One word can be used in place of many words in English language. The language can be made effective by speaking one word instead of many words in the English language. In English language, the meaning of a sentence can be determined by using one word in many words.
Here are some examples of one word for many words.
- A building where animals are butchered – Abattoir
- An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne – Abdication
- The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound – Acoustics
- Items of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication – Addendum
- Urging or requesting (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something – Adjure
- Indefinite and very long period of time – Aeon
- Sets of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty – Aesthetics
- One who is not sure about God’s existence – Agnostic
- Extreme physical or mental sufferings – Agony
- Japanese form of self-defence and martial art that uses locks, holds, throws, and the opponent’s own movements – Aikido
- Passages between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train – Aisle
- The medieval forerunner of chemistry – Alchemy
- A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one – Allegory
- An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables – Almanac
- Noisy arguments or disagreements, especially in public – Altercation
- One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession – Amateur
- One who can use either hand with ease – Ambidextrous
- Open to more than one interpretation, not having one obvious meaning – Ambiguous
- Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone – Ambivalent
- Impartial advisers to a court of law in a particular case – Amicus curiae
- Partial or total loss of memory – Amnesia
- A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills – Amphibian
- A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness – Anarchist
- A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems – Anarchy
- A person who presents a radio/television programme – Anchor
- Persons who actively oppose or are hostile to someone or something. – Antagonist
- One who studies the evolution of mankind – Anthropologist
- Disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events – Anti-climax
- Collectable object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value because of its age and quality – Antique
- A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives – Apiary
- Events involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale – Apocalypse
- Highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination – Apogee
- Moral fables, especially one with animals as characters – Apologue
- A person who has changed his faith – Apostate
- The thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important – Appendage
- A building containing tanks of live fish of different species – Aquarium
- A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute – Arbitrator
- Living in trees – Arboreal
- Extensive groups of islands – Archipelago
- A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people – Archives
- A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict – Arena
- A form of government in which power is held by the nobility – Aristocracy
- Fleet of warships – Armada
- Impressive display or range of a particular type of thing – Array
- Money that is owed and should have been paid earlier – Arrears
- A collection of weapons and military equipment – Arsenal
- A person who deliberately sets fire to a building – Arsonist
- One who leads an austere life – Ascetic
- Attacking on the reputation and integrity of someone or something – Aspersion
- A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft – Astronaut
- An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill – Asylum
- One who does not believe in the existence of God – Atheist
- An action of making amends for a wrong or injury – Atonement
- One who makes an official examination of accounts – Auditor
- A system of government by one person with absolute power – Autocracy
- A self-governing country or region – Autonomy
- A large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in – Aviary
- A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based – Axiom
- The person who acts in a recklessly adventurous and often unscrupulous way, especially in business; A Pirate – Buccaneer
- A large bundle bound for storage or transport – Bale
- Friendly remarks and jokes – Banter
- Institutions, places, or persons strongly maintaining particular principles, attitudes, or activities – Bastion
- A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place – Battery
- Giving somebody a signal using your finger or hand, especially to tell them to move nearer or to follow you – Beckon
- Very big and powerful companies or organizations – Behemoth
- The sound of Deer – Bell
- A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law – Belligerent
- The sound of Alligators – Bellow
- Leaving (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will – Bequeath
- A large gathering of people of a particular type – Bevy
- Lists of the books referred to in a scholarly work ,typically printed as an appendix – Bibliography
- An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease – Biopsy
- The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk – Blasphemy
- Severe snowstorms with high winds; large quantity of things that may seem to be attacking you – Blizzard
- An unconventional style of living – Bohemian
- Large open-air fire used for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration – Bonfire
