6-Letter Words Ending With S

1. obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

2. reach or gain access to

1. similar things placed in order or happening one after another

2. a serialized set of programs

1. any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

1. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

2. a state at a particular time

1. at all times; all the time and on every occasion

2. without variation or change, in every case

1. an acknowledgment of appreciation

2. with the help of or owing to

1. to the opposite side

2. transversely

1. beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

1. (used in the plural) the stage of a theater

2. (used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink

1. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

1. a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

1. anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company

1. costing nothing

2. without charge

1. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

1. widely known and esteemed

1. a flag that shows its nationality

2. a distinguishing emblem

1. a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

1. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

2. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

1. a periodic count of the population

2. conduct a census

1. a large number or amount

1. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty

2. permission to do something

1. a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

2. a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

1. an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

2. a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

1. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

2. the philosophical study of moral values and rules

1. a quantity much larger than is needed

2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

1. the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion

1. something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

1. soldiers collectively

1. (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

2. underpants worn by men

1. a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

1. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

1. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

2. charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles

2. principles from which other truths can be derived

1. a heavy, closely woven fabric

2. an oil painting on canvas fabric

1. a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

2. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

1. an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

2. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

1. metal shackles; for hands or legs

1. the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

2. a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

1. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage

1. a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

2. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

1. edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

2. a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

1. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light

2. optical properties

1. any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

2. a group of people assembled to sing together

1. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

2. unusual mental ability

1. a large number or amount

1. (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)

1. a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

2. a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals

1. capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

2. a collection of writings

1. (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something

2. (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun

1. an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

1. a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball

2. the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious

2. a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

1. edible viscera of a butchered animal

1. the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

1. an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

1. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

1. a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

1. any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

2. any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds

1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

1. the money risked on a gamble

1. a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)

1. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

2. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

1. viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

2. any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin

1. a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

1. women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

1. everything that exists anywhere

2. any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals

1. many and different

1. (plural) the deepest and most remote part

1. a large number or amount

2. storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored

1. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

1. an uneasy psychological state

2. control of your emotions

1. any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

2. the flesh of fish used as food

1. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

1. an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

2. a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

1. skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

1. reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

2. a chronological account of events in successive years

1. the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

2. a reply that repeats what has just been said

1. meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

2. a closed political meeting

1. an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

2. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

1. a state of abeyance or suspended business

2. a small concavity

1. an abundance of material possessions and resources

1. a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

1. an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

1. (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

1. protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

1. a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

1. underpants worn by men

1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

2. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

1. a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances

1. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

1. able to absorb fluids

2. allowing passage in and out

1. young of domestic cattle

2. the muscular back part of the shank

1. originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers

1. of or contained in or performing the function of the veins

1. a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

1. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

2. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

1. your consciousness of your own identity

2. a person considered as a unique individual

1. translating an idea into action

1. a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave

2. a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves

1. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

1. a light patterned cotton cloth

1. an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible

2. a disk used in throwing competitions

1. the most important point

1. predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

1. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

2. a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

1. usually coiled

2. a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)

1. large scissors with strong blades

1. women's underwear

1. the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

1. full of or characterized by joy

1. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse

2. the becoming visible

1. garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt

1. the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

2. a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

1. shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles

1. a character used in printing to indicate a third cross reference or footnote after the asterisk and the dagger have been used

1. a dark grey cloud bearing rain

2. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

1. annoy continually or chronically

2. exhaust by attacking repeatedly

1. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

1. a state of depression

1. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

1. a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

1. a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

2. touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

1. a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age

1. the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues

1. the social science of civic affairs

1. of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus

1. made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach

1. (used in the plural) pants for casual wear

1. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

2. the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar

1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

1. a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait

2. a feeling of fear and revulsion

1. the center of the Earth

1. soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

1. small Indian lettuce of northern regions

1. any handsome young man

1. any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

1. A mean or belligerent person

2. A person considered impressive due to extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance

1. a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

1. inflammation of the ear

1. elastic straps that hold trousers up

1. a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

2. a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape

1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

1. manner of acting or controlling yourself

1. overbearing pride or presumption

1. any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

1. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

1. of southern Asia; used in medical research

1. waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers

1. acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

1. a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator

1. compulsory force or threat

1. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

2. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

1. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning

2. cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning

1. the act of making a noisy disturbance

1. raise in a relief

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

1. unequivocally detestable

1. an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped

2. inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces

1. violent pangs of suffering

1. the foot of an ungulate mammal

2. the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals

1. the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively

1. the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

2. a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

1. solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

1. 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. an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

2. bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone

1. informal term of address for someone's wife

1. a large number or amount

1. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

1. a bodily organ that is essential for life

1. a military uniform made of khaki fabric

1. a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle

1. the father of your father or mother

1. the deep vascular inner layer of the skin

1. intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics

1. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

2. make a summary (of)

1. any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive

1. (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer

1. noisy quarrel

1. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

1. failing in what duty requires

1. any rational or irrational number

2. the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos

1. a vote that blocks a decision

2. the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)

1. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

1. rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

1. haunt like a ghost; pursue

2. be preoccupied with something

1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

1. (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening

1. something of little value

2. an expression of disappointment or irritation

1. a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.

1. (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain

1. any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers

1. of or producing or containing serum

1. the act of making a noisy disturbance

2. cause a disturbance

1. a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite

1. a wind that blows from the north

1. sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

1. (plural) trousers made with chino cloth

1. any of various straight muscles