Terms from Ruggiero Ricci to Seriema
- Ruggiero Ricci Biography (1918– )
- Ruhr, River
- Ruhrbesetzung
- Ruido, Comedias De ((Eng ‘noisy plays’))
- Ruiz, Nevado Del
- Ruler
- Rum
- Rum Rebellion
- Rumba
- Ruminant
- Rummy
- Rump Parliament
- Run DMC
- Runder Tisch
- Runes
- Runner
- Runner Bean
- Runnymede
- Rupert (Charles Wulsten) Bunny Biography (1864–1947)
- Rupert (Chawner) Brooke Biography (1887–1915)
- Ruperto Chapí Biography (1851–1909)
- Ruse (formerly Ruschuk)
- Rush
- Rush H(udson) Limbaugh Biography (1951– )
- Rushden
- Rushmore, Mount
- Rush–Bagot Convention
- Russ E(rik) Davis Biography (1941– )
- Russel Farnham Biography (1784–1832)
- Russel Wright Biography (1904–76)
- Russell (Conwell) Hoban Biography (1925– )
- Russell (Herman) Conwell Biography (1843–1925)
- Russell (Reading) Braddon Biography (1921– )
- Russell (Wayne) Baker Biography (1925– )
- Russell A Hulse Biography (1950– )
- Russell Alexander Alger Biography (1836–1907)
- Russell B(illiu) Long Biography (1918–2003)
- Russell Crowe Biography (1964– )
- Russell Drysdale Biography (1912–81)
- Russell H(enry) Chittenden Biography (1856–1943)
- Russell J(ames) Donnelly Biography (1930– )
- Russell L(incoln) Ackoff Biography (1919– )
- Russell Means Biography (1939– )
- Russell Sage Biography (1816–1906)
- Russell Sturgis Biography (1836–1909)
- Russell Watson Biography (1974– )
- Russell Williams Porter Biography (1871–1949)
- Russell's Viper
- Russia
- Russian Art
- Russian Blue
- Russian Civil War
- Russian History
- Russian Literature
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Russian Revolution
- Russian Space Agency
- Russian State Library
- Russo–Finnish War
- Russo–Japanese War
- Russo–Turkish Wars
- Rust
- Rust Fungus
- Rustichello Da Pisa Biography (13th-c)
- Rutebeuf Biography (c.1245–c.1285) (also spelled Rutebuefor Rustebeuf)
- Rutger Hauer Biography (1944– )
- Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck Biography (1761–1825)
- Rutger Kopland Biography (1934– ) (pseudonym of Rutger Herman van den Hoofdakker)
- Ruth
- Ruth (Ida) Krauss Biography (1911–93)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography (1933– )
- Ruth Benedict Biography (1887–1948) (née Fulton)
- Ruth Berghaus Biography (1927–96)
- Ruth Brown Biography (1928–2006) (née Westonnickname Miss Rhythm)
- Ruth Bryan (Owen) Rohde Biography (1885–1954) (née Bryan)
- Ruth Crawford-Seeger Biography (1901–53)
- Ruth Draper Biography (1884–1956)
- Ruth Duckworth Biography (1919– ) (née Windmuller)
- Ruth Ellis Biography (1926–55)
- Ruth First Biography (1925–82)
- Ruth Jhabvala Biography (1927– ) (née Prawer)
- Ruth Leah Bunzel Biography (1898–90)
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
- Ruth Park Biography (c.1923– )
- Ruth Pitter Biography (1897–1992)
- Ruth Reeves Biography (1892–1966)
- Ruth St Denis Biography (1877–1968) (originally Ruth Dennis)
- Ruth Stapleton Biography (1929–83) (née Carter)
- Ruth Wheeler Biography (1877–1948)
- Ruth, Book Of
- Rutherford B(irchard) Hayes Biography (1822–93)
- Ruthwell Cross
- Rutile
- Rutland
- Rutland Boughton Biography (1878–1960)
- Ruud Gullit Biography (1962– )
- Ruud Lubbers Biography (1939– ) (popular name of Rudolph Frans Marie Lubbers)
- Ruud Van Nistelrooy Biography (1976– ) (properly Rutgerus Johannes Martinius Ruud van Nistelrooy)
- Ruy Or Rodrigo Sánchez De Arévalo Biography (1404–70)
- Ruzzante Biography (c.1502–42) (nickname of Angelo Beolco)
- Rwanda
- Ry(land Peter) Cooder Biography (1947– )
- Ryan Giggs Biography (1973– )
- Ryazan
- Ryde
- Ryder Cup
- Rye
- Rye House Plot
- Rye Whisky / Whiskey
