English words: snailshell to snatchily

300 English words, part 120 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words snailshell to snatchily

snailshell noun: The shell of a snail.
snaily adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a snail.
Snaith proper noun: A small town in Snaith and Cowick civil parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6422).
snake noun, verb /sneɪk/: Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
snake and pygmy pie noun: steak and kidney pie
snake bean noun: Bobgunnia madagascariensis, a poisonous legume found in Africa.
snake bite noun: Alternative form of snakebite.
snake bridge noun: A curved or spiral bridge over a canal designed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal without detaching the towline; commonly found on British...
snake cactus noun: Acanthocereus tetragonus (barbed-wire cactus).
snake case noun: The practice of writing identifiers using underscores to separate words.
snake-cased adjective: In snake case.
snake charmer noun: A performer who entertains crowds by performing tricks with highly venomous snakes.
snake charming noun: The practice of hypnotising a snake by playing an instrument, the performance of which may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly...
snake cucumber noun: Synonym of Armenian cucumber.
snake dance noun: A kind of parade involving school students.
snake doctor noun: A dragonfly.
snake draft noun: In fantasy sports, a draft (system of assigning players to teams) whose order is reversed in alternate rounds, so that the team making first pick in the...
snake eagle noun: Any bird of prey in the Circaetinae subfamily, especially the Circaetus genus.
snake-eating cobra noun: A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
snake eel noun: Any member of the family Ophichthidae of eels (order Anguilliformes).
snake eyes noun: Two ones, after rolling two dice.
snake fear noun: A fear of snakes.
snake feeder noun: dragonfly
snake fence noun: A zigzag fence built from interlocking split logs or young trees, not secured with nails.
snake fright noun: A fear of snakes; ophiophobia.
snake fruit noun: A tropical fruit produced by the palm species Salacca zalacca, native to Indonesia, characterized by its reddish-brown, scale-like rind.
snake game noun: A genre of video game in which the player controls a continuously moving and progressively lengthening line, typically represented as a snake, that collects...
snake gourd noun: The vine Trichosanthes cucumerina, found across much of southern and southeastern Asia, from Pakistan to southern China to northern Australia.
snake-grass noun: Horsetails, including species Equisetum hyemale and Equisetum sylvaticum.
snake gun noun: A small-bore shotgun, or rifle firing rat shot, used to defend against snakes.
snake hawk noun: the laughing falcon
Snake Indian noun: A member of the Northern Paiute, Bannock or Shoshone Native Americans.
snake insert noun: An elongated diaper insert, which may be folded over itself to increase absorbency at certain areas.
snake-killer noun: The roadrunner
snake lizard noun: Any lizard of the genus Lialis.
snake`lowbar`case noun: Alternative form of snake case.
snake`lowbar`cased adjective: Alternative spelling of snake-cased.
snake mackerel noun: Escolar.
snake melon noun: Synonym of Armenian cucumber.
snake-necked turtle noun: Any turtle of the Chelodina or Hydromedusa genera and some others in family Chelidae.
snake oil noun, verb: A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
snake oil salesman noun: A swindler or grifter who sells worthless or fraudulent remedies, cures, or solutions such as snake oil, often an aggressive or showy manner.
snake out verb: To move outwards like a snake.
snake palm noun: The konjac plant.
snake-phobia noun: Alternative form of snakephobia.
snake pit noun: A pit filled with snakes.
snake plant noun: A plant of species Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata), a west African plant with stiff, long, erect leaves, often grown as a houseplant.
snake rake noun: A lock-picking tool in the form of a thin, flat length of metal with a wavy section at one end, designed to jostle the pins of a low-quality lock into a...
snake's head noun: snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), a flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Eurasia.
snake's tongue noun: The adder's tongue fern.
snake sea cucumber noun: Synapta maculata, a species of sea cucumber in the family Synaptidae.
snake shot noun: Alternative form of snakeshot.
snake tail noun: Ophiopsammus maculata - a reddish-brown starfish with five smooth, rounded, jointed arms, each tapered towards the tip growing up to 300 mm across. Commonly...
snake tart noun: An eel pie.
