What does S stand for?
S
Aerospatiale [Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale] (Sud Aviation) [France] [ICAO aircraft manufacturer identifier] (ICAO)
Alternating Fatigue Strength at Zero Mean Stress [Mechanics] (UWER)
Antisubmarine [Designation for all US military aircraft]
Apparent Power [Symbol] (DEN)
Basic Shaft System of Fits (UWER)
Bias-Point Stability Factor (UWER)
Boltzmann Constant [Statistical mechanics]
Codex Sinaiticus (BJA)
Condensation [Physics] (BARN)
Contact Stiffness of Hardness Indenter (UWER)
Counterclockwise Configuration of Stereoisomers (UWER)
Deflection Sensitivity (IDOE)
Detecting [JETDS nomenclature]
Displacement [Physics] (BARN)
Effective Scattered Neutron Content (UWER)
Elastance [Electricity] (BARN)
Entropy [Symbol] [IUPAC]
Esses [Phonetic alphabet] [Pre-World War II] (DSUE)
Expenditure Saved [Economics]
Fatigue Stress Amplitude [Mechanics] (UWER)
Fun Fairs [Public-performance tariff class] [British]
general area (SAUS)
Isis-Chemie KG [Germany] [Research code symbol]
Janata Dal (India) [Political party] (PSAP)
Kubelka-Munk Scattering Coefficient [Physics] (UWER)
Limit of Detectibility (UWER)
Magnetic Solar Daily Variation
Mean Dose Per Unit Cumulated Activity (DAVI)
NDB Homing Signal [Aviation] (PIPO)
New York Supplement [A publication] (DLA)
No Option Offered [Investment term] (DFIT)
Optical Emission (UWER)
Permissible Working Stress
Physical Amount of a Stimulus (UWER)
Pitman-Moore Co. [Research code symbol]
Pounds per Square Inch (AAG)
Poynting Vector [Symbol] [Electromagnetism] (DEN)
Pumping Speed (UWER)
Range Bearing [JETDS nomenclature]
Reflection (UWER)
Relaxation Coefficient (UWER)
Reluctance [Symbol] (DEN)
Sabbath
Sabin [Unit of acoustic measurement] (DEN)
Sable [Heraldry]
Sacral
Sacral Vertebra (MELL)
Sacred
Sacrifice [Baseball]
Sacrum
Saddle Point [Mathematics] (UWER)
Sadism [or Sadist] (CDAI)
Saduccus [Flourished, 13th century] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)
Saeculum
Safety [Football]
Saha Equilibrium [Optical spectroscopy] (UWER)
Sailing Ship
Saint
Sales [Telegraphy] (PCTE)
Saline [Pharmacology] (DAVI)
Salinity (SAUS)
Salmonella [Bacteriology] (MAE)
Salvageable (AAG)
Same Case [Same case as case cited] [Used in Shepard's Citations] [Legal term] (DLA)
Samedi [French] (ASC)
Sample
Sample Space [Statistics] (UWER)
Samuel [Old Testament book] (BJA)
San (VRA)
Sand [Quality of the bottom] [Nautical charts]
Sandra [Genotype of Phlox paniculata]
San Francisco [California] [Mint mark, when appearing on US coins]
Sankt (VRA)
Santa (VRA)
Santo (VRA)
Sapwood [Forestry]
Sarcoma (SAUS)
Sarcoptes [Genus of mites] (UWER)
Sassafras (UWER)
Satang [Monetary unit in Thailand]
Satellite (IAA)
Satisfactory [Grade] (GOBB)
Saturation [Of Hemoglobin] [Medicine] (MTAA)
Saturation in the Blood Phase [Medicine] (DAVI)
Saturation slider (SAUS)
Saturday
Saturn
Savanna Zone Soil [Agriculture]
Savings [Economics]
Saxon
Saybolt Second (IAA)
Scalar [Mathematics] (ROG)
Scaling Factor (UWER)
Scanning
Scapula (MELL)
Scarce [Numismatics]
Scattering Coefficient [Photometry]
Scattering Matrix (UWER)
Scavenger (UWER)
Schedule
