 6 Saturday
- 7 Saturn or Kronos [Time]
- 8 Saturn
- 9 Saturn’s Tree
- 10 Saturnalia
- 11 Saturnian Days
- 12 Saturnian Verses
- 13 Saturnine
- 14 Satyr
- 15 Satyrane
- 16 Sauce
- 17 Sauce (To)
- 18 Sauce to the Goose is Sauce to the Gander
- 19 Saucer Eyes
- 20 Saucer Oath
Saucy ...
- 1 Saucy
- 2 ‘Saul
- 3 Saut Lairds o Dunscore (The)
- 4 Savage
- 5 Save
- 6 Save the Mark
- 7 Savoir Faire (French)
- 8 Savoy (The)
- 9 Saw
- 10 Sawdust Parlance (In)
- 11 Sawny or Sandy
- 12 Saxifrage
- 13 Saxon Castles
- 14 Saxon Characteristics (architectural)
- 15 Saxon Duke (in Hudibras)
- 16 Saxon English
- 17 Saxon Relics
- 18 Saxon Shore
- 19 Say
- 20 Sbirri (Italian)
Scævola [left-handed] ...
- 1 Scævola [left-handed]
- 2 Scaffold, Scaffolding
- 3 Scagliola
- 4 Scales
- 5 Scallop Shell
- 6 Scalloped [scollopt]
- 7 Scammozzi’s Rule
- 8 Scamp [qui exit ex campo]
- 9 Scandal
- 10 Scandal-broth
- 11 Scandalum Magnatum [scandal of the magnates]
- 12 Scanderbeg
- 13 Scanderbeg’s Sword must have Scanderbeg’s Arm—i.e
- 14 Scandinavia
- 15 Scant-of-grace (A)
- 16 Scantling
- 17 Scapegoat
- 18 Scaphism
- 19 Scapin
- 20 Scaramouch
Scarborough Dress (A) ...
- 1 Scarborough Dress (A)
- 2 Scarborough Warning
- 3 Scarlet
- 4 Scarlet (Will)
- 5 Scarlet Coat
- 6 Scarlet Woman
- 7 Scavenger’s Daughter
- 8 Sceatta
- 9 Scene Painters
- 10 Scene Plot
- 11 Scent
- 12 Sceptic (Greek)
- 13 Sceptre
- 14 Scheherazade [She-he-ra-zay-de]
- 15 Scheltrum
- 16 Scheme
- 17 Schiedam
- 18 Schiites
- 19 Schlemihl (Peter)
- 20 Scholastic
Scholastic Divinity ...
- 1 Scholastic Divinity
- 2 Schools
- 3 Schoolmaster Abroad (The)
- 4 Schoolmen
- 5 Schoolmistress (The)
- 6 Scian
- 7 Science
- 8 Science Persecuted
- 9 Scienter Nesciens et Sapiente Indoctus
- 10 Scio’s Blind Old Bard
- 11 Scipio dismissed the Iberian Maid (Paradise Regained, ii.)
- 12 Scissors to Grind
- 13 Sclavonic
- 14 Scobellum
- 15 Scone (pron. Skoon)
- 16 Score
- 17 Scornful Dogs will eat dirty Puddings
- 18 Scorpion
- 19 Scorpions
- 20 Scot
Scot-free ...
- 1 Scot-free
- 2 Scot and Lot
- 3 Scots Greys
- 4 Scots wha hae
- 5 Scotch
- 6 Scotch Breakfast (A)
- 7 Scotch Mist
- 8 Scotch Pint (A)
- 9 Scotch Pound (A)
- 10 Scotch Shilling
- 11 Scotia
- 12 Scotists
- 13 Scotland
- 14 Scotland Yard (London)
- 15 Scott
- 16 Scotus (Duns)
- 17 Scourge of Christians
- 18 Scourge of God
- 19 Scourge of Princes
- 20 Scouring
Scowerers ...
- 1 Scowerers
- 2 Scrape
- 3 Scrape an Acquaintance (To)
- 4 Scratch
- 5 Scratch (A)
- 6 Scratch Cradle
- 7 Scratch Crew (A)
- 8 Scratch Eleven (A)
- 9 Scratch Race (A)
- 10 Scratched
- 11 Screw (A)
- 12 Screw Loose (A)
- 13 Screw Plot (The)
- 14 Screwed
- 15 Screwed on Right
- 16 Scribe
- 17 Scriblerus (Martinus)
- 18 Scrimmage
- 19 Scripto rēs Decem
- 20 Scriptorēs Quinque
Scriptorēs Tres [the three writers] ...
- 1 Scriptorēs Tres [the three writers]
- 2 Scriptorium
- 3 Scriptures
- 4 Scudamore (Sir)
- 5 Scudding under Bare Poles
- 6 Scullabogue Massacre
- 7 Sculls
- 8 Sculpture
- 9 Scutch
- 10 Scuttle
- 11 Scuttle Out (To)
- 12 Scylla
- 13 Scylla
- 14 Scythian or Tartarian Lamb (The)
- 15 Scythian Defiance
- 16 Sea
- 17 Sea-blue Bird of March (The)
- 18 Sea Deities
- 19 Sea-girt Isle
- 20 Sea-green Incorruptible (The)
Sea Legs ...