snake up verb: To switch sides by resorting to authorities, to become treacherous, to rat.
snake vine noun: A flowering vine grown ornamentally, Hibbertia scandens
snake whip noun: Alternative form of snakewhip
snake wine noun: An Asian alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, and traditionally believed to have curative effects.
snakebark noun: Synonym of snakebark maple.
snakebark maple noun: Any maple tree belonging to the section Acer sect. Macrantha, with distinctive patterned bark.
snakebelly noun: The belly of a snake.
snakeberry noun: A bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), or its fruit.
snakebird noun: A darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
snakebit adjective: Bitten by a snake.
snakebite noun: The bite of a snake.
snakebite and black noun: A snakebite (cocktail with equal parts hard cider and lager) mixed with a dash of blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis.
snakebitten adjective: Alternative form of snakebit.
snakeboard noun: A form of skateboard with two connected footboards, allowing for greater freedom of movement.
snakedom noun: The state or essence of being a snake.
snakefear noun: Alternative form of snake fear.
snakefish noun: Any of the several fish that resemble a snake.
snakeflesh noun: The flesh of a snake.
snakefly noun: Any insect of the order Raphidioptera.
snakehead noun: A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
snakehood noun: The state or essence of being a snake.
snakeish adjective: Alternative spelling of snakish.
snakekind noun: Snakes collectively.
snakeless adjective: Without snakes.
snakelessness noun: Absence of snakes.
snakelet noun: A baby snake.
snakelike adjective: Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
snakelikeness noun: The state or quality of being snakelike.
snakeline noun: A small line wrapped around two ropes in order to keep them together.
snakeling noun: Diminutive of snake.
snakely adjective: snakelike
snakeman noun: A mythological creature that is part man and part snake.
snakemeat noun: The meat of a snake.
snakemouth noun: The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
snakeneck noun: The snakebird (Any bird of genus Anhinga)
snakephobia noun: Fear of snakes.
snakepit noun: Alternative form of snake pit.
snakeplant noun: Synonym of Christmasvine (Ipomoea corymbosa)
snakeproof adjective: Resistant to snakes.
snaker noun: A person who hunts snakes.
snakeroot noun: Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.
snakery noun: A place where snakes are kept or housed.
snakes interjection, noun, verb /sneɪks/: Synonym of snakes alive (“an expression of surprise”).
snakes alive interjection: An expression of surprise.
snakes and ladders noun: A children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress...
snakeshead noun: Alternative form of snake's head (“type of flowering plant”).
snakeshot noun: Synonym of shotshell.
snakeskin adjective, noun /ˈsneɪkˌskɪn/: The hide of a snake, used as leather.
snakesona noun: A fursona that is a snake.
snakess noun: A female snake.
snakestar noun: A predatory starfish Astrotoma agassizii
snakestone noun: A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
snaketivity noun: A Satanist display or scene during Christmas time
snakevine noun: Alternative form of snake vine.
snakeweed noun: Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite.
snakewhip noun: A kind of single-tailed whip with no handle, capable of being coiled up.
snakewise adverb: In the manner of a snake; serpentine, with twisting or wriggling motions.
snakewood noun: Brosimum guianense (family Rosaceae), an Amazonian tree having hard, speckled wood that resembles snakeskin; used in musical instruments.
snakey adjective: Alternative spelling of snaky.
snakey B noun: Synonym of snakebite and black.
snakily adverb: In a snaky manner.
snakin noun: Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides present in potato
snakiness noun: the state or condition of being snaky
snaking noun, verb /ˈsneɪkɪŋ/: A twisting, serpentine layout or motion.
snakingly adverb: In a snaking manner; serpentinely.
snakish adjective: Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
snakishness noun: The quality of being snakish.
snaky adjective /ˈsneɪki/: Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
snallygaster noun /ˈsnɑlɪˌɡɑːstə/: In American folklore, a dragon-like beast said to inhabit central Maryland and neighbouring regions.
snam verb: To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.
snap adjective, interjection, noun, verb /snæp/: A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
snap apple noun: The game of apple bobbing.
