The word strict has 6 letters and begins with s.
secure
slander
Sinistral and Levo
sot
s-i-t-u-a-t-i-o-n-s Situations, Suggestion, Salutation, Successful, Seductions
Snow job is a synonym for deception. It begins with the letter S.
smart
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Scissors is an 8 letter word. It begins and ends with S.
Siberian, subboreal, sub-zero, stone-cold or shivery.
That would be 'catacomb' . Rome is riddled with them.