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Saami

Saarinen, Eero

Saarland

Sabah

Sabbath

Sabin, Albert Bruce

Sacchi, Andrea

Sacks, Oliver

Sackville-West, Vita

Sacramento

Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre

Sacrifice

saddle

Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814

Safavid

safety-lamp

Saffron

Sagan, Carl

Sagan, Françoise

sage

Saguenay

Sahara

Saida, Lebanon

Said, Edward

sailing

Saint Augustine, Florida

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Saint Helena

Saint-Laurent, Yves Yves-Mathieu.

Saint Lawrence Seaway

Saint Louis

Saint Lucia

Saint Paul

Saint Paul (Minn.)

Saint-Saëns, (Charles) Camille

Saint-Simon, Comte de Claude Henri de Rouvroy

Saint-Simon, duc de Louis de Rouvroy

Sake

Sakhalin

Sakha Republic

Sakharov, Andrei

Saladin

Salam, Abdus

salamander

Salem

Salem (Or.)

Salem witch trials

Salford

salicylic acid

Salieri, Antonio

Salinger, J(erome) D(avid)

Salisbury, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Salisbury Cathedral

Salish

Salmon

Salmonella

salmonellosis

salt

Salt Lake City

Salton Sea (Calif.)

Salvation Army

Salzburg

Salzburg Festival

Samaria

Samaritans

Samarium

Samarkand

Same-Sex Marriage

Samoa

Samuel

Samuelson, Paul A. (Paul Anthony)

Samuelsson, Bengt Ingemar

Samuel, Viscount Herbert Louis

Samurai

San Antonio

Sanchez, Sonia

Sanctions

sanctuary

sand

Sandburg, Carl

Sand Creek Massacre

Sand, George

sandgrouse

San Diego

Sandoz, Mari

Sanford, Maria (Louise)

San Francisco

San Francisco Bay

San Gabriel Mountains

Sanger, Frederick

Sanger, Margaret Higgins

sangha

San Joaquin

San Marino

Sanmicheli, Michele

Sanskrit

Sanskrit literature

Santa Anna, Antonio López de

Santa Barbara Islands

Santa Fe

Santa Fe Trail

Santayana, George

Santer, Jacques

Santiago (Chile)

Sanzio, Raphael

São Francisco River (Minas Gerais-Alagoas and Sergipe, Brazil)

São Paulo

São Tomé and Principe

Sap

Sapphires

Saprotroph

Sarajevo

Saramago, José

Sarandon, Susan

Saratov

sarcophagus

Sardinia

Sargasso Sea

Sargent, John Singer

Saroyan, William

SARS

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Saskatchewan

Sasquatch

Sassanid

Satan

Satanism

Satellites

Satie, Erik

Satire

Saturn

Saudi Arabia

Saussure, Ferdinand de

Savannas

Savings and loan associations

Savonarola, Girolamo

Savoy

saxifrage

Saxon

Saxony

saxophone

Saxton, Robert

Sayers, Dorothy

Say, Jean Baptiste

scale insect

Scales, Prunella (Margaret Rumney)

Scandinavia

scandium

scarab beetle

Scarborough

Scardino, Marjorie (Morris)

Scarlatti, (Giuseppe) Domenico

Scarlatti, (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare)

The Scarlet Letter

Scarry, Richard

scattering

Scavengers (Zoology)

Schacht, Hjalmar

Schechter, Solomon

Scheele, Carl Wilhelm

Schein, Edgar

Scheiner, Christoph

Scheler, Max

Schelling, Friedrich

Schiele, Egon

Schiller, Friedrich

Schistosomiasis

Schizophrenia

Schleiermacher, Friedrich

Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007

Schleswig-Holstein

Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von, 1833-1913

Schliemann, Heinrich

Schmitt, Florent

Schnittke, Alfred

Schoenberg, Arnold

Scholasticism

Scholes, Myron S.

Schongauer, Martin

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Schools

school vouchers

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Schreiner, Olive

Schröder, Gerhard

Schrödinger, Erwin

Schubert, Franz

Schultz, Theodore

Schumacher, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich)

Schumacher, Michael

Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896

Schumann, Robert

Schuman, William Howard

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois

Schurman, Jacob (Gould)

