Words in english starting with S

• second reading — Noun – English ～ the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee's report and take a vote (US)
• second period — Noun – English ～ the second division into which the play of a game is divided
• Second Reich — Noun – English ～ the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919)
• second — Noun – English ～ a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
• second base — Noun – English ～ the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball
• second class — Noun – English ～ not the highest rank in a classification
• second hand — Noun – English ～ hand marking seconds on a timepiece
• second person — Noun – English ～ pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur
• second moment — Noun – English ～ the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin
• Second Council of Nicaea — Noun – English ～ the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
• Second Marquis of Rockingham — Noun – English ～ English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782)
• second — Noun – English ～ the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
• second — Noun – English ～ a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"
• Second Epistel of John — Noun – English ～ the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
• Second Adventism — Noun – English ～ any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent
• Second Coming of Christ — Noun – English ～ (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
• second base — Noun – English ～ the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
• second-degree burn — Noun – English ～ burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis
• second — Noun – English ～ merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
• Second Earl of Chatham — Noun – English ～ English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)

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