Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- lois
- manifested
- mauritius
- ministerial
- nissan
- obscene
- obstruction
- odessa
- oversight
- paralysis
- playstation
- puffs
- repentance
- restrain
- secluded
- seizures
- sewage
- sheriff's
- signify
- skylight
- slay
- sporadic
- stairway
- straightened
- straits
- suggestive
- surly
- thunderstorm
- transparency
- wholesome
- absurdity
- aspiring
- briskly
- despise
- directs
- distributing
- easiest
- efficacy
- elias
- emits
- excuses
- indigestion
- investigator
- lennox
- litmus
- marseille
- mastermind
- moustache
- outstretched
- prophets
- saluted
- schooner
- seizure
- shocks
- signaling
- sikh
- singularly
- sinner
- specializing
- splendor
- stalks
- steamed
- stroll
- subgroup
- sudbury
- vortex
- agnostic
- alliances
- ballots
- cite
- coliseum
- consortium
- corset
- deceptive
- departs
- destitute
- elegance
- emergencies
- hypnotist
- instinctively
- interspersed
- josephine
- necessities
- persecuted
- prescott
- prosper
- protesting
- receipts
- scaling
- seasonally
- singly
- skid
- sleek
- snoopy
- sobs
- stanton
- stead
- steelers
- storytelling
- strengthening