English words: Svenson to swandown

300 English words, part 233 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 26 have a page of their own.

English words Svenson to swandown

Svenson proper noun: A surname from Swedish [in turn from Old Norse].
Svensson proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Sverdlov proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Свердлов (Sverdlov).
Sverdlovsk proper noun: An oblast of Russia.
sverdrup noun: A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second.
sverigeite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and tin.
SVET noun: Initialism of scanning vibrating electrode technique.
Sveta proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Svetlana, from Russian
Svetlana proper noun: A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.
svetlozarite noun: A zeolite containing calcium, potassium, sodium, aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Svetoslav proper noun: A romanization of the Bulgarian male given name from the Slavic languages Светослав. Romanized diminutive/nickname: Svetlio.
Svevian adjective: Of or relating to Italo Svevo (1861–1928), Italian writer.
SVFR noun: Initialism of special visual flight rules.
SVG noun: A graphic stored in the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.
svgs noun: Abbreviation of savings.
sviatonossite noun: An andradite-syenite mineral.
svidaniya phrase: Only used in do svidaniya
Svilengrad proper noun: A town and municipality in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria, near the border with both Greece and Turkey.
svirel noun: An old folk Russian wind instrument of the end-blown flute type.
Svitlana proper noun: A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.
svl noun: Initialism of snout to vent length: a measurement of size taken from the tip of an animal’s nose to the opening of the cloaca at the tail base.
SVM noun: Initialism of support vector machine.
SVMP noun: Initialism of snake venom metalloproteinase.
SVO adjective, noun: Initialism of subject–verb–object [word order]: employing a system of syntax where the subject of a sentence precedes the verb, which is then followed by...
Svoboda proper noun: A surname from Czech.
SVOD noun: Abbreviation of streaming video on demand.
SVoIP noun: Secure Voice over IP.
SVoSIP noun: Secure Voice over Secure IP.
SVP noun: Initialism of senior vice president.
SVQ noun: Initialism of Scottish Vocational Qualification.
svr noun: Abbreviation of server.
SVSH noun: Acronym of sexual violence and sexual harassment.
SVSP noun: Initialism of snake venom serine protease.
SVT noun: Initialism of supraventricular tachycardia.
SVTOL noun: Acronym of short vertical takeoff and landing.
SVU noun: Initialism of special victims unit.
svy. noun: Abbreviation of survey.
Svyatoslav proper noun: A romanization of the Russian, Ukrainian male given name from the Slavic languages Святослав. Cognates include Svetoslav, Svatoslav, Świętosław, Svetislav.
svyatoslavite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, oxygen, and silicon.
svyazhinite noun: A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
SVZ noun: Initialism of sub-ventricular zone.
SW adjective, noun, verb: Initialism of southwest.
SW1 proper noun: The highest levels of British government and civil service; the institutions of Westminster and Whitehall.
SW1A proper noun: Synonym of SW1; British government institutions as a whole.
SW6er noun: A member of Batch SW6, a group of time-displaced duplicates of the early Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Comics Universe.
swaa interjection: The sound of rushing water.
swaaa interjection: Alternative form of swaa (sound of rushing water).
swab noun, verb /swɒb/: A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or...
swab down verb: To clean (something, especially the deck of a ship) with a sponge or similarly absorbent material.
swab hitch noun: A becket hitch applied to a swab.
swabber noun: One who swabs a floor or deck.
swabbie noun: Alternative spelling of swabby.
swabbing noun, verb: The act of one who swabs.
swabby noun /ˈswɒbi/: A sailor.
Swabe noun: A Swabian.
swabful noun: As much as a swab holds.
Swabia proper noun /ˈsweɪ̯.bi.ə/: A historic region of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany.
Swabian adjective, noun /ˈsweɪbi.ən/: Of or related to Swabia, its people, or its dialect of the German language.
Swabianness noun: The quality of being Swabian.
Swabish adjective, noun: Synonym of Swabian: of or related to Swabia in Germany.