- 1 Sea Legs
- 2 Sea Serpent
- 3 Seaboard
- 4 Seal
- 5 Seamy Side (The)
- 6 Seasons (The)
- 7 Sebaraim
- 8 Sebastian (St.)
- 9 Sebastianistes
- 10 Second
- 11 Second-hand
- 12 Second Sight
- 13 Second Wind (The)
- 14 Second of Time (A)
- 15 Secondary Colours
- 16 Secret de Polichinelle (Le)
- 17 Secular Clergy (The)
- 18 Secular Games
- 19 Sedan Chairs
- 20 Sedrat
Seedy ...
- 1 Seedy
- 2 Seel
- 3 Seemurgh
- 4 Seian Horse (The)
- 5 Seidlitz Water
- 6 Seiks (pron. Seeks)
- 7 Selah
- 8 Selama or Selemeh
- 9 Selenē
- 10 Seleucidæ
- 11 Selim
- 12 Seljuks
- 13 Sell
- 14 Selling Race (A)
- 15 Selling the Pass
- 16 Seltzer Water
- 17 Semiramis of the North
- 18 Senanus. (St.)
- 19 Seneca
- 20 Senior Optime
Sennacherib ...
- 1 Sennacherib
- 2 Sennight
- 3 Sentences
- 4 Sentinel
- 5 Sepoy
- 6 Sept
- 7 September Massacres
- 8 Septuagesima Sunday
- 9 Septuagint
- 10 Seraglio
- 11 Seraphim
- 12 Serapis
- 13 Serat (Al)
- 14 Serbonian Bog or Serbonis
- 15 Seremenes
- 16 Serenade
- 17 Serene
- 18 Serif and Sanserif
- 19 Sèrjeants-at-Law
- 20 Sermon Lane (Doctors Commons, London)
Serpent ...
- 1 Serpent
- 2 Serpentine Verses
- 3 Serrapurda
- 4 Servant (Faithful)
- 5 Serve
- 6 Servus Servorum (Latin)
- 7 Sesame
- 8 Sesha
- 9 Set Off (A)
- 10 Set Scene
- 11 Set-to (A)
- 12 Setebos
- 13 Sethites
- 14 Setting a Hen
- 15 Setting a Saw
- 16 Setting of a Jewel
- 17 Setting of Plaster or Paint
- 18 Setting of Sun, Moon, and Stars
- 19 Setting the Thames on Fire
- 20 Settie your Hash (To)
Seven ...
- 1 Seven
- 2 Seven Bibles (The) or Sacred Books
- 3 Seven Bodies in Alchemy
- 4 Seven Champions of Christendom
- 5 Seven Churches of Asia
- 6 Seven Deadly Sins (The)
- 7 Seven Dials (London)
- 8 Seven Joys of the Virgin
- 9 Seven Sages of Greece
- 10 Seven Senses
- 11 Seven Sisters
- 12 Seven Sleepers
- 13 Seven Sorrows of the Virgin
- 14 Seven Spirits
- 15 Seven Spirits of God (The)
- 16 Seven Virtues (The)
- 17 Seven Weeks War (The)
- 18 Seven Wise Masters
- 19 Seven Wonders of the World
- 20 Seven Years Lease
Seven Years War (The) ...
- 1 Seven Years War (The)
- 2 Several = separate;
- 3 Severn
- 4 Severus (St.)
- 5 Sèvres Ware
- 6 Sew the Button on
- 7 Sex
- 8 Sexagesima Sunday
- 9 Sextile
- 10 Sexton
- 11 Seyd [Seed]
- 12 Sforza
- 13 Shack
- 14 Shaddock
- 15 Shades
- 16 Shadoff or Shadoof
- 17 Shadow
- 18 Shadow (To)
- 19 Shady
- 20 Shafalus
Shafites ...
- 1 Shafites
- 2 Shaft
- 3 Shatton (Sir Piercie)
- 4 Shah
- 5 Shah-pour
- 6 Shahzada
- 7 Shakedown
- 8 Shakers
- 9 Shakes
- 10 Shakespeare
- 11 Shaking Hands
- 12 Shaky
- 13 Shallow
- 14 Shalott (Lady of)
- 15 Shambles means benches
- 16 Shamrock
- 17 Shan Van Voght
- 18 Shandean Exactness
- 19 Shandy
- 20 Shandygaff
Shanks Nag ...
- 1 Shanks Nag
- 2 Shannon
- 3 Shanty
- 4 Shanty Songs
- 5 Shark
- 6 Sharp (Becky)
- 7 Sharp
- 8 Sharp-beak
- 9 Sharp-set
- 10 Shave
- 11 Shaveling
- 12 Shaving
- 13 She Stoops to Conquer
- 14 Shear Steel
- 15 Sheb-seze
- 16 Sheba (Queen of)
- 17 Shebeen
- 18 Sheep
- 19 Sheet Anchor
- 20 Sheik (Arabic, elder)
Shekinah (shachan, to reside) ...
