The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends
the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound
It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity"
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, originally the genitive, possesive, ending
The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts
an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites