Words starting with S

• Samia walkeri — Noun – English ～ large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus
• slow-walking – not validated
• spider-walking – not validated
• sleep-walking – not validated
• stretched-by-my-fingers-from-castle-wall – not validated
• stocks-wall – not validated
• sea-wall – not validated
• stone wall — Noun – English ～ a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields
• Siberian wall flower — Noun – English ～ showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
• schist-walled – not validated
• single-walled – not validated
• share-of-wallet – not validated
• satin walnut — Noun – English ～ reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
• Sir Robert Walpole — Noun – English ～ Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
• Sir Walter Norman Haworth — Noun – English ～ English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950)
• Sir Walter Ralegh — Noun – English ～ English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
• Sir Howard Walter Florey — Noun – English ～ British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
• Sir Walter Raleigh — Noun – English ～ English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
• Sir Walter Scott — Noun – English ～ British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
• Sir Harold Walter Kroto — Noun – English ～ British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)

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