Schurz, Carl

Schutz, Alfred

Schütz, Heinrich

Schwann, Theodor

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

Schwarzschild, Karl

Schweitzer, Albert

Schwitters, Kurt

Science

Science fiction

Scientists & Innovations

Scientology

Scipio Africanus Major

Scipio Africanus Minor

scorpion

Scorsese, Martin

Scotland

Scotland Yard

Scott, Captain Robert

Scott, George C., 1927-1999

Scottish Borders

Scottish Parliament

Scott Report

Scottsboro Case

Scott, Sir Walter

Scott, Winfield

screamer

screen

Sculpture

scurvy

Scythia

Seaborg, Glenn

seaborgium

sea cucumber

seafloor spreading

Sea Islands

seal

sea level

sea lion

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Searle, John

seasonal affective disorder

Seasons

Seattle

sea turtle

sea urchin

seaweed

Secombe, Sir Harry

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Second Battle of Bull Run (1862)

Second Great Awakening

Secretary of State

secret police

secret society

Securities and Exchange Commission

Seder

sediment

Sedimentary rocks

sefer torah

Seghers, Hercules

Segregation

seismic wave

Seismology

Selden, John

selective service

selenium

Self-awareness

Self-Defense

Self-efficacy

Self-esteem

Sellars, Wilfrid

Selten, Reinhard

Semantics

Sembène, Ousmane

semiconductor laser

Seminole

Semiotics

Semper, Gottfried

Sen, Amartya (Kumar)

Sendai

Sendak, Maurice

Sendero Luminoso

Seneca

Senegal

Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001

Senkaku Islands

sense organ

Sensitivity

sentence

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy

Seoul

Separation

Sephardim

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

sequoia

Sequoyah

Serbia

Serbo-Croatian

serf

Serial Music

series

Serkin, Rudolf

Sermon on the Mount

serpentine

Serra, Junipero

Servetus, Michael

Seth, Vikram

settlement

settlement house

Seurat, Georges

Sevastopol

Seven Days' Battle

Seven Years War

Severn

Sevier, John

Seville

sewage disposal

Seward, William

Sewell, Anna

sewerage

sewing-machine

Sex

Sex education

Sexism

sextant

Sexton, Anne

Sexual discrimination

sexual harassment

sexual health

sexually transmitted disease

Sexual reproduction

Seychelles

Seyfert, Carl Keenan

Sforza

Shaanxi

Shackleton, Sir Ernest

Shaftesbury, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper

Shahn, Ben

Shakers

Shakespeare, William

Shakur, Tupac

Shamanism

Shandong

Shange, Ntozake

Shanghai

Shankar, Ravi

Shan State

Shanxi

shaping

Sharia (Islamic law)

shark

Sharon, Ariel

Sharpe, William F.

Sharp, Phillip

Shatt al Arab

Shaw, Artie Arthur Arshawsky

Shaw, George Bernard

Shawnee

Shaw, Norman

Sheeler, Charles

Sheen, Martin

Sheep

Sheffield

Sheffield plate

shell

Shelley, Mary

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Shenyang

Shenzhen

Sheppard, Kate

Sheridan, Philip

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Sherman, Cindy

Sherman, General William

Sherman, John

Sherry

Sher, Sir Antony

Shetland Islands

Shevardnadze, Edvard Amvrosievich

Shields, James

Shiites

Shikibu, Murasaki

Shinawatra, Thaksin

Shin Bet

Shinto

Shinwell, Emmanuel

Ship

Shipley, Jenny

shipping

Shirer, William

Shiva

shock absorber

shooting

shopping center

shorthand

Short Story

Shoshone

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Shreveport

shrew

Shrewsbury

shrimp

shrine

Shropshire

shuffleboard

Shull, Clifford

Shute, Nevil

Sibelius, Jean

Siberia

Sichuan

Sicily

Sickert, Walter

sickle-cell disease

Siddons, Sarah

Sidgwick, Henry

Sidney, Philip, Sir

Siege

Siegel, Jeremy J.

Siemens, Werner von

Siena

Sierra Leone

Sigismund

Sigismund II

Signac, Paul

Significant figures

sign language

Sihanouk, Norodom

Sikhism

Sikkim

Sikorsky, Igor

Silent films

Silesia

silicon

silicon chip

silk

Silk Road

silkworm

Sillitoe, Alan

Sills, Beverly

Silurian period

silver

Simenon, Georges

Simmel, Georg

Simmons, Jean

Simone, Nina

Simon, Herbert

Simon, Neil

Simon, Paul

Simpson, O(renthal) J(ames)

Sin

Sinai

Sinatra, Frank

Sinclair, Jr. Upton

Sinclair, Sir Clive (Marles)

Sind

Singapore

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Singer, Peter (Albert David)

Singh, Vishwanath Pratap

single parent

Single-sex education

Sinhalese

Sinn Féin

Sino-Tibetan languages

Sioux

Sioux City

Siqueiros, David Alfaro

sirenian

Sirens (Mythology)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sisley, Alfred

