Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- criss
- denison
- densities
- detects
- dikes
- disable
- discrepancies
- diversification
- dressage
- epistemology
- epithets
- eskimo
- essayist
- exploratory
- federalists
- fiesta
- flips
- frederick's
- gillis
- gymnastic
- handsomely
- hobbyists
- hobson
- hotspot
- inferences
- insomnia
- installments
- instructive
- interpersonal
- kidnaps
- kitts
- lawrence's
- lumps
- manifests
- medusa
- menstrual
- misgivings
- mississauga
- mites
- monarchist
- monticello
- musk
- musketeers
- mussolini
- nantes
- nasa
- passer
- ponce
- precepts
- psalm
- puss
- quarks
- ransacked
- raps
- rascals
- reciprocity
- recklessness
- reminiscences
- risked
- robinson's
- saints'
- scaffolding
- seaford
- seasoning
- sedgwick
- semblance
- sergio
- serpentine
- sexton
- sigurd
- silverman
- simpson's
- simulator
- singer's
- sinners
- slits
- slum
- slums
- smashing
- smithfield
- smugglers
- soho
- soo
- sparrows
- spattered
- speculators
- spoiling
- spoof
- squeak
- stationery
- stinging
- stomachs
- storm's
- stringent
- stripping
- stupidly
- suffocated
- suitors
- summertime
- sunfish