- Ryoji Noyori Biography (1938– )
- Ryukyu Islands (Jap Nansei-shotoalso called Luchu Islands)
- Rätedemokratie, Rätesystem
- Régine Crespin Biography (1937– )
- Régine Deforge Biography (1935– ) (pseudonym of Pauline Réage)
- Rémy Belleau Biography (1528–77)
- Rémy De Gourmont Biography (1858–1915)
- Rémy De Gourmont Biography (1858–1915)
- Rénee Camu Biography (1936– )
- Réunion (formally Bourbon)
- Réveil
- Río Muni
- Röntgen Or Roentgen
- Røros
- Rückversicherungsvertrag
- S(amuel) C(alvin) T(ate) Dodd Biography (1836–1907)
- S(amuel) F(ranklin) Emmons Biography (1841–1911)
- S(amuel) H(enry) Kress Biography (1863–1955)
- S(amuel) I(chiye) Hayakawa Biography (1906–92)
- S(amuel) I(rving) Newhouse Biography (1895–1979)
- S(amuel) K(irkland) Lothrop Biography (1892–1965)
- S(amuel) N(athaniel) Behrman Biography (1893–1973)
- S(ebastian) S(pering) Kresge Biography (1867–1966)
- S(eymour) J(onathan) Singer Biography (1924– )
- S(idney) J(oseph) Perelman Biography (1904–79)
- S(iegfried) F(rederick) Nadel Biography (1903–56)
- S(olomon) W(est) R(idgeway) D(ias) Bandaranaike Biography (1899–1959)
- S(tanley) S(mith) Stevens Biography (1906–73)
- Saar, River (Fr Sarre)
- Saarabkommen
- Saarbrücken (Fr Sarrebruck)
- Saarlouis
- Saarvertrag
- Saatchi & Saatchi
- Sabah (formerly North Borneo)
- Sabato Morais Biography (1823–97)
- Sabbath Or Shabbat ((Heb ‘cessation’‘rest’))
- Sabin Berthelot Biography (1794–1880)
- Sabine Azéma Biography (1949– )
- Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Biography (1946– )
- Sabines
- Sable
- Sable Antelope
- Sabra And Chatila
- Sabratha
- Sabretooth
- Sacagawea Biography (?1784–?1812) (originally Boinaiv (‘Grass Maiden’))
- Saccades
- Saccharin
- Sacco And Vanzetti
- Sacha Distel Biography (1933–2004) (originally Alexandre Distel)
- Sacha Guitry Biography (1885–1957) (originally Alexandre Georges Guitry)
- Sachin Tendulkar Biography (1973– ) (popular name of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar)
- Sachsenhausen
- Saco
- Sacrament
- Sacramento
- Sacramento River
- Sacred Ibis
- Sacrum
- Sacré Coeur Cathedral (Fr Basilique du Sacré CoeurEng Church of the Sacred Heart)
- Sadao Araki Biography (1877–1966)
- Saddam Hussein Biography (1937– ) (also spelled Sadam Husain)
- Saddleback
- Sadducees
- Sadi Or Saadi Biography (c.1184–?1292) (assumed name of Sheikh Muslih Addin)
- Sadie Frost Biography (1967– ) (originally Sadie Liza Vaughn)
- Sadler's Wells Theatre
- Sado
- Sadomasochism
- Saeta ((Lat ‘sagitta’Eng ‘arrow’))
- Safavids
- Safety Film
- Safety Lamp
- Safflower
- Saffron
- Saga ((Old Norse ‘saying’))
- Sagarmatha
- Sage
- Sage Grouse
- Sagebrush
- Saginaw
- Sagitta ((Lat ‘arrow’))
- Sagittarius ((Lat ‘archer’))
- Sago Palm
- Saguaro
- Sagunto (Arabic Murviedro (to 1877)ancient Saguntum)
- Sahara Desert ((Arabic ‘wilderness’))
- Sahel
- Said Aouita Biography (1960– )
- Saiga
- Sailfish
- Sailing
- Sailing Rig
- Saimaa
- Sainete ((diminutive of saína ‘piquant sauce’))
- Sainfoin
- Saint
- Saint John (Canada)
- Saint John (US Virgin Is)
- Saint John's
- Saint-Cloud
- Saint-John Perse Biography (1887–1975) (pseudonym of Marie-René-Auguste-Alexis-Saint-Léger Léger)
- Saint-Mihiel
- Saint-Omer
- Saint-Preux Biography (c.1945– )
- Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
- Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys Biography (1620–1700)
- Saints Cosmas And Damian Biography (3rd-c)
- Saipan
- Saithe
- Saka Era
- Sakai
- Sakhalin (Jap Karafuto)
- Sakhmet Or Sekmet
- Saki
- Sakigake And Suisei Project
- Saké
- Sal Santen Biography (1915– )