snap at someone's heels verb: To compete with someone closely, with the possibility of soon defeating or replacing them.
snap back verb: To recover quickly.
snap bean noun: The unripe or green edible fruit pod of a bean plant such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
snap beetle noun: Synonym of click beetle.
snap bracelet noun: Synonym of slap bracelet.
snap-brim adjective: Alternative form of snapbrim.
snap call verb: To instantly call another bet, usually an all in, due to the strength of one's hand.
snap cap noun: A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems.
snap clip noun: A type of hair clip consisting of an elastically bistable strip which can be opened and closed to clamp the hair against a rigid frame.
snap, crackle and pop noun: Any loud or audible noise.
snap crotch noun: On an item of clothing, a snap fastener located at the crotch.
snap dragon noun: Alternative form of snapdragon.
snap election noun /ˌsnæp ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/: An election that is called earlier than the regularly scheduled election time.
snap fastener noun: a pair of male/female interlocking disks used to fasten a piece of clothing in place of buttons
snap flask noun: A flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mould.
snap freeze verb: To freeze by very rapid cooling
snap gun noun: A tool for opening a mechanical pin tumbler lock without a key, by means of a rod that is inserted into the lock and briefly fired against all of the lock...
snap-happy adjective: Overly fond of and inclined to take photographs
snap in noun, verb: To practice aiming, adjusting and firing a rifle with no ammunition
snap-in-one noun: Clipping of snap-in-one diaper
snap-in-one diaper noun: Synonym of all-in-two diaper (“a type of cloth diaper, similar to a pocket diaper, that has a waterproof exterior and absorbent pad which is snapped inside...
snap-in-one nappy noun: Synonym of all-in-two diaper (“a type of cloth diaper, similar to a pocket diaper, that has a waterproof exterior and absorbent pad which is snapped inside...
snap inhale noun: A smoking trick where one takes a drag, expels smoke from the mouth before inhaling, and immediately inhales the smoke back in.
snap it up verb: To hurry, to proceed quickly.
snap judgment noun: A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste.
snap kick noun: A kick performed by bending the knee, bringing it up, and quickly straightening it out.
snap-link noun: A carabiner
snap music noun: A subgenre of hip hop music derived from crunk that originated in the Southern United States in the 2000s.
snap of a finger noun: A minimum of effort.
snap of the fingers noun: An action that happens almost instantly and with little to no effort.
snap-on adjective: Denoting a cover or attachment that is attached or secured with a snap; able to be attached or detached quickly and easily.
snap one's fingers verb: To create a cracking or clicking sound with one’s fingers by building tension between the thumb and another finger (middle, index, or ring) and then moving...
snap out of verb: To terminate suddenly a mood, emotional state, or reverie.
snap pea noun: A cultivar of pea, Pisum sativum, having an edible pod like the snow pea, but differing from the latter in that its pod is more rounded.
snap pizzicato noun: The act of plucking a string in a way that makes it hit the fingerboard.
snap R&B noun: A genre of music that combines rhythm and blues and snap music.
snap ring noun: Synonym of circlip.
snap riveting noun: riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool
snap roll noun: A type of maneuver in which an aircraft makes a sharp roll of 360° about its longitudinal axis.
snap shoot verb: To take aim and fire a weapon in quick succession.
snap shot noun, verb: A hard shot without much planning.
snap someone's head off verb: To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.
snap stick noun: Biltong in the form of a thin dry stick.
snap strap noun: A strong elasticated tow strap, used for pulling a vehicle out of a bog.
snap streak noun: A feature on the social media app Snapchat that tracks how many consecutive days a user and their friend have exchanged photo or video messages ("Snaps")...
snap swivel noun: A form of tackle that combines a snap and a swivel.
snap-the-whip noun: Synonym of crack-the-whip
snap tin noun: A metal lunchbox (food container).
snap to verb: To suddenly give someone one's full attention.
snap to attention verb: Synonym of stand at attention.
snap to it interjection: Hurry up; start doing something immediately.
snap trap noun: A mousetrap with a spring-activated mechanism that makes it snap shut.
snap up verb: To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
snap-volley noun: A snap volley; a volley taken quickly.
snap zoom noun: Synonym of whip zoom.
snaparazzi noun: Citizen journalists (passers-by) who are witness to a newsworthy event and capture it as a photograph or on video.
snapback noun /ˈsnæpˌbæk/: The reimposition of an earlier and usually higher tariff.
snapbean noun: Alternative form of snap bean.
snapbrim adjective: Of a hat, having a brim that is flexible enough to be worn turned up in the back and snapped down in the front to shade the eyes.
snapchat noun, verb /ˈsnæp.t͡ʃæt/: A user account on Snapchat.