Schilling [Monetary unit] [Austria]
Schistosoma [A parasitic fluke] (MAE)
Schizophrenia (MELL)
School
Science (WGA)
Scilicet [Namely] [Latin] (DLA)
Scot
Scotland (SAFN)
Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue [A publication]
Scouring (UWER)
Scouting [Naval aircraft designation]
Scram [Nuclear reactors] (UWER)
Screen (IAA)
Scribe
Scrubber (EEVL)
Scruple [Medicine] (DMAA)
Scuttle
Scythian [Geology]
Sea (ADA)
Sea-Air Temperature Difference Correction
Seal (UWER)
Seaman [Navy]
Seamless (DAC)
Seaplane [Navy]
Search
Searle's Cape Of Good Hope Reports [South Africa] [A publication] (DLA)
Searle's Cases in the Supreme Court [1850-67] [South Africa] [A publication] (DLA)
Sears,Roebuck [NYSE symbol]
Sears, Roebuck & Co. [NYSE symbol] (SPSG)
Seasonal [Business term] (OICC)
Seat (WGA)
Second [or Secondary]
Secondary Modern School [British]
Secondary [or Shake] Wave [Earthquakes]
Secondary Winding (IAA)
Secret [Security classification]
Secretary
Secretin [Endocrinology]
Secretory Substance [Botany]
Section
Sector (IAA)
Security (IAA)
Sedentary [Biology]
Seder of Triennial Cycle (BJA)
See
Seebeck Coefficient (UWER)
Seelenlaenge [Barrel length] [German military - World War II]
Seguente [And Following] [Italian] (ILCA)
Seine River [France] (UWER)
Seismogram (UWER)
Seismologist (UWER)
Seite [Page] [German]
Select (VLIE)
Self-Pollinated [Botany]
Selvi [Italy] [Research code symbol]
Semi
Semiannually
Semilente [Insulin] [Pharmacology] (DAVI)
Semi-Registered Tank [Liquid gas carriers]
Semis [One-Half] [Pharmacy]
Sen [Monetary unit in Japan]
Senate
Senate Bill [with number] (GPO)
Sender (VLIE)
Senor [Mister] [Spanish]
Sensation [Psychology]
Sensitivity (DEN)
Sentence [Linguistics]
Sentencia (SAUS)
Senza [Without] [Music]
Separation
September
Septum [Anatomy] (DAVI)
Sepulchrum [Sepulchre] [Latin]
Sepultus [Buried] [Latin]
Sequential (VLIE)
Sequoia (UWER)
Serial
Series
Serine [One-letter symbol; see Ser]
Sermon
Serotonin [Biochemistry] (UWER)
Serrate (UWER)
Serratia [Genus of enterobacteria] (UWER)
Serum
Servant [Legal shorthand] (LWAP)
Server (VLIE)
Service [Military document classification]
Servicing
Servier [France] [Research code symbol]
Sesquiplane [Navy]
Set
Set Meals [School meals] [British]
Seven (ROG)
Seventy (ROG)
Severity
Sewage (UWER)
Sewage Disposal [British Waterways Board sign]
SGOT [Surface Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic] (DAVI)
Shaft Horsepower
Shaft Main Engine
Shake [Wood] (UWER)
Shaker (UWER)
Shank Length of Drills (UWER)
Shape Descriptor [S-curve, for example. The shape resembles the letter for which it is named]
Shape Factor of a Structure [Heat transmission symbol]
Shaper Block (SAUS)
Shareable (VLIE)
Sharing Time (NTCM)
Sharp
Sharp Line [Spectroscopy] (UWER)
Shaw, Dunlop, and Bell's Scotch Court of Session Reports, First Series [A publication] (DLA)
Shaw's Scotch Appeal Cases, House of Lords [A publication] (DLA)
Shaw's Scotch Court of Session Cases [A publication] (DLA)
Shear [Type of seismic wave]
Sheep (ROG)
Sheet [Genetics]
Shell
Shelter [Bureau of the Census]
Sheltered [Takeoff area for seaplanes] [For chart use only]
Shelters [JETDS nomenclature] [Military] (CET)