- Saladin Biography (1137–93) (in full Salah al-Din Yussuf ibn Ayub)
- Salado, River (Span (Río))
- Salamanca (ancient Helmantica or Salmantica)
- Salamander
- Salamis (Cyprus)
- Salamis (Greece) (or Koulouri)
- Salang
- Salcantay, Nevado
- Sale (Australia)
- Sale (UK)
- Salem (Massachusetts)
- Salem (Oregon)
- Salerno
- Sales Tax
- Salford
- Salic Law
- Salicylic Acid
- Salier
- Salinity
- Salisbury (UK) (sometimes called New Sarum)
- Salisbury Plain
- Salish
- Saliva
- Salivary Glands
- Sallow
- Sallust Biography (86–34 BC) (in full Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
- Sally (Janet) Gunnell Biography (1966– )
- Sally (Kristen) Ride Biography (1951– )
- Sally Falk Moore Biography (1924– )
- Sally Field Biography (1946– )
- Sally Jane Priesand Biography (1946– )
- Sally Rand Biography (1904–79) (originally Hazel Beck)
- Salmon
- Salmon P(ortland) Chase Biography (1808–73)
- Salo (Wittmayer) Baron Biography (1895–1989)
- Salome Biography (1st-c)
- Salomon Bochner Biography (1899–1982)
- Salomon De Brosse Biography (1565–1626)
- Salomon De Wolff Biography (1878–1960)
- Salomon Gessner Biography (1730–88)
- Salon
- Salon
- Salonga
- Salote Tupou III Biography (1900–65)
- Salsa
- Salsify
- SALT
- Salt
- Salt Lake City
- Salta
- Saltcoats
- Saltillo
- Saltwort
- Saluki
- Salut, Iles Du
- Saluzzo, Marquisate Of
- Salvador (also known as Bahia)
- Salvador (Edward) Luria Biography (1912–91)
- Salvador (Felipe Jacinto) Dali Biography (1904–89) (Span Dalí)
- Salvador Allende (Gossens) Biography (1908–73)
- Salvador De Madariaga Biography (1886–1978)
- Salvador Espriu Biography (1913–85)
- Salvador González Anaya Biography (1879–1955)
- Salvador Rueda Santos Biography (1857–1933)
- Salvage
- Salvation Army
- Salvator Rosa Biography (1615–73)
- Salvatore Di Giacomo Biography (1860–1934)
- Salvatore Giuliano Biography (1922–58)
- Salvatore Quasimodo Biography (1901–68)
- Salvia
- Salviati
- Salyut (Russ ‘salute’) Space Station
- Salzburg (city)
- Salzburg (state)
- Salzburg Alps
- Salzburg Easter Festival
- Salzkammergut
- Sam Cooke Biography (1935–64) (originally Sam Cook)
- Sam Daniel Nujoma Biography (1929– )
- Sam Houston Jones Biography (1897–1978)
- Sam J Wagstaff Biography (1921–89) (popular name of Samuel Wagstaff Jr)
- Sam Maloof Biography (1916– )
- Sam Neill Biography (1948– ) (originally Nigel Neill)
- Sam Patch Biography (?1807–29)
- Sam Peckinpah Biography (1925–84)
- Sam Shepard Biography (1943– ) (popular name of Samuel Shepard Rogers)
- Sam Wanamaker Biography (1919–93)
- Sam(uel Alexander) Mendes Biography (1965– )
- Sam(uel Cornelius) Phillips Biography (1923–2003)
- Sam(uel Earl) Crawford Biography (1880–1968) (nickname Wahoo Sam)
- Sam(uel Jackson) Snead Biography (1912–2002) (nickname Slammin' Sam)
- Sam(uel Lewis) Francis Biography (1923– )
- Sam(uel Moore) Walton Biography (1918–92)
- Sam(uel Taliaferro) Rayburn Biography (1882–1961)
- Sam(uel) Houston Biography (1793–1863)
- Samara (formerly (1935–91) Kuybyshev)
- Samaria
- Samaritans (counsellors)
- Samaritans (sect)
- Samarkand
- Samba
- Samhain
- Sami Al Jaber Biography (1972– )
- Samizdat ((Russian sam‘self’ + izdatelstvo‘publishing’))
- Sammy Baugh Biography (1914– ) (popular name of Samuel Adrian Baugh)
- Sammy Cahn Biography (1913–93) (originally Samuel Cohen)
- Sammy Price Biography (1908–92) (popular name of Samuel Blythe Price)
- Samnites
- Samoa (formerly (to 1997) Western Samoa)
- Samora Moïsés Machel Biography (1933–86)
- Samos
- Samoset Biography (?1590–?1653)
- Samothrace (Gr Samothráki)
- Samoyed (zoology)
- Samphire
- Samson Biography (c.11th-c BC?)
