Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- onerous
- opossum
- oppressors
- osama
- oscars
- ostentation
- oxidant
- panacea
- paradoxically
- paramount's
- parkhurst
- parnassus
- pascual
- paso
- peacemaker
- pearsall
- pearse
- pederson
- peso
- phenotypes
- pinellas
- piscataway
- pitchforks
- possums
- post's
- predisposed
- presumptuous
- proconsul
- prosody
- proust
- provincetown
- psychoanalyst
- quakes
- quince
- quirks
- realists
- reciprocated
- reciprocating
- recitations
- reconstructive
- reducible
- registrars
- reinstate
- reiss
- reminiscence
- remittances
- renouncing
- repressing
- reservists
- resilience
- richardson's
- roadhouse
- roadsides
- rosso
- roth's
- rudiments
- rusted
- ruston
- saban
- sadistic
- saint's
- saito
- salamanders
- salvo
- sandbox
- sandel
- sander
- saplings
- sapporo
- sashes
- sauvignon
- savant
- saver
- scavenger
- schoolgirl
- schulze
- scooters
- seamus
- seaports
- sedation
- sedona
- seducing
- seeley
- selig
- semiotics
- seraphim
- sewall
- sidewise
- sidon
- silencing
- silhouetted
- simonds
- simplex
- sinatra's
- sipping
- situational
- sixes
- skewed
- skidmore
- skinner's