English Words: S

One of six parts.

A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.

A surname from Italian.

All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.

Related to or composed of seston.

Alternative form of sexvigintillion.

To put (something) down, to rest.

To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.

To employ an unscrupulous person in order to catch another unscrupulous person.

To startle or shock; to render (someone) confused or disconcerted.

Used with the adverb sense of about.

Synonym of set on fire.

To cause (a person) to be in conflict or opposition with someone or something.

To cause (something) to begin to burn.

To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.

To defy, flout; violate or disobey shamelessly.

To delay or obstruct.

A book or other text assigned for reading as part of a course.

To save or put aside.

To make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.

To write.

The process of furnishing and decorating a film, TV, or theatre set with all the items that aren't held or used by actors to create a realistic, lived-in environment, and convey character, time period, mood, and story details; distinct from props (items used by actors).

To provide a smooth, finished surface on plaster after roughing in.

To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight.

Archaic form of set fire to (“to cause (something) to be on fire”).

To enter

Possessing sufficient resources, especially financial, to last a lifetime.

To state; describe; give an account of.

To put or carry (something) forward.

To release, to free, to give freedom to.

To take root, become established.

To trigger movement or progress; to get going.

Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.

Permanent; certain; firm.

To start a process.

Followed by to: Synonym of set fire (“to cause to be on fire, to set alight”).

To set free, let go, release, liberate, unleash.

To enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.

A fishing net that is used by securing it to a fixed underwater framework.

One who fishes using a set net.

The practice of fishing with a set net.

The manner of one's lower facial expression, especially as suggesting firm resolve, or intensity of thought or feeling.

A wind instrument incorporating multiple pipes, such as a panpipe or bagpipe.

A car.

To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.

To attack.

To cause to begin to burn.

To originate; to put into action.

To choose a man as a potential husband (for a girl).

To oppose strenuously; to determine not to do or accept.