- An art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed varieties of trees and shrubs in pots – Bonsai
- The scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants – Botany
- Money given as a reward – Bounty
- An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present – Bouquet
- Ideas or inventions which are considered to be a particular person’s creation – Brainchild
- A family of young animals – Brood
- Late morning meals eaten instead of breakfast and lunch – Brunch
- A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives – Bureaucracy
- A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling – Burrow
- A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place – Cache
- The sound of Geese – Cackle
- One who is bad in spellings – Cacographer
- A person who writes beautiful writing – Calligrapher
- Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together – Camaraderie
- Disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surrounding – Camouflage
- One who feeds on human flesh – Cannibal
- A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together – Caravan
- Complete freedom to act as one wishes – Carte blanche
- A person who draws or produces maps – Cartographer
- A public room or building where gambling games are played – Casino
- Persons or things that cause a change – Catalyst
- Events causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster – Catastrophe
- A closed political meeting – Caucus
- The sound of Crows – Caw
- A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard – Cemetery
- Complete Disorder and confusion – Chaos
- A person employed to drive a private or hired car – Chauffeur
- A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism – Chauvinist
- Use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose – Chicanery
- A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a performance of dance – Choreographer
- Illness persisting for a long time or constantly recurring – Chronic
- The branch of biology concerned with cyclical physiological phenomena – Chronobiology
- The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence – Chronology
- Extreme self-confidence or audacity (usually used approvingly) – Chutzpah
- Secret or disguised ways of writing; a code – Cipher
- Quotations from or references to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work – Citation
- Climb or moving with difficulty or a lot of effort, using one’s hands and feet – Clamber
- A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance – Claque
- Kindness shown to somebody when they are being punished; willingness not somebody so severely – Clemency
- The sound of Dolphins – Click
- An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose – Clique
- A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left – Cloakroom
- The sound of Hens – Cluck
- Governments formed by two or more political parties working together – Coalition
- A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show – Compere
- Feelings of guilt or regret – Compunction
- A group of worshippers – Congregation
- A critical judge of any art and craft – Connoisseur
- A series of stars – Constellation
- Persons living at the same time – Contemporaries
- Existing or happening in the same time period – Contemporary
- Outlines or outer edges of something – Contour
- Confusing or difficult problem – Conundrum
- One who is recovering health after illness – Convalescent
- a Christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows – Convent
- Ready to believe anything – Credulous
- A funeral procession – Cortege
- A person who regards the whole world as his country – Cosmopolitan
- Made to look like an exact copy of something in order to trick people – Counterfeit
- The sound of Crickets – Creak
- Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day – Creche
- A place where a dead person’s body is cremated – Crematorium
- Gradual increase in noise. – Crescendo
- The sound of Frogs – Croak
- A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change – Crusade
- Difficult to understand; having or seeming to have a hidden meaning – Cryptic
- Food that is cooked in a particular way, style of cooking – Cuisine
- A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection – Curator
- One who sneers at the beliefs of others – Cynic
- One who is a centre of attraction – Cynosure
- A secret or disguised way of writing – Cypher
- The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas – Dactylology
- Moving or acting too slowly – Dawdle
- A person having a sophisticated charm – Debonair
- First time someone does in public or for the public – Debut
- A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted – Decanter
- Mental states in which one is confused and not able to think or speak clearly; state of wild excitement and great happiness – Delirium
- Large amount of rain that suddenly falls in an area; large amount of things that come at the same time – Deluge
- A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people – Demagogue
- End or failure of an institution, an idea, a company, etc.; death of a person – Demise
- A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives – Democracy
- The study of statistics – Demography
- People who are extremely poor – Destitute
- An act of going or travelling to a place along a way that is different from the usual or planned way – Detour
- An angry and usually long speech or piece of writing that strongly criticizes someone or something – Diatribe
- Difference between two opposite things; a division into two opposite groups – Dichotomy
- Orders that must be followed – Diktat
