5-Letter Nouns Ending With S

1. a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore

1. a late time of life

2. a prolonged period of time

1. status with respect to the relations between people or groups

2. the amount of money needed to purchase something

1. a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

2. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed

1. a period of time assigned for work

2. an indefinite period of time

1. a collection of things sharing a common attribute

2. a body of students who are taught together

1. the state of demanding notice or attention

2. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

1. income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

1. a local tax on property

1. a game played with playing cards

1. to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

2. considerable capital (wealth or income)

1. pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

1. the local environment

1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

2. everything available; usually preceded by `the'

1. the words that are spoken

2. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

1. a particular situation

1. a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

2. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

1. verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

1. the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

2. all the numbers that end in -teen

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

1. apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

1. a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

2. a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking

1. a relation that provides the foundation for something

2. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

1. assets in the form of money

1. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

2. the force of workers available

1. a characteristic state or mode of living

2. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

1. a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

2. the course along which a person has walked or is walking in

1. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

2. a harmful or corrupting agency

1. a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

2. the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

1. the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

2. a steep descent of the water of a river

1. gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises

1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

2. an estimate based on little or no information

1. anything that tends to arouse

2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

1. a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

2. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

1. (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

1. a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

2. a state of depression

1. the place where people vote

1. an area that includes places where several people can sit

1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women

1. twelve dozen

2. the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

1. a means of flight or ascent

2. stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members

1. a discussion intended to produce an agreement

1. a partly sheltered anchorage

1. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

1. an alloy of copper and zinc

2. a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

1. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

1. strips of potato fried in deep fat

1. your parents

2. people in general (often used in the plural)

1. narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

2. a police informer who implicates many people

1. the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

1. a collection of maps in book form

2. the 1st cervical vertebra

1. an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

2. a body of people associated together

1. (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

1. several beads threaded together on a string

1. spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

1. native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers

2. white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians

1. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

1. a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

2. a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

1. a large number or amount

1. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

2. the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos

1. installation from which a military force initiates operations

2. lowest support of a structure

1. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

2. a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

1. (mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other

1. (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

1. a name that has been assumed

1. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

1. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

1. a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

1. expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot

2. a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice

1. a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

1. footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)

1. (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

1. the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

1. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

1. a general kind of something

2. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

1. a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack

1. large strong hand (as of a fighter)

1. a state of extreme happiness

1. performance of moral or religious acts

1. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

2. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

1. a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

1. metal shackles; for hands or legs

1. proper respect

1. the residue that remains when something is burned

2. any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

2. the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome

1. a pair of people who live together

1. a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

1. the means of connection between things linked in series

2. a connected series or group

1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

1. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning

1. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

1. cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth

1. a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard

1. formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

1. large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant

1. strips of potato fried in deep fat

1. a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism

2. the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part

1. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal

1. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

2. any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull

1. venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter

2. a large number or amount

1. an expression of approval and commendation

1. any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease

1. (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

2. a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

2. an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere

1. kindly endorsement and guidance

2. armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass

1. a one-way peephole in a door

1. an informal expression for a mildly depressed state

1. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

2. anything that serves as an enticement

1. a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

1. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

1. a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

1. infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice

1. all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

1. a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery

2. a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth

1. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products

1. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era

1. a large number or amount

1. an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs

1. a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter

1. the underside of footwear or a golf club

2. lean flesh of any of several flatfish

1. informal terms for money

1. a popular brand of jeans

1. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

1. European shad

1. protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium

1. a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

1. (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group

1. any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below

1. an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

1. a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle

2. commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column

1. money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract

1. common Old World thrush noted for its song

1. a large number or amount

1. the overhang at the lower edge of a roof

1. coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States

1. the basic unit of money in Lithuania

1. a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

1. the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable

1. recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside

2. (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

1. any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America

1. a farewell remark

1. (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal

1. the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

2. the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

1. a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

1. (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

1. a magician or sorcerer of ancient times

2. a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians

1. any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

2. pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

1. a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)

2. a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine

1. a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain

1. a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words

1. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

1. partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil

2. a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East

1. the temporal end; the concluding time

2. the concluding part of any performance

1. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

1. a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs

1. a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind

1. a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

2. the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

1. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

2. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

1. a public announcement of a proposed marriage

1. a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

1. noisy and mischievous merrymaking

1. a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea

1. a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris

1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

1. a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal

1. a traditional theme or motif or literary convention