Words that start with S
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- Scalene triangle Maths
- A triangle where all three sides are different lengths.
- Scanner Computers
- A machine that copies a picture or page from paper into a computer.
- Screenshot Computers
- A picture of what is on your screen.
- Search engine Computers
- A website that helps you find things on the internet, like Google or Bing.
- Sector Maths
- A slice of a circle, like a piece of pizza.
- Sensor Computers
- A part that notices something in the world, like light, heat or movement, and tells the computer.
- Sentence English
- A group of words that makes complete sense. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Sequence Computers
- Steps done in a certain order, one after the other.
- Server Computers
- A powerful computer that stores websites and files and sends them to other computers.
- Setting English
- Where and when a story takes place.
- Simile English
- A comparison using "like" or "as", such as "as brave as a lion".
- Singular English
- Just one. "Book" is singular.
- Skeleton Science
- The frame of bones that holds up the body and protects its organs.
- Software Computers
- Programs and apps that tell a computer what to do. You cannot touch software.
- Soil Science
- The top layer of the ground where plants grow, made of tiny bits of rock and rotted plants.
- Solar system Science
- The Sun and everything that goes round it, including the eight planets.
- Solid Science
- A state of matter that keeps its own shape, like a stone.
- Solution Science
- A liquid with something dissolved in it, like salt in water.
- Sound Science
- Something we hear, made when things vibrate and send waves through the air.
- Source English
- A person, book or website where you get information.
- Spam Computers
- Unwanted messages, often adverts, sent to many people.
- Speed Science
- How fast something is moving, such as 60 kilometres in one hour.
- Spelling English
- The correct order of letters in a word.
- Sphere Maths
- A perfectly round solid shape, like a ball.
- Sprite Computers
- A character or object that you can move and control in a program like Scratch.
- Square Maths
- A shape with four equal sides and four right angles.
- Square number Maths
- The answer when you multiply a number by itself. 5 x 5 = 25, so 25 is a square number.
- Square root Maths
- The number that makes a square number when multiplied by itself. The square root of 49 is 7.
- Stanza English
- A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in a story.
- Star Science
- A huge ball of hot, glowing gas that gives out light, like our Sun.
- Storage Computers
- The place where a computer keeps files for a long time.
- Straight angle Maths
- An angle of exactly 180 degrees, which makes a straight line.
- Subject English
- The part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
- Subtraction Maths
- Taking one number away from another to find what is left. The sign is -.
- Suffix English
- Letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, like "ful" in "helpful".
- Sum Maths
- The total you get when you add numbers together.
- Summary English
- A short retelling of the main points of something.
- Syllable English
- A beat in a word. "Elephant" has three syllables: el-e-phant.
- Symmetry Maths
- When one half of a shape is an exact mirror picture of the other half.
- Synonym English
- A word that means nearly the same as another word. "Big" and "large" are synonyms.