sense.noun
intuition or acquired.perception or ability to estimate.(a sense of when to speak and when to shut up); commonsense; a capacity to appreciate or understand (a keen sense of humor); normal ability to think or reason.soundly; correct judgment (in the late teens children usually come to their senses); something sound or reasonable (there's no sense in waiting three hours); a meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste and equilibrium

sensory.adjective
of or relating to the senses or sensation; transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers, such as the process of hearing; afferent

straightforward.adjective
proceeding in a straight course; not circuitous or evasive; honest and frank; free from ambiguity or pretense; plain and open
straightforward, straightforwardly, straightforwards.adverbs
in a direct course or an honest manner
straightforwardness.noun

sequester, sequestered, sequestering, sequesters.verbs
transitive verb use-to cause to withdraw into seclusion; to remove or set apart; segregate; isolate

stratagem.noun
a clever, often underhand scheme for achieving an objective; a military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy; artifice

squelch, squelched, squelching, squelches.verbs
transitive verb use-to crush by or as if by trampling; squash; to put down or silence, as with a crushing retort (squelch a rumor)
intransitive verb use-to produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze
squelch.noun
a squishing sound; a crushing reply; an electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise
squelcher.noun

stoic.noun
one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
Philosophy.–.a member of a Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 B.C.,.('crackpottedly').believing that human beings should be free from passion and should calmly accept all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order
stoical.adjective
seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive ("stoic resignation in the face of hunger" ...John F. Kennedy)
stoically.adverb
stoicalness.noun

stoicism.noun
indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness; stoicism
Philosophy.–.the doctrines or philosophy of the Stoics

striking.adjective
arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind; noticeable
strikingly.adverb
strikingness.noun

stable, stabler, stablest.adjectives
resistant to change of position or condition; steadfast; maintaining equilibrium; self restoring; immutable; permanent; enduring; consistently dependable; not subject to mental illness or irrationality
Physics.–.having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long lived; used of atomic.particles
Chemistry.–.not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically
stableness.noun
stably.adverb

stable.noun
a building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals, especially horses and cattle
stable, stabled, stabling, stables.verbs
transitive verb use-to put or keep in or as if in a stable
intransitive verb use-to live in or as if in a stable

stability.noun,.plural.stabilities
the state or quality of being stable, especially (resistance to change, deterioration, or displacement; constancy of character or purpose; steadfastness; reliability; dependability

suit.noun
a set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt; a costume for a special activity (a diving suit; a running suit); a group of things used together; a set or collection (a suit of sails; a suit of tools);
Games.–.any of the four sets of 13 playing cards (clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades) in a standard deck, the members of which bear the same marks
Law.–.a court proceeding to recover a right or claim;
the act or an instance of courting a woman; courtship (she was inclined to accept his suit
suit, suited, suiting, suits.verbs
transitive verb use.to meet the requirements of; fit (this candidate does not suit our qualifications); to make appropriate or suitable; adapt (builders who suit the house to the owner's specifications); to be appropriate for; befit (a color that suits you); to please; satisfy (a choice that suits us all); to provide with clothing; dress (the NCOs suited the recruits in green uniforms)
intransitive verb use.to be suitable or acceptable; to be in accord; agree or match phrasal verb-suit up; to put on clothing designed for a special activity (suits up in shorts for a jog)

sententious.adjective
terse and energetic in expression; pithy; abounding in aphorisms; abounding in pompous.moralizing
sententiously.adverb
sententiousness.noun

sneaky, sneakier, sneakiest.adjectives
furtive; surreptitious
sneakily.adverb
sneakiness.noun

short-circuit, short-circuited, short-circuiting, short-circuits.verbs
transitive verb use.to cause to have a short circuit; to hamper the progress of; impede; to bypass
intransitive verb use.to become affected with a short circuit

stipulate, stipulated, stipulating, stipulates.verbs
transitive verb use.to lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by contract; to specify or arrange in an agreement (stipulated that the rental vehicle be back at 5pm); to guarantee or promise something
intransitive verb use.to make an express demand or provision for 
stipulator.noun
stipulation.noun
the act of stipulating (before climbing the mountain many stipulations needed to be explained); something stipulated, especially a term or condition in an agreement
stipulatory.adjective

stipulate.adjective
Botany - having stipules
stipule.noun
Botany - one of the usually small, paired appendages at the base of a leafstalk in certain plants, such as roses and beans
stipuled.adjective

sly, slier.also.slyer, sliest.also.slyest.adjectives
adept in craft or cunning; lacking or marked by a lack of candor; playfully mischievous; roguish
on the sly.idiom
in a way intended to escape notice
slyly.adverb
slyness.noun

spectacle.noun
something that can be seen or viewed, especially something of a remarkable or impressive nature; a public performance or display, especially one on a large or lavish scale; a regrettable public display, as of bad behavior (drank too much and made a spectacle of herself); spectacles - pair of eyeglasses

spectacular.adjective
of the nature of a spectacle; impressive or sensational spectacular.noun
something that is spectacular; an elaborate display
spectacularity.noun
spectacularly.adverb

sensation.noun
a perception.associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition (the sensation of heat; a sunset is a visual sensation); the faculty to feel or perceive; physical sensibility (had increased sensation in her fingers as they returned to normal temperature)
sensational.adjective
of or relating to sensation; arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details (sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal); outstanding; spectacular (we attended a sensational concert—one never to be forgotten)
sensationally.adverb
sensationalism.noun
the use of sensational matter or methods, especially in writing, journalism, or politics; sensational subject matter; the ethical.doctrine that feeling is the only criterion of good sensationalist.noun
sensationalistic.adjective