- Samson Occom Biography (1723–92)
- Samudragupta Biography (?–c.380)
- Samuel Biography (11th-c BC) ((Heb probably ‘name of God’))
- Samuel (Abraham) Goudsmit Biography (1902–78)
- Samuel (Adjai) Crowther Biography (c.1809–91)
- Samuel (Alexander) Mudd Biography (1833–83)
- Samuel (Andrew) Stouffer Biography (1900–60)
- Samuel (Archer) King Biography (1828–1914)
- Samuel (Barclay) Beckett Biography (1906–89)
- Samuel (Charles) Mazzuchelli Biography (1806–64)
- Samuel (Herman) Reshevsky Biography (1911–92)
- Samuel (Isaac Joseph) Schereschewsky Biography (1831–1906)
- Samuel (Kurtz) Hoffman Biography (1902–95)
- Samuel (Latham) Mitchill Biography (1764–1831)
- Samuel (Matthews) Vauclain Biography (1856–1940)
- Samuel (Paul) Capen Biography (1878–1956)
- Samuel (Pierpont) Langley Biography (1834–1906)
- Samuel (Wesley) Stratton Biography (1861–1931)
- Samuel A(ugustus) Barnett Biography (1844–1913)
- Samuel Adams Biography (1722–1803)
- Samuel Adler Biography (1809–91)
- Samuel Alexander Biography (1859–1938)
- Samuel Allsopp Biography (1780–1838)
- Samuel Arnold Biography (1740–1802)
- Samuel Austin Allibone Biography (1816–89)
- Samuel Barber Biography (1910–81)
- Samuel Bard Biography (1742–1821)
- Samuel Barry Guze Biography (1923–2000)
- Samuel Belkin Biography (1911–76)
- Samuel Blatchford Biography (1820–93)
- Samuel Bowles Biography (1939– )
- Samuel Brannan Biography (1819–89)
- Samuel Butler Biography (1835–1902)
- Samuel Butler Biography (1612–80)
- Samuel C(hao) C(hung) Ting Biography (1936– )
- Samuel Cate Prescott Biography (1872–1962)
- Samuel Chase Biography (1741–1811)
- Samuel Clarke Biography (1675–1729)
- Samuel Clegg Biography (1781–1861)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Biography (1875–1912)
- Samuel Colt Biography (1814–62)
- Samuel Courtauld Biography (1876–1947)
- Samuel Crompton Biography (1753–1827)
- Samuel Daniel Biography (?1562–1619)
- Samuel David Gross Biography (1805–84)
- Samuel Davies Biography (1723–61)
- Samuel De Champlain Biography (1567–1635)
- Samuel Dickerson Rockenbach Biography (1869–1952)
- Samuel Doe Biography (1951–90)
- Samuel Eliot Morison Biography (1887–1976)
- Samuel Enderby Biography (fl.1830–9)
- Samuel F(inley) B(reese) Morse Biography (1791–1872)
- Samuel Francis Du Pont Biography (1803–65)
- Samuel Franklin Cody Biography (1862–1913) (original surnameCowdery)
- Samuel Freeman Miller Biography (1816–90)
- Samuel George Morton Biography (1799–1851)
- Samuel Goldwyn Biography (1882–1974) (originally Samuel Goldfish)
- Samuel Gompers Biography (1850–1924)
- Samuel Gorton Biography (1592–1677)
- Samuel Green Biography (1615–c.1701)
- Samuel Gregory Biography (1813–72)
- Samuel Gridley Howe Biography (1801–76)
- Samuel Griswold Goodrich Biography (1793–1860) (pseudonym Peter Parley)
- Samuel Harrison Smith Biography (1772–1845)
- Samuel Hazzard Cross Biography (1891–1946)
- Samuel Hearne Biography (1745–92)
- Samuel Hoar Biography (1778–1856)
- Samuel Holyoke Biography (1762–1820)
- Samuel Hopkins Biography (1721–1803)
- Samuel III Bowles Biography (1826–78)
- Samuel Insull Biography (1859–1938)
- Samuel Isham Biography (1855–1914)
- Samuel J(ayson) Lefrak Biography (1918– )
- Samuel J(ones) Tilden Biography (1814–86)
- Samuel Jackson Randall Biography (1828–90)
- Samuel John Peploe Biography (1871–1935)
- Samuel Johnson Biography (1822–82)
- Samuel Johnson Biography (1709–84) (known as Dr Johnson)
- Samuel Johnson Prize
- Samuel Jordon Kirkwood Biography (1813–94)
- Samuel Loudon Biography (c.1727–1813)
- Samuel Lovett Waldo Biography (1783–1861)
- Samuel Marsden Biography (1764–1838)
- Samuel McIntire Biography (1757–1811)
- Samuel Miller Biography (1769–1850)
- Samuel Milton Jones Biography (1846–1904)
- Samuel Morey Biography (1762–1843)
- Samuel Nelson Biography (1792–1873)
- Samuel Noah Kramer Biography (1897–1990)
- Samuel Palmer Biography (1805–81)
- Samuel Parker Biography (1779–1866)
- Samuel Pepys Biography (1633–1703)
- Samuel Pepys Cockerell Biography (1754–1827)
- Samuel Philip Sadtler Biography (1847–1923)
- Samuel Phillips Lee Biography (1812–97)