Sistine Chapel

Sisyphus (Greek mythology)

Sitar

Sit-Down Strikes

Sitsky, Larry

Sixtus IV

Sixtus V

skeleton

skepticism

skiing

skin

skin cancer

skin-diving

Skinner, Burrhus Frederick

Skou, Jens C(hristian)

skull

skunk

skyscraper

Slang

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slav

Slavery

Slavic languages

Sleep

slime mold

Sloan, Jr Alfred

Sloths

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

Slovo, Joe

small arms

smallpox

Smalls, Robert

smart card

Smeaton, John

Smell

Smetana, Bedřich

Smith, Adam

Smith, Alfred

Smith, Dame Maggie

Smith, David

Smith, Ian Douglas

Smithies, Oliver

Smith, John

Smith, Joseph

Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995

Smith, Michael

Smith, Stevie

Smith, Sydney

Smith, Theobald

Smog

smoke

Smoking

Smolensk

Smollett, Tobias

smuggling

Smuts, Jan Christian

Smyth, Dame Ethel

Snake

Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)

snorkel

snow

Snowboarding

Snowden, 1st Viscount Philip

Soap

soap plant

Social capital (Sociology)

Social Chapter

Social classes

Social cognitive theory

Social constructionism

Social contract

Social development

Social inequality

Socialism

Socialist Party

Socialist Realism

Socialization

Social justice

Social media

Social movements

Social Sciences & Issues

Social security

Social Studies

Social work

Society

Sociolinguistics

Sociology

Socrates

Soddy, Frederick

sodium

sodium bicarbonate

sodium chloride

Sofia

softball

soil

soil erosion

Soka Gakkai

Solar energy

Solar System

solar wind

solidarity

solid-state physics

Solomon Islands

Solomon Sea

Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov

Solow, Robert (Merton)

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr

Somalia

Somalia Pirates

Somerset

Somerset, 1st Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour

Somerville, Mary

sonar

Sonata

Sondheim, Stephen

song

Song of Roland

sonnet

Sontag, Susan

Sophocles

Sorel, Georges

sorghum

Soros, George

Sorrell, Martin

Soto, Gary

Soul

Sound

The Sound and the Fury

sound recording

sound wave

Souphanouvong, Prince

souterrain

South Africa

South America

Southampton

Southampton, 3rd Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley

South Australia

South Carolina

South China Sea

South Dakota

Southeast Asia

Southend

Southern Alps

Southey, Robert

South Korea

South Korean Landmines

South Sea Bubble

Soutine, Chaim

Sovereignty

Sovetsk

soviet

Soviet Union

soybean

Soyinka, Wole

Space

Space exploration

Space flight

space medicine

space probe

Space Shuttle

Space station

spacesuit

Spacey, Kevin

Spain

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

Spam

Spaniards

Spanish-American War, 1898

Spanish Armada

Spanish language

Spanish Succession, War of the

Spark, Dame Muriel

Sparta

Special education

special relativity

specific gravity

spectrum

Speculation

Spencer, Herbert

Spengler, Oswald

Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599

sperm

sperm whale

Sperry, Elmer Ambrose

Sperry, Roger

Speyer

sphinx

spice

spider

Spillane, Mickey

Spinach

spinal column

spinal cord

Spinel

Spingarn, Joel

spinning

Spinoza, Benedictus de

spintronics

spire

Spiritual

Spiritualism

Spirituality

Spitzer, Jr Lyman

Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty

Spock, Dr Benjamin

Spohr, Ludwig (Louis)

sponge

Spontini, Gaspare (Luigi Pacifico)

Sport

Springfield

Springfield, Dusty

Springsteen, Bruce

spruce

spurge

squash

squash racquets

squid

squirrel

Sraffa, Piero

Sri Lanka

Stability

stadium

Stafford, Jean

Staffordshire

stagecoach

stained glass

St Albans

Stalin, Joseph J. Dzhugashvili

Stamp Act

standard of living

St. Andrew

Stanford, Sir Charles

Stanton, Edwin (McMasters)

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Staphylococcus

star

starch

Star Chamber

star cluster

Stark, Dame Freya

Starovoitova, Galina

Starr, Kenneth

Starr, Ringo Richard Starkey

State

Staten Island

State of the Union address

States General

states' rights

statistical mechanics

Statistics

Statue of Liberty

Staudinger, Hermann

St. Denis, Ruth

Stead, Christina

Steam Engine

Steamship

steel

Steele, Sir Richard

steel industry

Steen, Jan

Steer, Philip

Steichen, Edward (Jean)

Steinbeck, John

Steinberger, Jack

Stein, Edith

Steinem, Gloria

Steiner, (Francis) George

Steiner, Rudolf

Stein, Gertrude

Stein, (Heinrich Friedrich) Karl

Stella, Frank

stellar evolution

stellar populations

stem

Stem cell

Stem cell research

stencil

Stendhal

Stephen

Stephen, Sir Leslie

Steppes

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Sterne, Laurence

Stern, Otto

Stern, Robert

stethoscope

Stevenson, Adlai

Stevenson, Juliet Anne Virginia

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Stevens, Thaddeus

Stevens, Wallace

Stewart, J.I.M.