Snapchattable adjective: Worthy or able to be posted on the instant messaging app Snapchat.
Snapchatter noun: A user of the mobile photo-messaging application Snapchat.
snapdragon noun /ˈsnæpdɹæɡən/: Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.
snapdragon double noun: A type of bidding convention used when the first three players have bid three different suits.
snape verb /sneɪp/: To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Snapefic noun: A fanfic in which Severus Snape, of the Harry Potter series, is the protagonist.
snaphaan noun: A flintlock.
snaphance noun: A spring lock for discharging a firearm.
snaphaunce noun: Alternative form of snaphance.
snaphead noun: A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt.
snapin noun /ˈsnæpɪn/: A software plug-in.
snapjack noun: Synonym of maomao (“sea sweep, Scorpis aequipinnis”).
snapless adjective /ˈsnæpləs/: Without snap fasteners.
snapline noun: A guideline shown while adding an item to a user interface to help align it with other items.
snapling noun: Alternative form of snappling (“abseiling”).
snaplock noun: A mechanism for firing a gun that ignites the propellant by means of sparks produced when a spring-powered cock strikes a flint down on to a piece of...
Snapp proper noun: A surname.
snappable adjective: Capable of being snapped.
snapper noun, verb /ˈsnæpɚ/: One who, or that which, snaps.
snapper biscuit noun: Synonym of clypeasteroid.
snapper-upper noun: Something worth snapping up; a bargain.
snapperhead noun: a dumbbell; a knucklehead.
snappily adverb /ˈsnæpɪli/: In a snappy manner.
snappin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of snapping.
snappiness noun: The state or quality of being snappy.
snapping noun, verb: The sound or action of a snap.
snapping beetle noun: An elaterid; a click beetle.
snapping hip syndrome noun: A condition characterized by a snapping sensation when the hip is flexed and extended.
snapping scapula syndrome noun: The presence of a grating, grinding or popping sensation of the scapula onto the back side of the ribs or thoracic area of the spine.
snapping shrimp noun: Synonym of pistol shrimp.
snapping turtle noun: Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.
snappingly adverb: Accompanied by a snapping action or sound
snappish adjective /ˈsnæpɪʃ/: Likely to snap or bite.
snappishly adverb: In a snappish manner.
snappishness noun: The quality of being snappish.
snappling noun: The sport or activity of abseiling.
snappy adjective /ˈsnæpi/: Rapid and without delay.
snappy gum noun: Any of various eucalypts having brittle timber, including Eucalyptus brevifolia, Eucalyptus haemastoma and Eucalyptus rossii.
snaps for you interjection: Synonym of good for you.
snapsack noun: A knapsack.
snapshoot verb: Alternative form of snap shoot.
snapshooter noun: A photographer; someone who takes snapshots.
snapshot noun, verb /ˈsnæpʃɒt/: A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
snapshotist noun: A photographer who takes snapshots.
snapshotlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a snapshot; capturing a fleeting moment in time.
snapshottable adjective: Of which a snapshot may be taken.
snapshotter noun: Synonym of snapshooter.
Snapstreak noun: Alternative form of Snap Streak.
snapsuit noun: A baby's bodysuit with a snap fastener at the crotch.
snapweed noun: Certain species of Impatiens.
snapwood noun: dry, brittle wood that can be easily broken by hand, which is useful as firewood.
snapworthy adjective: Worth taking a photograph of.
snar verb /snɑː(ɹ)/: To snarl.
snare noun, verb /snɛ(ə)ɹ/: A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
snare drum noun: A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.
snare drummer noun: Someone who plays the snare drum.
snare-picture noun: A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently...
snareless adjective: Without a snare.
snarelike adjective: Resembling a snare (musical instrument), or the sound of a snare.
snarer noun /ˈsnɛəɹə/: A person who catches animals with a snare.
