Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- terrestrial
- updates
- checks
- extract
- forested
- foxes
- hopeless
- joyce
- relaxing
- something's
- strengthened
- activists
- anniversary
- eclipse
- estuary
- facilitate
- madness
- notorious
- parentheses
- payments
- placement
- salary
- scenery
- scots
- soluble
- strap
- strategies
- summary
- syndicated
- enlisted
- investments
- picturesque
- pierced
- rex
- slam
- smith's
- snapped
- systematic
- accordance
- atlas
- bats
- flats
- francs
- gasped
- insist
- nets
- pierce
- proceeding
- rainforests
- rites
- satellites
- sparkling
- sponsors
- spoon
- darkest
- dixon
- expire
- expresses
- postmaster
- southernmost
- spices
- strengthen
- christina
- coincidence
- curiously
- currents
- demonstrating
- distracted
- exhaustion
- expectation
- extending
- grassy
- insufficient
- priscilla
- settling
- song's
- stepfather
- submission
- surfing
- symbolic
- unsuccessfully
- absorption
- aghast
- alps
- discharged
- encompasses
- highlights
- posters
- scrapped
- sexually
- slugs
- traits
- ulster
- wits
- agreements
- cyril
- disgusted
- headaches
- instincts
- justified