somniferous (en)

(adjective) soporific

sopitive (fr)

calming?

sordor (en)

physical or moral sordidness.

soterial (en)

"Soterial" is an adjective meaning of or relating to salvation. It comes from the Greek word sōtēria, which means "deliverance" or "salvation". The term is often used to describe theological or biblical concepts, such as the soterial significance of religious events.

soteriological (en)

(noun) theology dealing with salvation especially as effected by Jesus Christ

spidsborger (da)

philistine

spießig (en)

(pejorative) bourgeois, narrow-minded, middle-class, common

splenetic (en)

(adjective) given to melancholy / (adjective) marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite

spoor (en)

(noun) a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal / (noun) a trace by which the progress of someone or something may be followed / (verb) to track by a spoor / (verb) to track something by its spoor

Sprachspiel (de)

"language-game", which is a philosophical concept developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Friedrich Waismann that refers to simple examples of language use and the actions into which the language is woven

squalling (en)

cry noisily and continuously

Sturmabteilung (de)

(German for Storm Detachment) the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, which was effectively superseded by the SS after 1934; also known as "Brownshirts"

styptic (en)

(adjective) tending to contract or bind; astringent / (adjective) tending to check bleeding / (noun) a stick of a medicated styptic substance for use especially in shaving to stop the bleeding from small cuts

subjacent (en)

(adjective) lying under or below / (adjective) lower than though not directly below

sulcal (en)

relating to a depression or groove in the cerebral cortex

summative (en)

a type of assessment of participants where the focus is on the outcome of a program

summitry (en)

the act or practice of holding a summit meeting, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations

supernumerary (en)

(adjective) exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number / (adjective) not enumerated among the regular components of a group and especially of a military organization / (adjective) exceeding what is necessary, required, or desired / (adjective) more numerous / (noun) a supernumerary person or thing / (noun) an actor employed to play a walk-on

suzerainty (en)

(noun) the dominion of a suzerain; overlordship (A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state)

swivet (en)

(noun) a state of extreme agitation

syllogistic (en)

(noun) a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in “every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable”) / (noun) a subtle, specious, or crafty argument / (noun) deductive reasoning

sylph (en)

(noun) an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air / (noun) a slender graceful woman or girl

symbolic efficiency (en)

an idea that Zizek apparently talks about a lot, which he borrows from Lacan (?): that facts become true only if they are known by the “big Other” (public opinion, social values, etc) in addition to ourselves

syncline (en)

(noun) a trough of stratified rock in which the beds dip toward each other from either side

syncopal (en)

(noun) loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain; faint / (noun) the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle)