Words with the [s] sound
Voiceless alveolar fricative; hiss with the tongue near the ridge.
Common spellings: s, c. Examples: see, city.
- mismanagement
- misrecognized
- moistened
- mollusks
- momentous
- montserrat
- nasser
- newts
- nurseries
- o'sullivan
- opportunistic
- otsego
- pathos
- percussionist
- perforce
- persuasive
- pesticide
- poindexter
- polyps
- possessive
- potency
- precipitous
- prejudiced
- prompts
- prospector
- reagents
- reestablished
- repress
- resettlement
- restraining
- reunites
- royston
- ryerson
- sabin
- saluting
- sanctum
- saucers
- scripps
- scruples
- sewers
- sieges
- silicone
- simulcast
- singaporean
- skinks
- skirted
- slashed
- smolensk
- smythe
- sociologist
- solomon's
- solstice
- sonnet
- southgate
- spasm
- sponges
- sta
- stalin's
- stalingrad
- steels
- stifle
- stillborn
- stirrup
- stockade
- stockbroker
- strangle
- stunted
- stuyvesant
- subspace
- summarily
- superpowers
- supervises
- suspensions
- swarthmore
- swaziland
- syed
- sync
- tallahassee
- tapestries
- tavis
- thenceforth
- timeless
- traditionalist
- transformer
- transporter
- tusks
- ulcer
- unambiguous
- underestimated
- underpass
- vincenzo
- voracious
- wasteful
- wasteland
- westbury
- absurdly
- acidity
- alexei
- alice's
- amorous