- A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature – Dilettante
- Feelings of strong dislike or disapproval of someone or something you think does not deserve respect – Disdain
- Moving quickly to one side in order to avoid being hit by (someone or something) – Dodge
- A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution – Dormitory
- The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree – Drey
- A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body – Drove
- A man who is womanish in his habits – Effeminate
- Roughly made model of a person that is made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest – Effigy
- One who often talks of his achievements – Egotist
- People who can vote in an election – Electorate
- A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead – Elegy
- Government orders that limit trade in some way – Embargo
- Someone who leaves one country to settle in another – Emigrant
- Large amount of money that has been given to a school, hospital, etc., and that is used to pay for its creation and continuing support; person’s natural ability or talent – Endowment
- Lasting for a very short time – Ephemeral
- Parts of the earth’s surface that are directly above the place where an earthquake starts – Epicentre
- One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking – Epicure
- Inscriptions on a building, statue, or coin – Epigraph
- A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died – Epitaph
- Examples that represent or express something very well – Epitome
- Periods of time that are very important in history – Epoch
- The Line notionally drawn on the earth, which is equidistant from the poles – Equator
- Days when day and night are of the same length – Equinox
- Limited to a small number of people – Esoteric
- Guiding beliefs of a person, group, or organization – Ethos
- Feelings of great happiness and excitement – Euphoria
- Lasting for a very short time – Evanescent
- Government departments that control public money – Exchequer
- Release someone from a duty or obligation – Exonerate
- Journeys especially by a group of people for a specific purpose – Expedition
- Spoken or done without preparation – Extempore
- One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious matters – Fanatic
- Ideas about doing something that is far removed from normal reality – Fantasy
- One hard to please (very selective in his habits) – Fastidious
- One who believes in fate – Fatalist
- Events marked by festivities or celebration – Fiesta
- Killing of one’s son or daughter – Filicide
- Having a very noticeable quality that attracts a lot of attention – Flamboyant
- A person who sells and arranges cut flowers – Florist
- A small fleet of ships or boats – Flotilla
- Destruction or abortion of a foetus – Foeticide
- Killing of one’s brother or sister – Fratricide
- Not deserving serious attention – Frivolous
- One who runs away from justice – Fugitive
- An act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage – Gambit
- Range or series of related things – Gamut
- Journals or newspapers, especially the official one of .an organization or institution – Gazette
- A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor – Genealogy
- Killing of a large group of people – Genocide
- A state, society, or group governed by old people – Gerontocracy
- Parts of cities in which members of a particular group or race live usually in poor conditions – Ghetto
- The sound of Monkeys – Gibber
- Having or showing a lot of violence and blood – Gory
- Sets of ideas that somebody believes in and tries to persuade others to accept – Gospel
- A lover of good food – Gourmand
- A storehouse for threshed grain – Granary
- Informal ways of spreading information or rumours through conversation – Grapevine
- Persons who lack experience and knowledge – Greenhorn
- Fond of company – Gregarious
- A small growth of trees without underbrush – Grove
- The sound of Camels – Grunt
- A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise – Gymnasium
- A community of people smaller than a village – Hamlet
- A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft. – Hangar
- Influence of One country or social group over another country or a group of people – Hegemony
- The therapeutic use of sunlight – Heliotherapy
- In a confused and careless way – Helter-Skelter
- A person who is controlled by wife – Henpeck
- A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals – Herd
- A person who acts against religion – Heretic
- A person of intellectual or erudite tastes – Highbrow
- An area that is not close to any cities or towns – Hinterland
- Killing of one person by another – Homicide
- The sound of Penguins – Honk
- Conferred as an honour – Honorary
- The sound of Owls – Hoot
- A large group of people – Horde
- The art or practice of garden cultivation and management – Horticulture
- A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals – Hutch
- An action of marrying a person of a superior caste or class – Hypergamy
- Unusual or excessive concern about one’s health – Hypochondria
- A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments – Hypochondriac
- Behaviour in which somebody pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have – Hypocrisy
- Ideas or theories that are not proven but that leads to further study or discussion – Hypothesis
- Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions – Iconoclast
- Unusual ways in which a particular person behaves or thinks – Idiosyncrasy
- Japanese flower arranging, that has strict formal rules – Ikebana
- Complex disputes or arguments – Imbroglio
- Who behaves without moral principles – Immoral
