schlemiel (ji)

a stupid, awkward, or unlucky person

scuttlebutt (en)

rumor or gossip (deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water)

sedulous (en)

(adjective) involving or accomplished with careful perseverance / (adjective) diligent in application or pursuit

sedulous (en)

(adjective) involving or accomplished with careful perseverance / (adjective) diligent in application or pursuit

Sherwood Anderson (en)

an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works

solecism (en)

a grammatical mistake in speech or writing

solecism (en)

a grammatical mistake in speech or writing

solecism (en)

a grammatical mistake in speech or writing

somnambular (en)

to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition

stagflation (en)

(stagnation + inflation) when inflation is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high

strabismic (en)

(noun) inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball

stygian (en)

(adjective) extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology;

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

subaltern (en)

(adj) of lower status; (noun) an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant

sublation (en)

(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel

surfeit (en)

an excessive amount of something

syncopated (en)

(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation

synecdoche (en)

a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)

teleological (en)

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

temblor (en)

(noun) earthquake / (verb) to shake involuntarily (as with fear or cold); shiver / (verb) to move, sound, pass, or come to pass as if shaken or tremulous / (verb) to be affected with great fear or anxiety

threnodic (en)

(relating to) a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

topoi (grk)

(noun, from Greek) plural of topos; used in the context of classical Greek rhetoric to mean "topic"

toponymic (en)

(adj) relating to the study of place names (toponyms)

treillage (en)

(noun) latticework for vines; trellis

trellis (en)

(noun) a frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants / (noun) a construction (as a summerhouse) chiefly of latticework / (noun) an arrangement that forms or gives the effect of a lattice / (verb) to provide with a trellis / (verb) to train (as a vine) on a trellis / (verb) to cross or interlace on or through; interweave