Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- aerosol
- alastair
- alex's
- allotments
- amadeus
- amundsen
- anniversaries
- answerable
- approximated
- aspirin
- assaulting
- assemblyman
- astral
- augusto
- bauxite
- betsey
- bicyclist
- bitterest
- bloodthirsty
- boathouse
- booksellers
- brasil
- bristle
- bruce's
- burdensome
- buttocks
- bypassing
- carbonates
- catastrophes
- cessna
- cilicia
- clarke's
- cliques
- collapsible
- comprehensible
- concertina
- condiments
- condolence
- conference's
- conglomerates
- conservationist
- consigned
- constituting
- consultative
- consults
- cookbooks
- copernicus
- corkscrew
- crofts
- crystallized
- cymbal
- daedalus
- damask
- desoto
- despondency
- determinants
- dips
- disarming
- discontinue
- discriminate
- discriminatory
- dishonor
- dispensary
- disreputable
- disrupts
- dissidents
- draftsman
- driscoll
- eccentricities
- ecstatically
- efficiencies
- elliott's
- employments
- encapsulated
- encyclopedic
- endogenous
- enjoyments
- enlistment
- entice
- eskimos
- estimator
- evinced
- excelsior
- excretion
- exorcist
- extremists
- fanaticism
- fergusson
- fettes
- fiercest
- firestone
- footlights
- freestanding
- gascon
- gravest
- gruesome
- gunnison
- hammocks
- haskins
- hearse