Swaby proper noun /ˈsweɪbi/: A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF387775).
swachh noun: cleanliness; purity
swack adjective, adverb, noun, verb /swæk/: Lithe; nimble.
swack up noun, verb: A lie; a falsehood.
swacked adjective, verb: Intoxicated.
swacking adjective, verb: Huge; whopping.
swad noun /swɒd/: A bunch, clump, mass
swaddle noun, verb /ˈswɒdəl/: To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
swaddled babies orchid noun: An orchid of species Anguloa uniflora.
swaddler noun: A member of the Methodist Church in Ireland.
swaddling noun, verb: The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement.
swaddling clothes noun: A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs.
swaddling hypothesis noun: A contentious theory, first proposed by Geoffrey Gorer, that purported the tight swaddling of Russian (and Eastern European) infants contributed to their...
swaddy noun: A soldier, especially a militiaman.
Swadesh proper noun /ˈswɑːdɛʃ/: A male given name from Sanskrit.
Swadesh list noun: A list of vocabulary with universal test meanings and concepts.
swadeshi noun /swəˈdɛʃi/: A policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
swadeshism noun: Synonym of swadeshi.
swadeshist noun: One who supports a policy of swadeshi.
swadge noun, verb: Dated form of swage (“tool for shaping metal”).
Swadlincote proper noun: A town in an unparished area of South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2919).
Swaffham proper noun /ˈswɒfəm/: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8209).
Swafford proper noun: A surname.
swag noun, verb /ˈswæɡ/: To (cause to) sway.
swag bag noun /swæɡ bæɡ/: A bag used to carry stolen goods.
swag-bellied adjective: Alternative form of swagbellied.
swag it verb: To travel on foot, carrying one's possessions.
swag it out verb: To behave in a self-confident and ostentatious manner; show off.
swag it up verb: Alternative form of swag it out.
swag light noun: An electric ceiling light connected to a wall socket by a cord (usually decorated with a chain) from the outlet up the wall and along the ceiling.
swag out verb: To swagger; to demonstrate impressiveness.
swag-shop noun: A warehouse where various cheap trinkets were sold.
swag up verb: To swagger; to show confidence.
swagalicious adjective: Alternative form of swaggerlicious.
swagbellied adjective: Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swagbelly noun: A prominent, overhanging belly.
swage noun, verb /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/: A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
swage block noun: A perforated iron block with grooved sides and variously-sized holes in its face, used to hold in hot metal bars while swaging large objects.
swageable adjective: Able to be shaped with a swage.
swager noun /ˈswɛ(ː)ɡ(.)ə(ɹ)/: A brother-in-law.
swagful noun: As much as a swag will hold; a full swag and its contents.
swagger adjective, noun, verb /ˈswæɡ.ə/: To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
swagger coat noun: A kind of coat with a flaring shape, popular in the early 20th century.
swagger it verb: To swagger about; to move about or carry oneself in a proud, superior, or pompous manner.
swagger portrait noun: A grand, impressive portrait commissioned by someone rich or famous to emphasize their status, importance etc.
swagger stick noun: A short stick carried by a uniformed person as a symbol of authority.
swaggerer noun: One who swaggers.
swaggerific adjective: Extremely stylish and swaggy.
swaggering adjective, noun, verb: Boastful, proud, self-confident.
swaggeringly adverb: In a swaggering way.
swaggerlicious adjective: Attractively bold and arrogant.
swaggersome adjective: Characterised by swaggering or swagger
swaggery adjective: Tending to swagger.
swaggie noun /ˈswaɡi/: A swagman.
swaggy adjective, noun /ˈswɒɡi/: Inclined to swag; saggy.
swaging noun, verb: The process of shaping metal with a swage.
swagless adjective: Without a swag; lacking a swag.
swaglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a swag, or loop of draped fabric; falling in loops or folds.
swagman noun /ˈswæɡmæn/: A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
swagsman noun: Synonym of swagman (“itinerant traveller”).
swagwoman noun: A woman who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”).
Swahili noun /swəˈhiːli/: A member of various ethnic groups – mainly Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian – inhabiting the Swahili coast.
Swahilian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Swahili-speaking people.