- Charging an important public figure with a serious crime – Impeach
- A person who is incapable of being tampered with – Impregnable
- Made or done without preparation – Impromptu
- Freedom from punishment, harm, or loss – Impunity
- Not intended or planned – Inadvertent
- Not capable of life – Inanimate
- Existing as a basic part of a person’s nature or character – Inbred
- The time at which something begins – Inception
- Continuing without stopping – Incessant
- Not able to be corrected or changed – Incorrigible
- One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality – Indefatigable
- Making marks that cannot be removed – Indelible
- Not producing the desired effect – Inefficacious
- Certain to happen – Inevitable
- Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong – Infallible
- Killing of infants – Infanticide
- Very strong attraction or admiration for someone or something – Infatuation
- The thing that is inappropriate, especially a remark or expression – Infelicity
- Conclusion or opinions that are formed because of known facts or evidence – Inference
- A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill – Infirmary
- One who is unable to pay his debts – Insolvent
- Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb – Interment
- Completely unwilling to change – Intransigent
- One who does not express himself freely – Introvert
- Persons who are not welcome or wanted in a place – Intruder
- Cause (someone or something) to receive or take in a large amount of things at the same time – Inundate
- Always or often happening or existing – Inveterate
- One who supervises in the examination hall – Invigilator
- Lines on a weather map that join places that have the same air pressure at a particular time – Isobar
- Lines on a weather map joining places having same temperature at a particular time – Isotherm
- Various forms in which the atoms of a chemical element can occur – Isotope
- The theory or philosophy of law – Jurisprudence
- A state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens – Kakistocracy
- A small shelter for a dog – Kennel
- A place where wild animal live – Lair
- Honor or fame given for some achievement – Laurel
- Treating something or someone with lack of seriousness or due respect – Levity
- A person who compiles dictionaries – Lexicographer
- In an uncertain or undecided state or condition – Limbo
- Centre of public attention – Limelight
- Humorous rhyming poem of five lines – Limerick
- Persons or things that are the most important part of an organization, a plan, etc, because everything else depends on them or it – Linchpin
- Brief time when an action or activity stops – Lull
- A person who is mentally ill – Lunatic
- Shiny quality of a surface that reflects light – Lustre
- Involving death or violence in a way that is strange, frightening, or unpleasant – Macabre
- Desire to cause harm to another person – Malice
- Original copies of a play, book, piece of music, etc., before those have been printed – Manuscript
- Persons who are killed or who suffer greatly for a religion, cause, etc. – Martyr
- Killing of one’s mother – Matricide
- Brief written messages or reports from one person or department in a company or organization to another – Memorandum
- A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition – Menagerie
- Boring or unpleasant work that does not require special skill and usually does not pay much money – Menial
- A person who primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics – Mercenary
- Objects, activities, or ideas that are used as symbols of something else – Metaphor
- An activity or art of copying the behaviour or speech of other people – Mimicry
- A place where coins, medals, or tokens are made – Mint
- A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society – Misanthrope
- Names that are wrong or not proper or appropriate – Misnomer
- A form of government with a monarch at the head – Monarchy
- A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows – Monastery
- The sound of Cattle – Moo
- A place where bodies are kept for identification – Morgue
- No longer active or effective; close to failure – Moribund
- Legal agreements in which a person borrows money to buy property (such as a house) and pays back the money over a period of years – Mortgage
- A room or building in which dead bodies are kept – Mortuary
- Dull and ordinary – Mundane
- Someone in love with himself – Narcissist
- Beginning to exist; recently formed or developed – Nascent
- The sound of Horses – Neigh
- Opponents or enemies that are very difficult to defeat – Nemesis
- Government by new or inexperienced hands – Neocracy
- Rules about the proper and polite way to communicate with other people when one is using the Internet – Netiquette
- Jobs, activities, etc., that are very suitable for someone – Niche
- Members of a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time – Nomad
- A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past – Nostalgia
- One who collect coins as hobby – Numismatist
- Formal and serious promises to tell the truth or to do something – Oath
- A news article that reports the recent death of a person – Obituary
- Government by the populace – Ochlocracy
- The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth – Odontology
- A small group of people having control of a country or organization – Oligarchy
- Having complete or unlimited power – Omnipotent
- Knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge – Omniscient
- Very comfortable and expensive – Opulent
- A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees – Orchard