Snares penguin noun: A species of crested penguin, Eudyptes robustus, which breed on The Snares, an island group off South Island, New Zealand.
Snaresbrook proper noun: A suburb of Wanstead, borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4088).
snarf verb /snɑː(ɹ)f/: To eat or consume greedily.
snarfer noun /ˈsnɑːɹfɚ/: One who snarfs (eats or drinks greedily).
snarfing noun, verb: The act or habit of eating or drinking something quickly or greedily.
snarfle verb /ˈsnɑːɹf(ə)l/: To make the noise of an animal (such as a pig) eating.
SNARG noun: Acronym of succinct non-interactive argument.
snarge noun /snɑː(ɹ)dʒ/: The remains of a bird after it has collided with an airplane (in a bird strike), especially a turbine engine.
snaring noun, verb: The capture of a person or animal by means of a snare.
snark noun, verb /snɑː(ɹ)k/: an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
snark hunt noun: Synonym of snipe hunt (“fool's errand”).
snark-like adjective: Resembling a snark in appearance or behaviour.
snark mark noun: An experimental punctuation mark (based on the tilde) to indicate that a sentence should be taken ironically or sarcastically.
snarkasm noun: Snarky sarcasm.
snarkcastic adjective: Sarcastic in a snide or irritable manner.
snarker noun: One who makes snide remarks.
snarkily adverb: In a snarky manner.
snarkiness noun: The quality of being snarky.
snarkish adjective: Acting similarly to a snark; being snide.
snarkishly adverb: In a snarkish manner.
snarkless adjective: without mechanical snags
snarktastic adjective /snɑːkˈtæstɪk/: Very snarky, especially in an appealing or entertaining way.
snarky adjective /ˈsnɑɹ.ki/: Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
snarl noun, verb /ˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/: To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
snarl up noun, verb: A traffic jam.
snarl word noun: A derogatory term, a term used to insult or demean its referent.
snarler noun: One who snarls.
snarling adjective, noun, verb: Growling, having a snarl.
snarling iron noun: A tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling, or forming raised work.
snarlingly adverb: In a snarling manner; with a snarl.
snarlish adjective: Somewhat snarly.
snarly adjective: Given to snarling or growling.
snart noun, verb /snɑːt/: The phenomenon where one sneezes and farts at the same time.
snary adjective /ˈsnɛəɹi/: Resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious.
snash noun, verb /snæʃ/: Verbal abuse; insolence; guff.
snast noun: Alternative form of snaste.
snaste noun, verb /snæst/: The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
snatch noun, verb /snæt͡ʃ/: To grasp and remove quickly.
snatch and grab noun: Synonym of snatch and run.
snatch and run noun /ˈsnætʃ ən ˈɹʌn/: An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it.
snatch block noun: A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory verb: To suddenly lose a contest one seemed very likely to win, especially through mistakes or bad judgment.
snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory verb: To fail to achieve an expected success, especially through counterproductive intervention.
snatch loading noun: The hitching of additional livestock to a scraper to assist the team pulling it.
snatch someone's edges verb: To tug at or pull out the fine hairs at someone's hairline (i.e. their edges).
snatch squad noun: A group of police officers who rush forward in formation so as to apprehend an individual from a crowd.
snatch the pebble verb: To fully grasp the meaning of a concept or to develop a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert.
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat verb: To suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good...
snatchable adjective: Capable of being snatched.
snatchback noun: The act of forcibly taking something back, such as a turn in speaking (by interjecting) or a hire-purchase item on which installments are overdue.
snatched adjective, verb /snæt͡ʃt/: Good-looking.
snatched waist noun: A thin waist on an otherwise voluptuous person; hourglass figure.
snatcher noun: One who snatches, or steals by snatching.
snatchily adverb: In a snatchy manner.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.