- Samuel Plimsoll Biography (1824–98)
- Samuel Prout Biography (1783–1852)
- Samuel Purchas Biography (1577–1626)
- Samuel Putnam Avery Biography (1822–1904)
- Samuel R Berger Biography (1945– ) (known as Sandy Berger)
- Samuel Rawson Gardiner Biography (1829–1902)
- Samuel Richardson Biography (1689–1761)
- Samuel Ringgold Biography (1800–46)
- Samuel Rutherford Crockett Biography (1860–1914)
- Samuel Ryder Biography (1859–1936)
- Samuel S(idney) McClure Biography (1857–1949)
- Samuel Sarphati Biography (1813–66)
- Samuel Seabury Biography (1873–1958)
- Samuel Seabury Biography (1729–96)
- Samuel Sewall Biography (1652–1730)
- Samuel Simon Schmucker Biography (1799–1873)
- Samuel Slater Biography (1768–1835)
- Samuel Sloan Biography (1815–84)
- Samuel Smiles Biography (1812–1904)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biography (1772–1834)
- Samuel Thompson Biography (1769–1843)
- Samuel Tuke Biography (1784–1857)
- Samuel Untermeyer Biography (1858–1940)
- Samuel Van Houten Biography (1837–1930)
- Samuel Walker McCall Biography (1851–1923)
- Samuel Wallis Biography (1728–95)
- Samuel Ward Biography (1786–1839)
- Samuel Wells Williams Biography (1812–84)
- Samuel Wendell Williston Biography (1851–1918)
- Samuel Wesley Biography (1766–1837)
- Samuel Wharton Biography (1732–1800)
- Samuel Whitbread Biography (1758–1815)
- Samuel Wilberforce Biography (1805–73)
- Samuel William Johnson Biography (1830–1909)
- Samuel Williston Biography (1861–1963)
- Samuel Wilson Biography (1766–1854) (popular name Uncle Sam)
- Samuel, Books Of
- Samurai
- San Andreas Fault
- San Andrés-Providencia
- San Antonio
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Ildefonso Or La Granja
- San Joaquin River
- San Jorge, Golfo (Eng Gulf of St George)
- San Jose (USA)
- San José (Costa Rica)
- San Juan
- San Lorenzo
- San Luis Potosí
- San Marino (city)
- San Marino (state)
- San Miguel De Tucumán Or Tucumán
- San Pedro Sula
- San Salvador
- San Salvador De Jujuy Or Jujuy
- San Sebastián (Basque Donostia)
- Sana
- Sancho IV Biography (c.1257–95) (known as Sancho the Brave)
- Sanction
- Sanctorius Biography (1561–1636) (Latin name of Santorio Santorio)
- Sand
- Sand Dollar
- Sand Dune
- Sand Hopper
- Sand Lizard
- Sand Spurrey
- Sandalwood
- Sanderling
- Sandfly
- Sandgrouse
- Sandjak Of Novi Pazar (Serbo-Croat SandžakTurkish Sancak)
- Sandown
- Sandpiper
- Sandra Day O'Connor Biography (1930– ) (née Day)
- Sandra Feldman Biography (1939– )
- Sandrine Bonnaire Biography (1967– )
- Sandro Botticelli Biography (1445–1510) (originally Alessandro Filipepi)
- Sandro Penna Biography (1906–77)
- Sandstone
- Sandy Koufax Biography (1935– ) (popular name of Sanford Koufax)
- Sandy Lyle Biography (1958– ) (popular name of Alexander Walter Barr Lyle)
- Sanfedismo
- Sanford (Ballard) Dole Biography (1844–1926)
- Sanford (Harold) Kadish Biography (1921– )
- Sanford (Robinson) Gifford Biography (1823–80)
- Sangay
- Sangha
- Sanhedrin ((Gr ‘council’also called by Josephus the gerousiaGr ‘senate’))
- Sanicle
- Sankara Biography (?700–?750)
- Sanlúcar De Barrameda
- Sans Souci
- Sanskrit
- Sanskrit Theatre / Theater
- Sansovino Biography (1460–1529) (originally Andrea Contucci)
- Sant Fateh Singh Biography (1911–72)
- Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Biography (1947–84)
- Santa Ana
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Claus
- Santa Cruz (or Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- Santa Cruz De Tenerife
- Santa Fe (Argentina)
- Santa Fe (USA)
- Santa Fe Trail
- Santa Hermandad, La (Eng ‘the holy brotherhood’)
- Santa Maria Novella, Church Of
- Santa Marta
- Santa Monica
- Santander
- Santarém (Brazil)
- Santarém (Portugal) (ancient Scalabis or Praesidium Julium)
- Santiago (Gran Santiagoor Santiago de Chile)
- Santiago (de Los Caballeros)
- Santiago Calatrava Biography (1951– )
- Santiago De Compostela (ancient Campus StellaeEng Compostella)
- Santiago De Cuba
- Santiago Del Estero
- Santiago Ramón Y Cajal Biography (1852–1934)
- Santiago Rusiñol I Prats Biography (1861–1931)
- Santillana Del Mar
- Santo Domingo (formerly (1936–61) Ciudad Trujillo)