Swahilization noun: conversion or adaptation to Swahili
Swahilize verb: To convert or adapt to Swahili.
swai noun /swaɪ/: Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).
swailing noun: Synonym of controlled burn
Swaim proper noun: A surname.
swain noun /sweɪn/: A young man or boy in service; a servant.
swaining noun: Lovemaking; courtship.
swainish adjective: Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain according to any definition; but commonly conveying the sense of "ignorant", or "rustic".
swainishness noun: The quality of being swainish.
swainling noun: A little or young swain.
swainmote noun: A court held before the verderers of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, three times a year, the swains or freeholders of the forest...
Swainsboro proper noun: A city, the county seat of Emanuel County, Georgia, United States.
swainship noun: The condition of being a swain.
Swainson proper noun: A surname
Swainson pea noun: Any plant of the genus Swainsona.
Swainson's hawk noun: A hawk, Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's thrush noun: Catharus ustulatus, a medium-sized thrush of North America.
swainsona noun: Any of the genus Swainsona of flowering plants.
swainsonine noun: An indolizidine alkaloid, found in various Swainsona and other species (including locoweed), which disrupts the nervous system.
Swainsonpea noun: Alternative form of Swainson pea.
swaip verb: To walk proudly; to sweep along.
SWAK phrase: Sealed with a kiss.
swaknoite noun: An orthorhombic white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Swakopmund proper noun: A city on the coast of Namibia.
swale noun, verb /sweɪl/: A low tract of moist or marshy land.
Swaledale proper noun: A valley (dale) in North Yorkshire, England, through which flows the river Swale.
swaling noun, verb: Melted wax that runs down the edge of a candle.
SWALK phrase /swɔːlk/: Acronym of sealed with a loving kiss, a term of endearment written across the seal of a love letter.
swaller verb: Pronunciation spelling of swallow.
swallet noun: A sinkhole; a shakehole.
swallie noun, verb: Alternative form of swally
swallow noun, verb /ˈswɒl.əʊ/: To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
swallow a bitter pill verb: To accept or endure an unpleasant situation.
swallow dive noun: a swan dive
swallow down verb: To believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable.
swallow hole noun: A sinkhole; a shakehole.
swallow one's pride verb: To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.
swallow one's words verb: To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said.
swallow-tail noun: Alternative form of swallowtail.
swallow-tailed adjective: Alternative spelling of swallowtailed.
swallow-tailed kite noun: Any of the species of kite native from southeastern North America through most of South America,Elanoides forficatus.
swallow tanager noun: Tersina viridis, a tanager found widely throughout South America.
swallow the anchor verb: To leave the navy.
swallow the dictionary verb: To speak using long or obscure words.
swallow the leek verb: To change one's mind.
swallow up verb: To completely enclose or envelop.
swallow whole verb: To believe (a lie, excuse, story etc.) in its entirety and without question.
swallow wort noun: The plants of the genus Vincetoxicum, especially Vincetoxicum nigrum (syn. Cynanchum nigrum, black swallow-wort) or (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (syn....
swallowability noun: The quality of being swallowable.
swallowable adjective: Capable of being swallowed (physically).
swallowfish noun: A tub gurnard or sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna).
swallowing noun, verb: The act of swallowing.
swallowlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a swallow (the bird).
swallowling noun: A young swallow.
swallowtail noun /ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/: The forked tail of a swallow.
swallowtailed adjective /ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪld/: Having a forked tail like a swallow's.
swallowwort noun: Alternative form of swallow-wort.
swally noun, verb /ˈswalɪ/: The act of swallowing.
Swalwell proper noun: A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2062).
swaly adjective: Boggy; marshy.
swamboite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic light yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.
swamee noun: Dated form of swami.
swami noun /ˈswɑːmi/: A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
Swaminarayan proper noun: the founder of and a deity worshipped in the Swaminarayan faith of Hinduism.
