Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- mislead
- molson
- monasticism
- moralists
- morose
- mumps
- musgrave
- mystics
- neuhaus
- nostril
- obispo
- orifice
- ostentatious
- oxidizer
- ozarks
- paleontologist
- pappas
- pasco
- pasquale
- penciled
- percy's
- peterson's
- philistines
- phillips'
- phoenix's
- phosphates
- phosphor
- pierson
- poisson
- porpoise
- postulate
- potentates
- principia
- protectionist
- pseudoscience
- psychoanalytic
- pulsating
- pursed
- rapturous
- reassembled
- reconstituted
- regressive
- reinstalled
- responders
- revolutionists
- rivets
- roberts'
- robertson's
- sabina
- saddest
- sago
- sakura
- sampler
- sanada
- sandbar
- sartre
- sauer
- scariest
- scotts
- scoured
- scraper
- scriptural
- scrubbed
- scudder's
- scuttle
- seasonings
- seaweeds
- seddon
- seedling
- seesaw
- sellen
- seminoles
- seto
- setups
- sheep's
- ships'
- siddeley
- sidi
- sifting
- silverstein
- sires
- sitters
- sizing
- skulking
- slats
- sleet
- slur
- smashes
- smears
- smelter
- smokeless
- snob
- snorkel
- snorkeling
- soliciting
- somaliland
- songbook
- sopranos
- sousa
- southard