Shenyang [China] (UWER)
Sherman Function [Physics] (UWER)
Shilling [Monetary unit in Britain] [Obsolete]
Shim (UWER)
Shingles [Medicine] (MELL)
Shinto (SAUS)
Shintoist (SAUS)
Ship
Shire (ADA)
Shoe Pattern Manufacturers Association (EA)
Short Circuit
Shotting [Metallurgy] (UWER)
Shovel (UWER)
Shrub [Botany]
Shrubland [Soil biology] [Vegetation] (QSUL)
Shunt (UWER)
Shunt Ahead [Railroad signal arm] [British]
Sicily (UWER)
Sick
Side
Siderocyte [Hematology] (AAMN)
Side Signal (IAA)
Sidrah (BJA)
Siecle [Century] [French]
Siemens [Symbol] [SI unit of electric conductance]
Sierra [Phonetic alphabet] [International] (DSUE)
Sieve (UWER)
Sigma (NUCP)
Sigma Mines (Quebec) Ltd. [Toronto Stock Exchange symbol]
Sign [or Signed]
Signa [Write] [Pharmacy]
Signal [Telecommunications] (TEL)
Signaller [British military] (DMA)
Signal Strength [Broadcasting]
Signature
Signed (DFIT)
Signetur [Let It Be Entitled] [Pharmacy] (ROG)
Signor [Mister] [Italian]
Signum (SAUS)
Silence (UWER)
Silent [Dance terminology]
Silicate
Silk (AAG)
Silurian [Geology] (DOG)
Silver
Silversmith
Simes [Italy] [Research code symbol]
Similarity Index
Simon de Bisignano [Flourished, 1174-79] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)
Simon de Paris [Deceased, 1273] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)
Simplex
Simulium [Species of black flies] (UWER)
Simultaneous (PIPO)
Simultaneous Transmission of Range Signals and Voice
Sinai [Egyptian Peninsula] (UWER)
Sine [Without] [Latin]
Single
Single Silk [Wire insulation]
Singular
Sinister [Left] [Latin]
Sinistra [Left Hand] [Music]
Sink
Siphon (UWER)
Sire
Sister
Site [Archaeology]
Situs [Placed] [Latin]
Sixteenmo [Book from 15 to 17-1/2 centimeters in height]
Sixth Word Designator [Computer science]
Sized (NTCM)
Skeleton (MELL)
Skid (AAG)
Skip Distance [Ultrasonic inspection] (UWER)
Skirt (UWER)
Skull (MELL)
Skunk (UWER)
Slake (UWER)
Slate (KSC)
Slave [LORAN stations]
Sleeping [Medicine]
Slewed [Antenna]
Sling (UWER)
Slip
Slipped Up [Horse racing]
Slope [Technical drawings]
Slotted Tubular Propellant (UWER)
Slow
Slow Muscle [Skeletal muscle pharmacology]
Sluice (UWER)
Slush (UWER)
Small [Size designation for clothing, etc.]
Smoke (NFPA)
Smooth [Appearance of bacterial colony]
Smooth Sea [Navigation]
Snack (CDAI)
Sniper [British military] (DMA)
Snow [Meteorology]
Social Democratic Party (Sweden) [Political party] (PSAP)
Socialist
Socialist Group [EC] (ECED)
Societas [Society] [Latin]
Socius [or Sodalis] [Fellow]
Soft
Software [Computer science]
Soiled [Deltiology]
Sol [Monetary unit in Peru]
Solar (ADA)
Solco Basel AG [Switzerland] [Research code symbol]
Soldering
Solicitor's Opinion [A publication] (DLA)
Solid
Solidus [Shilling] [Latin]
Solitary [Biology]
Solo [Music]
Solubility
Soluble (MELL)
Solute (DAVI)
Solvolysis [Chemistry] (UWER)
Somaliland Scouts [Military unit] [British]
Sommerfeld Lubrication Number (UWER)
Son
SONAR [Sonic Azimuth and Ranging] [British military] (DMA)
Song (ROG)
Soprano [Music] (WDAA)
Sou [Monetary unit in France]
Sough (AAG)
Sound [Audiology]
Sounder (UWER)
Sound RADAR (UWER)
Sound Tape [Films, television, etc.]