- Santorini (Gr Santorinancient Thera or Thíra)
- Santos
- SAP (in full Squadre d'Azione PatriotticaEng Patriotic action squads)
- Saponification
- Sapper Biography (1888–1937) (pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile)
- Sapphire
- Sappho Biography (c.610–c.580 BC)
- Sapporo
- Saprophyte
- Sapsucker
- Saqqarah
- Sara Allgood Biography (1883–1950)
- Sara Coleridge Biography (1802–52)
- Sara Conboy Biography (1870–1928) (née McLaughlin)
- Sara Harkness Biography (1914– ) (née Pillsbury)
- Sara Josephine Baker Biography (1873–1945)
- Sara Lidman Biography (1923– )
- Sara Montiel Biography (1928– ) (stage name of Mª Antonia Abad Fernández)
- Sara Paretsky Biography (1947– )
- Sara S(weezy) Berry Biography (1940– )
- Sara Teasdale Biography (1884–1933) (née Sarah Trevor)
- Sarabande
- Saragossa (Span Zaragozaancient Salduba)
- Sarah (C) Blaffer Hrdy Biography (1946– )
- Sarah (Josepha) Hale Biography (1788–1879) (née Buell)
- Sarah (Lois) Vaughan Biography (1924–90) (nickname Sassie)
- Sarah (Miriam) Peale Biography (1800–85)
- Sarah Bernhardt Biography (1844–1923) (originally Henriette Rosine Bernard)
- Sarah Breedlove Walker Biography (1876–1919) (known as Madame C J Walker)
- Sarah Caldwell Biography (1924–2006)
- Sarah Churchill Biography (1660–1744) (née Jennings)
- Sarah Elizabeth Doyle Biography (1830–1922)
- Sarah Emily Davies Biography (1830–1921)
- Sarah G(eorge) Bagley Biography (1806–47)
- Sarah Gertrude Knott Biography (1895–1984)
- Sarah Goddard Biography (1700–77) (née Updike)
- Sarah Grand Biography (1854–1943) (pseudonym of Mrs David C McFallnée Frances Elizabeth Clarke)
- Sarah Kirsch Biography (1935– )
- Sarah Moore Grimké Biography (1792–1873)
- Sarah Or Sarai ((Heb ‘princess’))
- Sarah Parker Remond Biography (1826–?87)
- Sarah Polk Biography (1803–91) (née Childress)
- Sarah Ratner Biography (1903–99)
- Sarah Siddons Biography (1755–1831) (née Kemble)
- Sarah Tyson Rorer Biography (1849–1937) (née Heston)
- Sarah Winnemucca Biography (?1844–91) (originally Thocmetony)
- Sarajevo
- Saransk
- Saratoga, Battle Of
- Saratov
- Sarawak
- Sarcodina
- Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoma
- Sardana
- Sardanapalus Biography (7th-c BC)
- Sardinia (Ital Sardegna)
- Sardinia, Kingdom Of
- Sardis
- Sardonyx
- Sargasso Sea
- Sargent (Claude) Johnson Biography (1888–1967)
- Sark (Fr Sercq)
- Sarmatia
- Sarojini Naidu Biography (1879–1949) (née Chattopadhyay)
- Saros
- Sarpedon
- Sarrusophone
- SARS
- Sarsaparilla
- SAS
- Sashimi
- Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan River
- Saskatoon
- Sassacus Biography (?1560–1627)
- Sassafras
- Sassanids
- Sassari
- Sassetta Biography (?–c.1450) (originally Stefano do Giovanni)
- SAT (UK)
- SAT (USA)
- Satanism
- Satanta Biography (1830–78) (originally Set-tainte (‘White Bear’))
- Satchel Paige Biography (1906–82) (popular name of Leroy Robert Paige)
- Satellite (astronautics)
- Satellite (astronomy)
- Satellite DNA
- Satellite Television
- Sati Or Suttee
- Satin Spar
- Satinwood
- Satire
- Satisfaction, Treaties Of
- Satisficing
- Satrapy
- Satsuma
- Satu Mare
- Saturated
- Saturn (astronomy)
- Saturn (mythology) (or Saturnus)
- Saturniid Moth
- Satyagraha ((Hindi: ‘truth-force’))
- Satyajit Ray Biography (1921–92)
- Satyendranath Banerjee Biography (1897– )
- Satyr
- Satyriasis
- Satyrid Butterfly
- Sauce
- Saudi Arabia
- Sauerkraut
- Saul Biography (11th-c BC)
- Saul (David) Alinsky Biography (1909–72)
- Saul Bellow Biography (1915–2005) (originally Solomon Bellows)
- Saul Kripke Biography (1940– )
- Saul Lieberman Biography (1898–1983)
- Saul Phillip Steinberg Biography (1939– )
- Saul Steinberg Biography (1914–99)
- Sault Sainte Marie
- Saumur
- Saunders Lewis Biography (1893–1985)
- Saurischia
- Saury
- Sausage
- Savannah
- Savannah
- Save The Children Fund
- Saverio Bettinelli Biography (1718–1808)
- Saving
- Savinien Cyrano De Bergerac Biography (1619–55)
- Savona
- Savory
- Savoy, House Of
- Saw, Musical
- Sawfish
- Sawfly
- Sax Rohmer Biography (c.1883–1959) (pseudonym of Arthur Sarsfield Ward)