- 1 Shekinah (shachan, to reside)
- 2 Sheldonian Theatre
- 3 Shelf
- 4 Shell (A)
- 5 Shell Jacket (A)
- 6 Shell of an Egg
- 7 Shells
- 8 Shemitic
- 9 Shepherd
- 10 Shepherd Kings or Hyksos
- 11 Shepherd Lord (The)
- 12 Shepherd of Banbury (The)
- 13 Shepherd of Salisbury Plain (The)
- 14 Shepherd of the Ocean (The)
- 15 Shepherd’s Sundial (The)
- 16 Shepherded
- 17 Sheppard (Jack)
- 18 Shepster Time
- 19 Sheriffmuir
- 20 Sheva
Shewbread ...
- 1 Shewbread
- 2 Shewri-while
- 3 Shiahs
- 4 Shibboleth
- 5 Shield
- 6 Shield-of-Arms
- 7 Shield of Expectation (The)
- 8 Shields
- 9 Shi-ites
- 10 Shillelagh (pronounce she-lay-lah)
- 11 Shilling
- 12 Shilly Shally
- 13 Shimei
- 14 Shinar
- 15 Shindy
- 16 Shingebis
- 17 Ship (the device of Paris)
- 18 Ship Letters
- 19 Ship-shape
- 20 Ship of the Desert
Ships ...
- 1 Ships
- 2 Ships of the Line
- 3 Shipton
- 4 Shire and County
- 5 Shire Horses
- 6 Shirt
- 7 Shittim Wood
- 8 Shivering Mountain
- 9 Shoddy
- 10 Shoe
- 11 Shoe-loosed
- 12 Shoe Pinches
- 13 Shoe a Goose (To)
- 14 Shoe the Anchor (To)
- 15 Shoe the Cobbler (To)
- 16 Shoe the Horse (To)
- 17 Shoe the Wild Colt (To)
- 18 Shoes
- 19 Shoemakers
- 20 Shoot the Moon (To)
Shoot the Sun (To) ...
- 1 Shoot the Sun (To)
- 2 Shooting-iron (A)
- 3 Shooting Stars
- 4 Shop
- 5 Shop-lifting
- 6 Shore (Jane)
- 7 Shoreditch
- 8 Shorne (Sir John) or Master John Shorne
- 9 Short
- 10 Short Stature (Noted Men of)
- 11 Shot
- 12 Shot in the Locker
- 13 Shot Window (A)
- 14 Shotten Herring
- 15 Shoulder
- 16 Shovel-board
- 17 Show
- 18 Shrew-mouse
- 19 Shrieking Sisterhood (The)
- 20 Shrimp
Shropshire ...
- 1 Shropshire
- 2 Shrovetide Cocks
- 3 Shunamite’s House (The)
- 4 Shunt
- 5 Shut up
- 6 Shy
- 7 Shylock
- 8 Shylock (A)
- 9 Si
- 10 Si Quis
- 11 Siamese Twins:
- 12 Sibberidge
- 13 Sibyl
- 14 Sibyls
- 15 Sibylline Books
- 16 Sibylline Leaves
- 17 Sibylline Verses
- 18 Siccis pedibus [with dry feet]
- 19 Sice
- 20 Sicilian Dishes (Sicŭlæ dapēs)
Sicilian Vespers ...
- 1 Sicilian Vespers
- 2 Sick Man (The)
- 3 Sick as a Cat
- 4 Sick as a Dog
- 5 Sick as a Horse
- 6 Siddons (Mrs.)
- 7 Side of the Angels
- 8 Sidney (Algernon)
- 9 Sidney (Sir Philip)
- 10 Sidney-Sussex College
- 11 Siegfried
- 12 Sieglind
- 13 Sienna
- 14 Sierra
- 15 Siesta
- 16 Sieve and Shears
- 17 Sif
- 18 Sight
- 19 Sight (Far)
- 20 Sign your Name
Signs instead of words ...
- 1 Signs instead of words
- 2 Significavit
- 3 Siguna
- 4 Sigurd
- 5 Sikes (Bill)
- 6 Sikh
- 7 Silbury
- 8 Silchester (Berks)
- 9 Silence gives Consent
- 10 Silent (The)
- 11 Silenus
- 12 Silhouette
- 13 Silk
- 14 Silk Gown
- 15 Silk Purse
- 16 Silken Thread
- 17 Silly is the German selig (blessed)
- 18 Silly Season (The)
- 19 Siluria—that is
- 20 Silurian Rocks
Silvana ...
- 1 Silvana
- 2 Silvanella
- 3 Silver was
- 4 Silver
- 5 Silver Cooper (The)
- 6 Silver Fork School
- 7 Silver-hand
- 8 Silver Lining
- 9 Silver Pheasant (A)
- 10 Silver Spoon
- 11 Silver Star of Love (The)
- 12 Silver Streak (The)
- 13 Silver-Tongued
- 14 Silver Trumpet (A)
- 15 Silver Weapon
- 16 Silver Wedding
- 17 Silver of Guthrum, or Guthram’s Lane
- 18 Silverside of Beef (The)
- 19 Simeon (St.)