Source
South [or Southern]
Southern (VRA)
Southern Paper Trade Association (EA)
Southern Reporter [A publication] (DLA)
Space (IAA)
Spacer
Spade (ADA)
Spar [Buoy]
Spare (UWER)
Spares
Spark (UWER)
Spatial Ability [Psychology]
Spatial Relations (DIPS)
Speak
Speaker [Linguistics] (IEL)
Special
Specialist [Ecology]
Special Preparations Necessary for Test [Laboratory science] (DAVI)
Special Types [JETDS nomenclature]
Species
Specification
Specific Factor
Specific Surface
Spectrogram (UWER)
Spectrometer (UWER)
Speculum [A publication] (WDAA)
Speech
Speed
Spermatic [Anatomy] (UWER)
Sphere [or Spherical]
Spherical Joint (IAA)
Spherical Lens [Ophthalmology] (DAVI)
Spindle (UWER)
Spinster
Spiral (SAUS)
Spirillum [Bacteriology] (MAE)
Spleen (MELL)
Split [In stock listings of newspapers]
Spoilers in Nozzle
Sponsored
Spontaneous
Spool
Spoon (UWER)
Spore (UWER)
Sport [In automobile model name "Honda Civic S"]
Sports Program (NTCM)
Spray (UWER)
Spring-Burned [Ecology]
Spring Temper [Metallurgy] (UWER)
Sprinkler (UWER)
Spurs [Horse racing]
Sputter (UWER)
Squadron
Stab [Microbiology] (UWER)
Stack
Stackable Container (DCTA)
Staff [License plate code assigned to foreign diplomats in the US]
Stair (UWER)
Stalk [Botany] (UWER)
Stand
Standard
Standard Stimulus (DIPS)
Staphylococcus [Medicine] (MAE)
Star (NASA)
Starboard
Start (KSC)
State [Telecommunications]
Static
Station
Stationary
Statue (ADA)
Status Required [Civil Service]
Statute
Steamer
Steamship (DS)
Steel
Stem
Stephanus Provincialis [Flourished, 1290-97] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)
Stere [Metric measure of volume]
Stereo (CDAI)
Stereo Broadcast [British]
Sternum (MELL)
Stewart Number [Physics] (UWER)
Stimulus
Stock
Stockbroker
Stock Option Writers Association (EA)
Stoke (IAA)
Stokes [Spectral lines] (UWER)
Stoking [Powder metallurgy] (UWER)
Stolen Base [Baseball]
Stomach (MELL)
Stone (UWER)
Stone Undifferentiated
Stopping Power
Storage
Store (IAA)
Stores [British military] (DMA)
Storm (UWER)
Stove (UWER)
Straight
Strainer (UWER)
Stratum (BJA)
Stratus [Meteorology]
Street [Bureau of the Census]
Strength (DS)
Streptobacillus [Microbiology] (UWER)
Streptococcus [Medicine] (MAE)
Streptomyces [Microbiology] (UWER)
Streptomycin [An antibiotic]
Streptozocin [Antineoplastic drug]
Strobe (VLIE)
Stroke of Piston in Inches [Railroad term]
Strong [Particle physics] (UWER)
Strut (UWER)
Stung [by bees] [Medicine]
Stuttgart [German license plate city code]
Subcompact [Car size]
Subcutaneous [Pharmacology] (DAVI)
Subito [Immediately; Suddenly] [Music]
Subject [of a proposition in logic]
Subject [Psychology]
Subjective [findings] (DAVI)
Subluxation [Chiropractic]
Submarine
Substantive
Substation (UWER)
Substituent (UWER)
Substitute License [Motor vehicle violation code used in state of Maryland] (MVRD)
Substrate (IAA)
Substrate, Free [Enzyme kinetics]
Succeeded
Successor
Succinylcholine (MELL)
Suckling [Medicine] (DMAA)
Sucre [Monetary unit] [Ecuador]
Suction Specific Speed (UWER)
Sud [South] [French] (ROG)