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Saxhorn
- Saxifrage
- Saxo Grammaticus Biography (c.1140–1206) ((Lat ‘the Scholar’))
- Saxons
- Saxony
- Saxophone
- Sayagués
- Sayan Mountains
- Saône, River
- SBS
- Scabies
- Scabious
- Scafell Pike (also spelled Scawfell)
- Scalar
- Scalawags
- Scale
- Scale Insect
- Scales
- Scallop
- Scaly-tailed Squirrel
- Scampi
- Scandinavian Languages
- Scanner
- Scanning
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Scapa Flow
- Scapegoat
- Scapigliatura
- Scapula
- Scarab Beetle
- Scarborough
- Scarlet Fever
- Scarlett Johansson Biography (1984– )
- Scat Singing
- Scattering
- Scepticism / Skepticism
- Schaffhausen (Fr Schaffhouse)
- Scheelite
- Schelde Or Scheldt, River (Fr Escaut)
- Schelto Patijn Biography (1936– )
- Schenectady (Iroquoian ‘Beyond Pines’)
- Schepenen Orschepenenbank
- Scherpe Resolutie (Eng Sharp Resolution)
- Scherzo
- Schiavone
- Schick Test
- Schieringers And Vetkopers (Eng ‘Greys and Cattle Buyers’)
- Schinderhannes Biography (c.1777/83–1830) (originally Johann Bückler)
- Schipperke
- Schist
- Schistosomiasis
- Schizophrenia
- Schlesische Kriege
- Schleswig
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Schlieren Photography
- Schmidt Telescope
- Schmidt, Arno Biography (1914–79)
- Schnauzer
- Schneider Trophy
- Scholasticism
- School (art)
- School (education)
- School Funding Controversy (Dutch ‘Schoolstrijd’)
- School Of The Air
- Schooner
- Schout (Eng ‘sheriff’)
- Schrödinger's Equation
- Schuman Plan
- Schuyler Colfax Biography (1823–85)
- Schuyler Mansion
- Schwerin
- Schwyz
- Schönbrunn Palace
- Sciatica
- Science Fiction
- Science Museum
- Science Park
- Scientology® ((Latinscio ‘know’ + Greek logos ‘study’))
- Scilly, Isles Of
- Scintillation Counter
- Scipio Aemilianus Biography (185–129 BC) (in full Scipio Aemilianus Publius Corneliusalso called Scipio Africanus Minor)
- Scipio Africanus Biography (236–c.183 BC) (in full Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanusalso called Scipio Africanus Major)
- Scipio Slataper Biography (1888–1915)
- Scipione Maffei Biography (1675–1755)
- Scobie Breasley Biography (1914– ) (popular name of Arthur Edward Breasley)
- Scopas Biography (c.4th-c BC)
- Scopes Trial
- Scops Owl
- Scorpion
- Scorpion Fly
- Scorpionfish
- Scorpius ((Lat ‘scorpion’))
- Scotch Whisky
- Scotland
- Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard)
- Scott (Beaird) Brazil Biography (1955–2006)
- Scott (Wike) Lucas Biography (1892–1968)
- Scott Burton Biography (1939–90)
- Scott Hamilton Biography (1954– )
- Scott Joplin Biography (1867/8–1917)
- Scott Meredith Biography (1923–93)
- Scott Milne Matheson Biography (1929– )
- Scott Report
- Scottish Ballet
- Scottish Borders
- Scottish Gaelic
- Scottish Literature
- Scottish National Heritage
- Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Reel
- Scottish Terrier
- Scottish Universities
- Scouting
- Scrambling Circuit
- Scramjet
- Scranton
- Scrapie
- Screamer
- Scree
- Screen
- Screen-process Printing
- Screening
- Screening Tests
- Screw Pine
- Screwworm
- Scribe
- Scrofula
- Scrotum
- Scrub Bird
- Scuba Diving
- Sculptor
- Sculpture
- Scumbling
- Scurvy
- Scurvy-grass
- Scutari, Lake (Albanian Ligen i ShkodrësSerbo-Croatian Skadarsko Jezeroancient Lacus Labeatis)
- Scutum ((Lat ‘shield’))
- Scylla
- Scyphozoa
- Scythians
- SDI
- Sea
- Sea Anemone
- Sea Bass
- Sea Beggars (Dutch Watergeuzen)
- Sea Bream
- Sea Buckthorn
- Sea Butterfly
- Sea Cow
- Sea Cucumber
- Sea Eagle
- Sea Fan
- Sea Hare
- Sea Holly
- Sea Horse
- Sea Ice
- Sea Lavender
- Sea Lettuce
- Sea Mouse
- Sea Otter
- Sea Pen
- Sea Peoples
- Sea Perch
- Sea Slug
- Sea Snake
- Sea Spider
- Sea Urchin
- Sea, Law Of The
- Sea-floor Spreading
- Sea-lion
- Seafaring Republics (It repubbliche marinare)
- Seakale
- Seal (communications)
- Seal (zoology)
- Sealyham Terrier
- Seamount
- Seamus (Justin) Heaney Biography (1939– )
- Seamus Mallon Biography (1936– )
- Sean (Justin) Penn Biography (1960– )
- Sean O'Casey Biography (1880–1964) (originally John Casey)
- Sean O'Faolain Biography (1900–91) (Eng John Francis Whelan)