- 20 Similes
Similia Similibus Curantur ...
- 1 Similia Similibus Curantur
- 2 Simmes Hole
- 3 Simnel Cakes
- 4 Simon (St.)
- 5 Simon Magus
- 6 Simon Pure
- 7 Simony
- 8 Simple (The)
- 9 Simple Simon. A simpleton
- 10 Simplicity is sine plica
- 11 Simplon Road
- 12 Sin
- 13 Sin-eaters
- 14 Sincere
- 15 Sindhu
- 16 Sindon
- 17 Sine Die (Latin)
- 18 Sine quā Non
- 19 Sinecure [si-ne-kure]
- 20 Sinews of War
Sing a Song o Sixpence ...
- 1 Sing a Song o Sixpence
- 2 Sing my Music, and not Yours
- 3 Sing Old Rose
- 4 Sing Out
- 5 Sing-su-hay
- 6 Singapores
- 7 Singing Apple
- 8 Singing-Bread
- 9 Singing Chambermaids
- 10 Singing Tree
- 11 Singing in Tribulation
- 12 Single-Speech Hamilton
- 13 Sinister (Latin, on the left hand)
- 14 Sinning One’s Mercies
- 15 Sinon
- 16 Sintram
- 17 Sir
- 18 Sir Oracle
- 19 Sir Roger de Coverley
- 20 Siren
Sirius ...
- 1 Sirius
- 2 Sirloin of Beef
- 3 Sisyphus (Latin; Sisuphos, Greek)
- 4 Sit Bodkin (To)
- 5 Sit Out (To)
- 6 Sit Under … (To)
- 7 Sit Up (for anyone) (To)
- 8 Sit Upon (To)
- 9 Sit on the Rall or Fence (To)
- 10 Sit on Thorns (To) or on Tenterhooks
- 11 Sitâ
- 12 Sitting in Banco
- 13 Sieve and Shears
- 14 Siva (Indian)
- 15 Six. Six thrice or three dice
- 16 Six-and-Eightpence
- 17 Six Articles (33 Henry VIII.)
- 18 Six-hooped Pot
- 19 Six Members
- 20 Six Months War
Six Nations (The) ...
- 1 Six Nations (The)
- 2 Six Points
- 3 Six-Principle Baptists (The)
- 4 Sixes and Sevens (All)
- 5 Sixteen-string Jack
- 6 Sizar
- 7 Sizings
- 8 Skains-mate or Skeins-mate
- 9 Skald
- 10 Skedaddle
- 11 Skeggs
- 12 Skeleton
- 13 Skeleton Jackets
- 14 Skevington’s Daughter
- 15 Skibbereen and Connemara (in Ireland)
- 16 Skibbereen Eagle (The)
- 17 Skid
- 18 Skiddaw
- 19 Skied
- 20 Skillygolee
Skimble-Skamble ...
- 1 Skimble-Skamble
- 2 Skimmington
- 3 Skin
- 4 Skin a Flint
- 5 Skin of his Teeth
- 6 Skinfaxi
- 7 Skinflint
- 8 Skinners
- 9 Skirt
- 10 Skogan (Henry)
- 11 Skopts, Skopti, or White Doves
- 12 Skull
- 13 Skurry (A)
- 14 Sky
- 15 Sky
- 16 Sky-blue
- 17 Sky-rakers
- 18 Skye (Isle of)
- 19 Skylark
- 20 Skylark
Slander, Offence ...
- 1 Slander, Offence
- 2 Slang
- 3 Slang
- 4 Slap-bang
- 5 Slap-dash
- 6 Slap-up
- 7 Slate
- 8 Slate Club (A)
- 9 Slate One (To)
- 10 Slating (A)
- 11 Slave
- 12 Sleave
- 13 Sleck-stone
- 14 Sledge-hammer
- 15 Sleep (Anglo-Saxon slæpen)
- 16 Sleep like a Top
- 17 Sleeper (The)
- 18 Sleeping Beauty
- 19 Sleepless Hat (A)
- 20 Sleepy Hollow
Sleeve ...
- 1 Sleeve
- 2 Sleeve of Care
- 3 Sleeve of Hildebrand (The)
- 4 Sleeveless Errand
- 5 Sleight of Hand
- 6 Sleipnir
- 7 Slender
- 8 Sleuth-Hound
- 9 Slewed
- 10 Slick (Sam)
- 11 Slick Off
- 12 Sliding Scale
- 13 Slip
- 14 Slippers
- 15 Slipshod
- 16 Slipslop
- 17 Sloane MSS
- 18 Slogan
- 19 Slop (Dr.)
- 20 Slops (The)
Slopard (Dame) ...