Sugar [Phonetic alphabet] [Royal Navy] [World War I] [Pre-World War II] [World War II] (DSUE)
Suggest (UWER)
Suit
Suitability (CAAL)
Sulfamethoxazole [Also, SMX, SMZ] [Antibacterial compound]
Sulfate
Sulfur [Chemical element]
Sulphur (EEVL)
Sum (MAE)
Sumendus [To Be Taken] [Pharmacy]
Summary
Summer [Vessel load line mark]
Summit Books [Publisher's imprint]
Sun
Sunday
Sunny [Meteorology] (ADA)
Super
Superb
Superficial
Superior
Supernatant [Protein] [Cytology]
Superseded [New regulation or order substituted for an existing one] [Used in Shepard's Citations] [Legal term] (DLA)
Supervisor (IAA)
Supination (SAUS)
Supine (MELL)
Supplementary Frequency (DA)
Supply [Department aboard a carrier] [Navy]
Supply [Economics]
Supravergence (AAMN)
Supreme Court Reporter [A publication] (DLA)
Sur [On] [French]
Surface Area
Surfaced
Surge (UWER)
Surgeon [Navy] [British] (ROG)
Surgery [Medical Officer designation] [British]
Surpine (DAVI)
Surplus
Surrogate
Surveillance (ACAE)
Survey
Surveyor (UWER)
Survival
Susceptible
Suspect (UWER)
Suus [His] [Latin]
Svedberg Unit [Physical chemistry]
Swap (UWER)
Swaziland (SAFN)
Sweden [IYRU nationality code]
Swing (UWER)
Swiss Mouse [Medicine] (DMAA)
Switch
Switchboard [Telecommunications] (TEL)
Symbiosis (UWER)
Symmetrically Substituted (IAA)
Symposium (UWER)
Sync (IDOE)
Synchronized Sleep
Synchronous
Synchroscope (UWER)
Synchrotron (UWER)
Syndrome [Medicine] (MELL)
Synergism (UWER)
Synoptic [Meteorology]
Synthesis [Phase in mitosis] [Cytology]
Synthetic Turf Council (EA)
Syria (BARN)
Syringe (UWER)
System
Systemization (UWER)
Systole [Medicine] (UWER)
Systolic [Medicine] (MELL)
Thiouridine [One-letter symbol; see Srd]
Total Linear Stopping Power [Physics] (UWER)
Water Surface Craft [JETDS nomenclature]
Wigner-Seitz Radius [Physics] (UWER)
Wyeth Laboratories [Research code symbol]
(S)
Paymaster [Navy] [British]
Safe [Task classification] [NASA] (NASA)
s
Distance (DAVI)
Esophoria [Ophthalmology] (DAVI)
Path, Length of Arc [Symbol] [IUPAC]
Satellite [Chromosomal] [Medicine] (MAE)
Save [Computer science] [Telecommunications]
Screen (IDOE)
Second [Symbol] [SI unit of time]
Secondary [Preferred form is sec] [Chemistry]
Section (WDMC)
Sedimentation Coefficient [Physical chemistry]
Segment (SPST)
Selection Coefficient (DOG)
Sharpshooter [Army]
Shunt [Medicine] (QSUL)
Side (NAKS)
Signature (WDMC)
Singular (NTIO)
Slides (WDMC)
Small (WDMC)
Soldier (GEAB)
Soprano (GROV)
South America [MARC geographic area code] [Library of Congress] (LCCP)
Special Abilities of an Individual [Symbol] [Psychology]
Special Factor (DIPS)
Specific Factor (DIPS)
Spin Quantum Number [Atomic physics] (DEN)
Standard Deviation [Also, SD] [Statistics]
Stat [Unit of radioactive disintegration rate]
Stefan-Boltmann Constant
Strange [Quark] [Atomic physics]
Submerged Pump [Liquid gas carriers]
Symmetrical [Also, sym] [Chemistry]
Symmetry Number [Symbol] [IUPAC]
Systolic [Cardiology] (DAVI)
Thio [or Mercapto] [As substituent on nucleoside] [Biochemistry]
Without [Therapy term] (CTAA)
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