- Japanese art of folding paper into shapes that look like birds, animals, etc. – Origami
- Displaying wealth, knowledge, etc., in a way that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy – Ostentatious
- Excluding (someone) from a group – Ostracize
- Enthusiastic clapping by an audience as a sign of their approval – Ovation
- A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases – Panacea
- Lots of energy and style – Panache
- A doctrine which identifies God with the universe – Pantheism
- Objects that are used to do a particular activity or are of a particular kind. – Paraphernalia
- Language used by a particular group of people – Parlance
- Killing of a parent or other near relative – Parricide
- Qualities of being very unwilling to spend money – Parsimony
- Killing of one’s father – Patricide
- An art, science, or profession of teaching – Pedagogy
- Excessively concerned with minor details or rules – Pedantic
- The treatment to improve the appearance and health of the feet or toenails – Pedicure
- The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure, and composition of rocks – Petrology
- A lover of mankind – Philanthropist
- A person who likes or admires women – Philogynist
- Seats for passengers on a motorcycle – Pillion
- The sound of Nightingales – Pipe
- Measures designed merely to humour or placate someone – Placebo
- The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own – Plagiarism
- Government by the wealthy – Plutocracy
- A person who speaks more than one language – Polyglot
- A temporary police force – Posse
- Happening, done, or published after someone’s death – Posthumous
- An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death – Post-mortem
- Safe to drink – Potable
- Introduction to a book or speech – Preface
- Giving or being a sign of (something that will happen or develop in the future) – Presage
- Reasons that you give to hide your real reason for doing something – Pretext
- Based on what is known or seen when something is first considered or dealt with – Prima facie
- Of, belonging to, or seeming to come from an early time in the very ancient past – Primitive
- Delay doing something until a later time because one does not want to do it, because one is lazy – Procrastinate
- Young Person who are usually talented in some way – Prodigy
- Doctor’s opinion about how someone will recover from an illness or injury – Prognosis
- Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc. – Propaganda
- Main characters in a novel, play, movie, etc. – Protagonist
- One who study the elections and trends in voting – Psephologist
- Very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way – Punctilious
- Having a strong, sharp taste or smell – Pungent
- The sound of Ducks – Quack
- Most successful or powerful group of people – Quintessence
- Something that is not very practical or realistic – Quixotic
- One who presents a radio programme – Radio Jockey
- In a very bad condition and needing to be repaired – Ramshackle
- Partial refunds to someone who has paid too much for tax, rent, or a utility – Rebate
- Refusing (something, such as an offer or suggestion) in a rude way – Rebuff
- Giving a brief summary of something – Recapitulate
- Periods of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activities are reduced – Recession
- One who lives in solitude – Recluse
- The emblems or insignia of royalty – Regalia
- Action of killing a king – Regicide
- To feel or look young, healthy, or energetic again – Rejuvenate
- Not showing enough care and attention – Remiss
- Feeling of being sorry for doing something bad or wrong in the past – Remorse
- Indirect and usually bad results of an action or event that may happen some time afterwards – Repercussion
- Exact or very close copy of something – Replica
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply – Reservoir
- Able to become strong, healthy, or successful in spite of numerous difficulties. – Resilient
- An act of returning something that was lost or stolen to its owner – Restitution
- Bringing (someone who is unconscious, not breathing, or close to death) back to a conscious or active state again – Resuscitate
- Not willing to tell people about things – Reticent
- Saying that something you said or wrote is not true or correct – Retract
- Movements away from a place or situation especially because it is dangerous, unpleasant, etc.; place that is quiet and private – Retreat
- Effective from a particular date in the past – Retrospective
- Honor or respect that is felt for or shown to (someone or something) – Reverence
- The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing – Rhetoric
- Not strong or stable and likely to break – Rickety
- A very Lengthy and complicated procedure – Rigmarole
- Used in reference to luxurious accommodations – Ritz
- Searching for something especially by moving and looking through the contents of a place – Rummage
- Periods of time during which someone does not work at his or her regular job and is able to rest, travel, do research, etc. – Sabbatical
- An act of destroying or damaging something deliberately so that it does not work correctly – Sabotage
- Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred – Sacrilege
- Long and complicated series of events – Saga
- A room or building for sick children in a boarding school – Sanatorium
- An ability to stay calm in difficult or dangerous situations – Sangfroid
- Use of words that mean the opposite of what one really wants to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny – Sarcasm
- Humour that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc. – Satire
- Enjoy (something) for a long time Savour