- 1 Slopard (Dame)
- 2 Slope
- 3 Slough of Despond
- 4 Slow
- 5 Slow Coach
- 6 Slubber-Degullion
- 7 Slug-abed (A)
- 8 Slumland
- 9 Slums
- 10 Sly (Christopher)
- 11 Sly-Boots
- 12 Sly Dog
- 13 Sly as a Fox
- 14 Slyme (Chevy)
- 15 Small
- 16 Small-back
- 17 Small Beer
- 18 Small-endians
- 19 Small Hours of the Morning (The)
- 20 Smalls
Smart Money ...
- 1 Smart Money
- 2 Smash
- 3 Smec (in Hudibras)
- 4 Smectymnuans
- 5 Smectymnus
- 6 Smell (an acute sense)
- 7 Smell a Rat (To)
- 8 Smelling Sin
- 9 Smells of the Lamp
- 10 Smelts (Stock-Exchange term)
- 11 Smiler
- 12 Smith
- 13 Smith of Nottingham
- 14 Smith’s Prize-man
- 15 Smithfield
- 16 Smoke
- 17 Smoke Farthings
- 18 Smoke Silver
- 19 Snack
- 20 Snails have no sex
Snake-Stones ...
- 1 Snake-Stones
- 2 Snake in the Grass
- 3 Snakes in his Boots (To have)
- 4 Snap-Dragons
- 5 Snap of the Fingers
- 6 Snap One’s Nose Off
- 7 Snarling Letter (Latin, litera canina)
- 8 Sneck Posset
- 9 Sneezed
- 10 Sneezing
- 11 Snickersnee
- 12 Snider Rifle
- 13 Snob
- 14 Snood
- 15 Snooks
- 16 Snore
- 17 Snow King
- 18 Snowdonia
- 19 Snowdrop (The)
- 20 Snuff
Snuff Out ...
- 1 Snuff Out
- 2 Soane Museum
- 3 Soap
- 4 Soap (Castile)
- 5 Soaped-pig Fashion (In)
- 6 Soapy Sam
- 7 Sober or Sobrius
- 8 Sober as a Judge—i.e. grave and sedate
- 9 Sobrino (in Orlando Furioso)
- 10 Sobriquet (French)
- 11 Socialism
- 12 Société de Momus
- 13 Society
- 14 Sock [comedy]
- 15 Sock a Corpse (To)
- 16 Socrates
- 17 Sodom
- 18 Soffarides
- 19 Soft
- 20 Soft Sawder
Soft Soap ...
- 1 Soft Soap
- 2 Soft as Soap
- 3 Soft Fire makes Sweet Malt (A)
- 4 Soft Words Butter no Parsnips
- 5 Softly
- 6 Softy
- 7 Soho!
- 8 Soi-disant (French)
- 9 Soil
- 10 Soil the Milk before Using It
- 11 Sojourn
- 12 Sol (Latin)
- 13 Sol-fa
- 14 Solan Goose
- 15 Solano
- 16 Solatium (A)
- 17 Soldan or Sowdan
- 18 Soldats (Des)
- 19 Soldier
- 20 Soldier’s Heart
Soldiers Battles (The) ...
- 1 Soldiers Battles (The)
- 2 Soldiers of Fortune
- 3 Soldiering
- 4 Solecism
- 5 Solemn
- 6 Soler
- 7 Solid Doctor
- 8 Solingen
- 9 Solomon
- 10 Solomon’s Carpet
- 11 Solomon’s Ring
- 12 Solon of Parnassus
- 13 Solstice
- 14 Solyman
- 15 Soma
- 16 Somagia (singular somagium)
- 17 Sombrero
- 18 Somerset
- 19 Somerset or Somersault
- 20 Somerset House
Somoreen ...
- 1 Somoreen
- 2 Son (or descendant of)
- 3 Son of Belial
- 4 Son of Dripping (A)
- 5 Son of One Year
- 6 Son of Perdition
- 7 Son of the Morning
- 8 Son of the Star [Bar Cochal]
- 9 Sons of God
- 10 Sons of the Band
- 11 Sons of the Mighty
- 12 Sons of the Prophets
- 13 Sons of the Sorceress
- 14 Song
- 15 Song of Degrees
- 16 Song of Roland
- 17 Song of Songs
- 18 Sonna or Sunna
- 19 Sonnambula (La)
- 20 Sonnet
Sop ...
- 1 Sop
- 2 Soph
- 3 Sophi or Safi [mystic]
- 4 Sophis
- 5 Sophia (St.)
- 6 Sophist, Sophistry, Sophism, Sophisticator, etc
- 7 Sorbonica
- 8 Sorbonne
- 9 Sorceress
- 10 Sordello
- 11 Sorites (Greek)
- 12 Sorrows of Werther
- 13 Sortēs Biblicæ
- 14 Sortes Virgilianæ
- 15 Sorts
- 16 Sosia
- 17 Sotadios or Sotadic Verse
- 18 Sothic Year
- 19 Soul
- 20 Soul Cakes
Soul and Spirit ...
