scher·zo 
(skĕrtsō)
(skĕrtsō)n. pl. scher·zos or scher·zi (-tsē)
A lively movement, commonly in 3/4 time, introduced as a replacement for a minuet in pieces with multiple movements.
[Italian, joke, scherzo, from Old Italian scherzare, to joke, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
- sponge cake
- sponge mushroom
- sponger
- sponge rubber
- spongiform
- spongiform encephalopathy
- spongin
- sponginess
- spongioblast
- spongiocyte
- spongocoel
- spongy
- spongy mesophyll
- sponson
- sponsor
- sponsorial
- sponsorship
- spontaneity
- spontaneous
- spontaneous abortion
- spontaneous combustion
- spontaneous generation
- spontaneously
- spontaneousness
- spontoon