Stewart, Dugald

Stewart, James Maitland

St. George

Stickley, Gustav

Stieglitz, Alfred

Stigler, George

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

still life

Stimson, Henry

stimulant

sting

Stirling

Stirling engine

Stirling, Robert

St. Lawrence

St. Louis

St Lucia

St-Nazaire

Stock Exchange

Stockhausen, Karlheinz

Stockholm

Stock Market Crash, 1929

Stoicism

Stoker, Bram

Stokes, George Gabriel

Stokowski, Leopold

Stolzman, Richard

stomach

Stone Age

Stonehenge (England)

Stone, John Richard Nicholas

Stone, Joss

Stone, Lucy

Stone, Oliver

stoneware

Stopes, Marie

Stoppard, Tom

Stork

storm

Story, Joseph

Storytelling

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

St. Patrick's Day

St. Paul's Cathedral

Strafford, 1st Earl of Strafford Thomas Wentworth

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Strasbourg

Strategic Defense Initiative

Strategic management

Stratford-upon-Avon

stratosphere

Straus, Nathan

Strauss-Kahn, Dominique

Strauss, Richard

Stravinsky, Igor

Strawberry

Strawson, Sir Peter Frederick

Streep, Meryl

Streetcar Named Desire

Streisand, Barbra

strength of materials

Streptococcus

Stresemann, Gustav

Stress (Mechanics)

Stress (Psychology)

strike

Strindberg, August

string instrument

stroboscope

stroke

strontium

Strozzi, Bernardo

Struve, Otto

Stuart, Gilbert

Stuart or Stewart, Prince James (Francis Edward)

Stubbs, George

Study skills

stupa

sturgeon

Sturtevant, Alfred

Sturzo, Luigi

stuttering

Stuttgart

Styne, Jule Stein, Julius

Styron, William

Subaltern

submarine

submersible

subsidence

subsidy

suburb

Sucre, Antonio José de

Sudan

Sudan Conflicts

Suffolk

suffragette

Sufism

sugar

Sugar, Alan Michael

sugarcane

Suicide

Sukarno

Suk, Josef

Sukkot

Sulawesi

sulfa drug

sulfate

sulfonic acid

sulfuric acid

Sullivan, Harry Stack

Sullivan, Louis

Sullivan, Sir Arthur

Sulphur

Sumatra

Sumer

Sumner, Charles

Sumner, William Graham

Sun

sunbird

sunburn

Sunday school

Sunderland

sundial

sunfish

Sunflowers

Sung

Sunna

Sunni Islam

Sun Yat-sen

Sunzi (6th cent. B.C.)

Super Bowl

superbug

Supercomputers

superconductivity

superfluidity

Superior, Lake

supernova

Suppes, Patrick

supply and demand

Supply-Side Economics

U.S. Supreme Court

Surabaya

Surfing

surgery

Suriname

Surrealism

Surrey

surveying

Sushi

Susquehannock

Sustainability

Sustainable development

Sutherland, Graham

Sutherland, Peter

Sutlej River

Suttner, Bertha

Sutton

Suvorov, Count Aleksandr (Vasilyevich)

Suzman, Janet

Svalbard

Svevo, Italo

Swabia

Swadesh, Morris

Swammerdam, Jan

Swamp

swan

Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson

Swanson, Gloria

Swaziland

sweat

Sweden

Swedenborg, Emanuel

Swedish language

Swift

Swift, Jonathan

Swimming

Swinburne, Algernon Charles

swine

Swiss Guards

Switzerland

sword

Sydney

Sydney Opera House

Sydow, Max Carl Adolf von

Syenite

syllogism

symbol

Symbolic Logic

Symbolism (Art movement)

Symbolism (Literary movement)

Symmetry

Symphony

Synagogue

Synchronized swimming

Synge, John Millington

Synge, Richard Laurence Millington

Synoptic Gospels

syphilis

Syr Darya

Syria

Szasz, Thomas

Székely

Szent-Györgyi, Albert

Szilard, Leo

Szold, Henrietta

Szymanowski, Karol

Szymborska, Wislawa