- Sean T(homas) O'Kelly Biography (1882–1966) (Gaelic Seán Tómas O Ceallaigh)
- Seance
- Seaplane
- Search Engine
- Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- Sears Tower
- Seascape Painting
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Seasons
- Seaspeak
- Seattle Biography (?1788–1866) (originally Sealth)
- Seattle
- Seaweed
- Seba Smith Biography (1792–1868) (pseudonym Major Jack Downing)
- Sebastian (Gebhard) Messmer Biography (1847–1930)
- Sebastian Brant Biography (1458–1521)
- Sebastian Cabot Biography (1474–1557)
- Sebastian Ziani De Ferranti Biography (1864–1930)
- Sebastiano Del Piombo Biography (1485–1547) ((‘of the Seal’)originally Sebastiano del Luciani)
- Sebastiano Ricci Biography (1659–1734)
- Sebastiano Serlio Biography (1475–1554)
- Sebastiano Vassalli Biography (1941– )
- Sebastien Bourdon Biography (1617–71)
- Sebastien Flûte Biography (1972– )
- Sebastien Le Prestre De Vauban Biography (1633–1707)
- Sebastián De Horozco Biography (c.1510–80)
- Sebastián Mey Biography (c.1586–c.1641)
- Sebastián Miñano Biography (1779–1845)
- Sebastopol (Russ Sevastopol)
- Seborrhoea
- SECAM
- Secession, Right Of
- Seclusie, Akte Van (Eng ‘Act of Seclusion’)
- Second
- Second Messenger
- Second Sight
- Secondary Education
- Secondary Emission
- Secondary Modern School
- Secretariat
- Secretary
- Secretary Bird
- Secretary Of State
- Secretion
- Sect
- Section (pathology)
- Section (technology)
- Secular Christianity
- Secure Accommodation
- Securities
- Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Securities And Investments Board (SIB)
- Sedative
- Sedge
- Sedimentary Rock
- Sedimentation
- Seed
- Seed Fern
- Seed Plant
- Segovia
- Segre, River
- Segregation
- Seguidilla (probably from Span gente de la vida seguidaEng ‘travelling people’)
- Segundo De Chomón Biography (1871–1929)
- Segura, River
- Sei Whale
- Seiche
- Seigneur (Lord) Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne Biography (1610–88)
- Seigneur De (Lord Of) Châtillon Coligny, Gaspard II De Biography (1519–72)
- Seigneur De (Lord Of) Montluc, Blaise De Lasseran-Massencôme Biography (1501–77) (also spelled Monluc)
- Seigneur De (Lord Of) Saint-Evremond, Charles Marguetel De Saint Denis Biography (1613/14–1703)
- Seigneur De (Lord Of) Vaugelas, Claude Favre Biography (1585–1650)
- Seigneur De Racan, Honorat De Beuil Biography (1589–1670)
- Seigneur Du (Lord Of) Plessay-Marly Mornay, Philippe De Biography (1549–1623) (known as Duplessis-Mornay)
- Seiji Ozawa Biography (1935– )
- Seikan Tunnel
- Seine, River
- Seismic Wave
- Seismic Zone
- Seismograph
- Seismology
- Sejanus Biography (?–31)
- Sekondi-Takoradi
- Selaginella
- Selangor
- Select Committee
- Selene
- Selenium
- Selenium Cell
- Seleucids
- Seleucus I Nicator (‘Conqueror’) Biography (c.358–281 BC)
- Seleucus II Biography (?– 226 BC) (in full Seleucus Callinicus)
- Self / Not-self
- Self-determination
- Self-heal
- Self-help Group
- Self-regulatory Organization (SRO)
- Seljuqs / Seljuks
- Sellafield (formerly Windscale)
- Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) Lagerlöf Biography (1858–1940)
- Selman A(braham) Waksman Biography (1888–1973)
- Selous Game Reserve
- Selva
- Sem Benelli Biography (1877–1949)
- Semantics
- Semaphore
- Semarang
- Semele
- Semen
- Semi-diurnal Tide
- Semi-opera
- Semiconductor
- Semiconductor Diode
- Semiconductor Laser
- Seminole
- Semiotics
- Semipalatinsk (formerly Semipalatka)
- Semiramis Biography (9th-c BC)
- Semites
- Semitic Alphabets
- Semolina
- Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Biography (1895–1970)
- Senate (Roman)
- Senate (USA)
- Sendai
- Sendero Luminoso ((Span ‘Shining Path’))
- Seneca
- Seneca Falls
- Senegal
- Senegambia, Confederation Of
- Senescence
- Senna
- Sennacherib Biography (8th–7th-c BC)
- Sensitive Plant
- Sentence
- Seol Ki-Hyeon Biography (1979– )
- Seong Moy Biography (1921– )
- Seoul Or Sŏul
- Sepal
- Separation Of Powers
- Separation, Judicial
- Separatism
- Sepek Takraw ((Malay ‘kick’Thai ‘rattan ball’))
- Sephardim
- September Agreement
- Septicaemia / Septicemia
- Septuagesima
- Septuagint
- Sequence (liturgy)