- Persons who are unfairly blamed for something that others have done – Scapegoat
- The sound of Parrots – Screech
- A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and another dirty household work – Scullery
- An artist who makes sculptures. – Sculptor
- Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters – Secular
- Not doing or involving much physical activities – Sedentary
- A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword – Sheath
- A large number of fish swimming together – Shoal
- Operations in which police or other forces surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender – Siege
- Regular period of sleep or rest in the afternoon in some hot countries – Siesta
- A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit – Sinecure
- Looking for private information about someone or something – Snoop
- Someone who walks in sleep – Somnambulist
- Killing of one’s sister – Sororicide
- A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event – Souvenir
- Happening often but not regularly; not constant or steady – Sporadic
- Very dirty and unpleasant, immoral or dishonest – Squalid
- Cry very loudly and noisily – Squall
- The sound of Rats – Squeak
- Wise, skilled, and respected government leaders – Statesman
- A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life – Stoic
- A string and critical instruction restricting someone from doing something – Stricture
- Condition in which someone is not able to think normally because of being drunk, drugged, tired, etc. – Stupor
- Defeating and gaining control of (someone or something) by the use of force – Subjugate
- Using tricks especially to hide, avoid, or get something – Subterfuge
- Die because one is unable to breathe – Suffocate
- Rights to vote in an election – Suffrage
- Act of intentionally causing one’s own death – Suicide
- Qualities of being very similar or equal – Symmetry
- Worshiping Place (Temple) for Jews. – Synagogue
- Increased effectiveness that results when two or more people or businesses work together – Synergy
- Tending to be quiet; not speaking frequently – Taciturn
- Objects (such as a ring or stone) that is believed to have magic powers and to cause good things to happen to the person who has it – Talisman
- A place where animal hides are tanned – Tannery
- Very determined to do something – Tenacious
- Beliefs or ideas that are very important to a group – Tenet
- Lack of solidity or substance; thinness – Tenuity
- A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman – Termagant
- A political system based on government of men by God – Thearchy
- Hitting (someone or something) very hard with a stick, whip, etc – Thrash
- Managing or using money in a careful or wise way – Thrifty
- Feelings or showing a lack of courage or confidence – Timid
- Features (such as mountains and rivers) in an area of land – Topography
- A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid – Torrent
- Quiet and peaceful – Tranquil
- Crime of trying to overthrow one’s country’s government or of helping one’s country’s enemies during war – Treason
- Series of three novels, movies, etc., that are closely related and involve the same characters or themes – Trilogy
- Easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue – Truculent
- The sound of Elephants – Trumpet
- Very complicated and difficult to understand – Turgid
- The sound of Birds – Twitter
- Cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others – Tyranny
- Seeming to be seen everywhere – Ubiquitous
- Major changes or a period of change that causes a lot of conflict, confusion, anger, etc. – Upheaval
- Made to be useful rather than to be decorative or comfortable – Utilitarian
- An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering – Utopia
- Killing of one’s wife – Uxoricide
- A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one’s wife – Uxorious
- Not clear in meaning; stated in a way that is general and not specific – Vague
- Changing direction quickly or suddenly – Veer
- An act of punishing or harming somebody in return for what they have done to you your family or friends – Vengeance
- Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace – Venial
- In exactly the same words as were used originally – Verbatim
- Able to do many different things – Versatile
- Experienced or felt by watching, hearing about, or reading about someone else rather than by doing something yourself – Vicarious
- Bad or immoral behaviour or habits – Vice
- An area around or near a particular place – Vicinity
- Unwelcome change of fortune or circumstances. – Vicissitude
- Saying or writing very harsh and critical things about (someone or something) – Vilify
- Morally good behaviour or character – Virtue
- One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field – Virtuoso
- Seeming like real life because it is very clear, bright, or detailed, very bright in color – Vivid
- Expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud or forceful way – Vociferous
- Likely to change in a very sudden or extreme way likely to become dangerous or out of control – Volatile
- Opinions or beliefs of the majority – Vox populi
- Persons who are in charge of or takes care of something – Warden
- A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored – Wardrobe
- The sound of Mosquitoes – Whine
- An arrangement of leaves, flowers, fruits, etc., in the shape of a circle that is used for decoration – Wreath
- Feeling a strong desire – Yearn
- The scientific study of the behaviour, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals – Zoology
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