English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 1 of 1086
The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
A closely held corporation that makes a valid election to be taxed by the federal government.
A public examination taken by the most able A-level students and typically used to support university applications, particularly to Oxbridge.
An indicator used to measure the strength of the radio signal, often provided on communications receivers.
An exceptional rank given on an objective, mission, or level in a game. Typically the highest achievable such rank.
A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.
A basic component of symmetric-key algorithms, which performs substitution, transforming one set of bits into another.
A phenomenon where a Proto-Indo-European root begins with an *s- which is sometimes but not always present in the daughter languages.
A perfect stem of a Latin verb which has been formed by adding an s to the end of the present stem.
A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.
the relatively slow nucleosynthesis process, in giant stars, in which neutron capture synthesizes elements up to atomic mass number 210 (at which point alpha decay becomes a deterrent to further building).
A transverse, shear wave, such as that produced by an earthquake. Movement is transverse to the direction of propagation and is a body wave.
Abbreviation of Southern District of New York (The federal jurisdiction (district) containing the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York).
Used to refer to an entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia: under the word(s) [X]; at headword [X]; at entry [X].
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 1. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "S" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.