Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- agassiz
- ainsworth
- alexa
- altruistic
- aniseed
- anselmo
- antidepressant
- antioxidant
- antioxidants
- antonius
- anubis
- archetypes
- architect's
- aristophanes
- asahi
- assembler
- assessor
- astaire
- astringent
- backups
- baronets
- basing
- baskin
- battersea
- behest
- bequests
- bestowing
- blameless
- borax
- borges
- brazos
- burritos
- buttress
- caesarea
- callous
- canister
- cantankerous
- capstone
- cartoonists
- castings
- cavernous
- christie's
- christophe
- chrysanthemums
- cimarron
- coaxed
- coaxing
- coexistence
- complacent
- concierge
- coniston
- conspiracies
- constantin
- consumerism
- contemplates
- contesting
- cornstarch
- credulous
- crosswalk
- crystallize
- cypher
- cyst
- decadence
- deceptively
- deciphered
- defaced
- defenseless
- derisively
- despotic
- destruct
- detergents
- diacritics
- differentiates
- discontinuation
- disdained
- disembark
- disguising
- disintegrate
- dismembered
- dissipating
- distancing
- distortions
- distractions
- distresses
- domestication
- dulce
- econometrics
- edmondson
- emissary
- empiricism
- enforceable
- epics
- epidermis
- erastus
- escambia
- escobar
- exasperating
- experimenter
- extrusion
- eyeglasses