- 1 Soul and Spirit
- 2 Soul of a Goose or Capon
- 3 Sound
- 4 Sound Dues
- 5 Sound as a Bell
- 6 Sound as a Roach
- 7 Soundings
- 8 Sour Grapes
- 9 Sour Grapeism
- 10 South-Sea Scheme or Bubble
- 11 Southampton Street (London)
- 12 Southampton’s Wise Sons
- 13 Southern Gate of the Sun
- 14 Soutras
- 15 Sovereign
- 16 Sow (to rhyme with “now”)
- 17 Spa or Spa Water
- 18 Spade
- 19 Spadish Language (In)
- 20 Spafields (London)
Spagiric Art ...
- 1 Spagiric Art
- 2 Spagiric Food
- 3 Spagnaletto [the little Spaniard]
- 4 Spaie
- 5 Spain
- 6 Span New
- 7 Spaniel
- 8 Spanish Blades
- 9 Spanish Brutus (The)
- 10 Spanish Main
- 11 Spanish Money
- 12 Spanish Worm
- 13 Spank (A)
- 14 Spanker (A)
- 15 Spanking
- 16 Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child
- 17 Sparkling Heat
- 18 Spartan Dog
- 19 Spasmodic School
- 20 Speaker’s Eye
Speaking ...
- 1 Speaking
- 2 Speaking Heads and Sounding Stones
- 3 Spear
- 4 Spear-half
- 5 Spear of Ithuriel (The)
- 6 Special Pleading
- 7 Specie, Species
- 8 Spectacles
- 9 Spectre of the Brocken
- 10 Spectrum, Spectra, Spectre (Latin, specto, to behold)
- 11 Speculate
- 12 Speech
- 13 Speed
- 14 Spell (A)
- 15 Spellbinders
- 16 Spelter
- 17 Spence
- 18 Spencer
- 19 Spendthrift
- 20 Spenser (Edmund)
Spenserian Metre (The) ...
- 1 Spenserian Metre (The)
- 2 Spent
- 3 Spheres
- 4 Sphinx (The Egyptian)
- 5 Spice
- 6 Spick and Span New
- 7 Spider
- 8 Spidireen or Spidereen
- 9 Spigot
- 10 Spilt Milk
- 11 Spindle-half
- 12 Spinning Jenny
- 13 Spinoza’s System
- 14 Spinster
- 15 Spirit
- 16 Spirit-writing
- 17 Spirits
- 18 Spirits (Elemental)
- 19 Spirited Away
- 20 Spiritual Mother
Spiritualism or Spiritism ...
- 1 Spiritualism or Spiritism
- 2 Spirt or Spurt
- 3 Spitalfields (London)
- 4 Spite of His Teeth (In)
- 5 Spitfire
- 6 Spitting for Luck
- 7 Spittle or Spital
- 8 Spittle Sermons
- 9 Splay
- 10 Spleen
- 11 Splendid Shilling
- 12 Splice
- 13 Splice the Main Brace
- 14 Spoke (verb)
- 15 Spoke (noun)
- 16 Sponge
- 17 Spontaneous Combustion
- 18 Spoon
- 19 Spoon (A)
- 20 Spooning
Spoony ...
- 1 Spoony
- 2 Sporran (Gaelic)
- 3 Sport a Door or Oak
- 4 Sporting Seasons in England
- 5 Spouse (Spouze, 1 syl.)
- 6 Spout
- 7 Sprat
- 8 Spread-eagle (To)
- 9 Spread-eagle Oratory
- 10 Spring Gardens (London)
- 11 Spring Tide
- 12 Sprout-kele
- 13 Spruce
- 14 Spun (To be)
- 15 Spun Out
- 16 Spunging House
- 17 Spur Money
- 18 Spurs
- 19 Spy
- 20 Spy (of Vanity Fair)
Spy Wednesday ...
- 1 Spy Wednesday
- 2 Squab Pie
- 3 Squad
- 4 Squalls
- 5 Square
- 6 Square the Circle
- 7 Squash
- 8 Squib (A)
- 9 Squint-eyed [Guercino]
- 10 Squintifego
- 11 Squire of Dames
- 12 Stabat Mater
- 13 Stable-door
- 14 Stable Keys
- 15 Staff
- 16 Staff of Life (The)
- 17 Stafford
- 18 Stafford Law
- 19 Stag
- 20 Stags
Stagirite or Stagyrite ...
- 1 Stagirite or Stagyrite
- 2 Stain
- 3 Stalking-horse
- 4 Stammerer (The)
- 5 Stamp
- 6 Stampede
- 7 Stand
- 8 Stand Nunky (To)
- 9 Stand Off (To)
- 10 Stand Out (To)
- 11 Stand Sam (To)
- 12 Stand Treat (To)
- 13 Stand Upon (To)
- 14 Stand to a Bargain (To)
- 15 Stand to his Guns (To)
- 16 Stand to Reason (To)
- 17 Standing Dish (A)
- 18 Standing Orders
- 19 Standing Stones
- 20 Standard
Standards ...
- 1 Standards
- 2 Standards of Individuals
- 3 Standards
- 4 Stang
- 5 Stanhope (A)
- 6 Stanhope Lens
- 7 Stank Hen (A)
- 8 Stannary Courts
- 9 Star (A)
- 10 Star (in Christian art)
- 11 Star Chamber
- 12 Star-crossed
- 13 Star of Bethlehem (The)
- 14 Star of the South
- 15 Stars and Garters! (My)
- 16 Stars and Stripes (The) or the Star-spangled Banner
- 17 Starboard and Larboard
- 18 Starch
- 19 Starry Sphere
- 20 Starvation Dundas
Starved with Cold ...
- 1 Starved with Cold
- 2 Stations
- 3 Statira
- 4 Stator [the stopper or arrestor]
- 5 Statue
- 6 Status of Great Men
- 7 Statute Fairs
- 8 Steak
- 9 Steal
- 10 Steal a Horse
- 11 Steal a March on One (To)
- 12 Steam-kettles
- 13 Steelyard
- 14 Steenie
- 15 Steeple-engine
- 16 Steeple-Jack (A)
- 17 Steeplechase
- 18 Stelvio
- 19 Stentor
- 20 Stentorian Lungs
Stentorophonic Voice ...
- 1 Stentorophonic Voice
- 2 Stepfather and Father-in-law
- 3 Stephen
- 4 Stephen’s Bread (St.)
- 5 Stephens (Joanna)
- 6 Stepney Papers
- 7 Sterling Money
- 8 Stern
- 9 Sternhold (Thomas)
- 10 Sterry (in Hudibras)
- 11 Stewing in their own Gravy
- 12 Stick
- 13 Stickler
- 14 Stiff
- 15 Stigmata
- 16 Stigmatise
- 17 Stigmites, or St. Stephen’s Stones
- 18 Stiletto of the Storm (The)
- 19 Still
- 20 Still Sow
Still Waters Run Deep ...
- 1 Still Waters Run Deep
- 2 Stilling (John Henry)
- 3 Stilo Novo
- 4 Stimulants of Great Men
- 5 Stinkomalee
- 6 Stipulate
- 7 “Stir Up” Sunday
- 8 Stirrup (A)
- 9 Stirrup Cup
- 10 Stirrup-Oil
- 11 Stiver
- 12 Stock
- 13 Stock Exchange Slang
- 14 Stock, Lock, and Barrel
- 15 Stockdove
- 16 Stockfish
- 17 Stocking
- 18 Stockwell Ghost
- 19 Stoics
- 20 Stole (Latin, stola)
Stolen Things are Sweet ...
- 1 Stolen Things are Sweet
- 2 Stomach
- 3 Stone
- 4 Stone Age (The)
- 5 Stone Blind
- 6 Stone Cold
- 7 Stone Dead
- 8 Stone Jug
- 9 Stone Soup or St. Bernard’s Soup
- 10 Stone Still
- 11 Stone of the Broken Treaty
- 12 Stone of Stumbling
- 13 Stone of Tongues
- 14 Stones
- 15 Stonebrash
- 16 Stonehenge
- 17 Stonewall Jackson
- 18 Stony Arabia
- 19 Stool of Repentance
- 20 Stops
Store ...
- 1 Store
- 2 Stork
- 3 Storks Law or Lex Ciconaria
- 4 Storm in a Teapot
- 5 Storms
- 6 Stormy Petrel (A)
- 7 Stornello Verses
- 8 Storthing (pron. stor-ting)
- 9 Stovepipe hat (A)
- 10 Stowe
- 11 Stowe Nine Churches
- 12 Strabo (Walafridus)
- 13 Stradivarius (Antonio)
- 14 Straight as an Arrow
- 15 Strain
- 16 Stralenheim (Count of)
- 17 Strand (London)
- 18 Strange
- 19 Stranger of the Gate (The)
- 20 Strangers Sacrificed
Strap Oil ...
- 1 Strap Oil
- 2 Strappado
- 3 Strasburg Goose (A)
- 4 Stratagem means generalship
- 5 Straw
- 6 Straw
- 7 Strawberry
- 8 Strawberry Preachers
- 9 Streak of Silver (The)
- 10 Street and Walker (Messrs.)
- 11 Stretcher
- 12 Strike (A)
- 13 Strike
- 14 Strike Amain
- 15 Strike a Bargain (To)
- 16 Strike Sail
- 17 Strike while the Iron is Hot
- 18 String
- 19 Stripes
- 20 Strode
Stroke ...
- 1 Stroke
- 2 Stromkarl
- 3 Strong
- 4 Strong-back
- 5 Strong-bow
- 6 Strontian
- 7 Struldbrugs
- 8 Stubble Geese
- 9 Stuck Pig
- 10 Stuck Up
- 11 Stuck-up People
- 12 Stuck his Spoon in the Wall
- 13 Stuff Gown
- 14 Stumers
- 15 Stump
- 16 Stump Orator (in America)
- 17 Stùmp Up
- 18 Stumps
- 19 Stumped Out
- 20 Stupid Boy
Sty or Stye ...
- 1 Sty or Stye
- 2 Stygian
- 3 Style
- 4 Styles
- 5 Stylites or Pillar Saints
- 6 Styx
- 7 Suaviter in Modo (Latin)
- 8 Sub Cuitro Liquit
- 9 Sub Hasta
- 10 Sub Jove (Latin)
- 11 Sub-Lapsarian, Supra-Lapsarian
- 12 Sub Rosa
- 13 Sublime Port
- 14 Sublime Porte (The)
- 15 Submerged (The) or The Submerged Tenth
- 16 Submit
- 17 Subpœna
- 18 Subsidy
- 19 Substitution of Service (The)
- 20 Subtle Doctor
Subvolvans or Subvolvani ...
- 1 Subvolvans or Subvolvani
- 2 Succession Powder
- 3 Succinct
- 4 Succoth
- 5 Suck the Monkey
- 6 Sucking Young Patricians
- 7 Suckle
- 8 Sucre
- 9 Suds (Mrs.)
- 10 Suffolk
- 11 Suffrage
- 12 Sugar-candy
- 13 Sugar-lip
- 14 Sugar and Honey
- 15 Sugared Words
- 16 Sui Generis (Latin)
- 17 Sui Juris
- 18 Suicides
- 19 Suisse
- 20 Suit
Suit of Dittos (A) ...
- 1 Suit of Dittos (A)
- 2 Sullt [starvation]
- 3 Sultan of Persia
- 4 Sultan’s Horse, Deadly (The)
- 5 Sultana
- 6 Summa Diligentia
- 7 Summer
- 8 Summer King (The)
- 9 Summons
- 10 Summum Bonum
- 11 Sumpter Horse or Mule
- 12 Sumptuary Laws
- 13 Sun
- 14 Sun (The)
- 15 Sun-burst
- 16 Sun Inn
- 17 Sun and Moon Falling
- 18 Sun in one’s Eyes (To have the)
- 19 Sun of Righteousness
- 20 Sunday
Sunday Saint ...
- 1 Sunday Saint
- 2 Sundays
- 3 Sundew
- 4 Sunflower (The)
- 5 Sunna or Sonna
- 6 Sunnites
- 7 Suo Jure (Latin)
- 8 Suo Marte (Latin)
- 9 Super, Supers
- 10 Supercilious
- 11 Supernaculum
- 12 Superstition
- 13 Supped all his Porridge (He has)
- 14 Supper of Trimalchio (A)
- 15 Supplication
- 16 Sure as Demoivre
- 17 “Surest Way to Peace is a constant Preparation for War.”
- 18 Surety
- 19 Surfeit Water
- 20 Surgeon
Surloin of Beef ...
- 1 Surloin of Beef
- 2 Surlyboy
- 3 Surname
- 4 Surplice
- 5 Surrey
- 6 Surt or Surtur
- 7 Susan (St.)
- 8 Sussex
- 9 Sutor
- 10 Suttee (Indian)
- 11 Svalin
- 12 Swaddler
- 13 Swag
- 14 Swag
- 15 Swagger
- 16 Swainmote
- 17 Swallow
- 18 Swan
- 19 Swan
- 20 Swan-hopping
Swan of Avon (The), or Sweet Swan of Avon ...
- 1 Swan of Avon (The), or Sweet Swan of Avon
- 2 Swan of Cambray (The)
- 3 Swan of Mantua (The), or The Mantuan Swan
- 4 Swan of Meander (The)
- 5 Swan of Padua (The)
- 6 Swans … Geese
- 7 Swanimote
- 8 Swarga
- 9 Swashbuckler
- 10 Swear
- 11 Swear Black is White (To)
- 12 Swear by my Sword (Hamlet, i. 5)
- 13 Sweat
- 14 Sweating Sickness
- 15 Swedenborgians
- 16 Swedish Nightingale
- 17 Sweep
- 18 Sweepstakes (A)
- 19 Sweet as sugar
- 20 Sweet Singer of Israel
Sweet Singers ...
- 1 Sweet Singers
- 2 Sweet Voices
- 3 Sweetheart
- 4 Swell Mob
- 5 Swi Dynasty
- 6 Swift
- 7 Swim (In the)
- 8 Swindle
- 9 Swine
- 10 Swing (Captain)
- 11 Swinge-buckler
- 12 Swiss
- 13 Swiss Boy (The)
- 14 Swiss Family Robinson
- 15 Swithin (St.)
- 16 Switzers
- 17 Sword
- 18 Sword-makers
- 19 Sword Excalibar (The)
- 20 Sword of God (The)
Sword of Rome (The) ...
- 1 Sword of Rome (The)
- 2 Sword of the Spirit (The)
- 3 ¶ Sword (phrases and proverbs)
- 4 Sword and Cloak Plays
- 5 Swords Prohibited
- 6 Sworn Brothers
- 7 Sworn at Highgate
- 8 Sybarite
- 9 Sycamore and Sycomore
- 10 Sycophant
- 11 Sycorax
- 12 Syenite
- 13 Syllogism
- 14 Sylphs
- 15 Sylvam Lignum Ferre (In)
- 16 Sylvester (St.)
- 17 Sylvius Bonus
- 18 Symbol
- 19 Symbols of Saints
- 20 Symbolism of Colours
Symbolism of Metals and Gems ...
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