Swaminathan proper noun: A surname.
swammy noun /ˈswæmi/: Dated form of swami.
swamp noun, verb /ˈswɒmp/: An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many...
swamp angel noun: A mosquito.
swamp antechinus noun: A small shrew-like marsupial, Antechinus minimus, native to Tasmania and small areas of southern mainland Australia.
swamp ape noun: Synonym of skunk ape.
swamp azalea noun: Rhododendron viscosum, of the eastern US.
swamp beacon noun: An inedible mushroom of species Mitrula paludosa, commonly found in swamps and bogs across parts of North America and Europe.
swamp beggar-ticks noun: an American beggar-ticks, Bidens connata, common in wet pastures and meadows
swamp blues noun: A genre of blues influenced by Cajun and Creole music and associated with Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
swamp boat noun: An airboat.
swamp cancer noun: Synonym of pythiosis.
swamp cat noun: Synonym of jungle cat (“Felis chaus”).
swamp chestnut oak noun: Quercus michauxii, native to piedmont and lowlands from New Jersey to northern Florida, Texas, and southern Indiana.
swamp cicada noun: A cicada of the eastern US, Neotibicen tibicen.
swamp cooler noun: Synonym of evaporative cooler.
swamp cottonwood noun: Any tree of species Populus heterophylla, native to damp areas of eastern United States.
swamp crocodile noun: mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
swamp cypress noun: bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)
swamp deer noun: Synonym of barasingha, Rucervus duvaucelii.
swamp donkey noun: A moose or large deer, especially a large white-tailed deer inhabiting swampy or lowland areas.
swamp eel noun: Any eel-like fish of the Synbranchidae family
swamp francolin noun: Ortygornis gularis, a francolin native to the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India and Nepal.
swamp gas noun: Gases emitted from a swamp.
swamp gum noun: Any of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia.
swamp harrier noun: The spotted harrier, Circus assimilis.
swamp holly noun: American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
swamp lily noun: Any of various species of plants with showy flowers growing in wet habitats
swamp maire noun: Syzygium maire, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
swamp maple noun: A red maple, Acer rubrum
swamp milkweed noun: Asclepias incarnata, native to eastern and central North America.
swamp monkey noun: Synonym of de Brazza's monkey.
swamp oak noun: A tree of the species Quercus palustris.
swamp oak tree noun: Synonym of swamp oak.
swamp orchid noun: Any orchid of the genus Phaius, commonly found in swamps.
swamp ore noun /ˈswɒmp ˌɔː(ɹ)/: limonite
swamp out verb: To clean or tidy, especially a place that is very messy.
swamp partridge noun: Synonym of swamp francolin.
swamp pine noun: Any of several pine trees, such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine, that prefer swampy conditions
swamp pink noun: Helonias bullata, a rare perennial rhizomatous herb native to the eastern United States.
swamp pop noun: A genre of Louisiana pop music influenced by country and local Cajun and Creole musical elements.
swamp-privet noun: Alternative form of swampprivet.
swamp puppy noun: an alligator
swamp rabbit noun: A large species of cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus, native to the south-central United States in areas near water.
swamp rat noun: The rodent, Rattus lutreolus, of coastal eastern and southern Australia.
swamp robin noun: The chewink
swamp Spanish oak noun: Pin oak.
swamp taro noun: The crop pulaka (Cyrtosperma merkusii).
swamp tiger noun: A species nymphalid butterfly, Danaus affinis, of Southeast Asia and Australasia.
swamp tupelo noun: A type of wetland tree of species Nyssa biflora, native to the eastern United States.
swamp wallaby noun: A wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), known for its strong odor.
swamp water noun: Synonym of suicide (“a beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”).
swamp white oak noun: The tree Quercus bicolor.
Swamp Yankee noun: An American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.
swampable adjective: Capable of being swamped.
swampbilly noun: a poor, uneducated person from rural swampland areas
swampbuster noun: An agriculturist who converts wetlands for the growing of crops.
swampbusting noun: The conversion of wetlands for the growing of crops.
swampdragon noun: Either of two species of Australian dragonfly of the genus Agrionoptera.
swamped adjective, verb: very busy; having too much to do
swamper noun /ˈswɒmpə/: A person who lives in a swampy area.
swampful noun: Enough to fill a swamp.
swamphen noun /ˈswɒmp.hɛn/: Any of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
swampily adverb: In a swampy way.
swampiness noun: The quality of being swampy.
swamping noun, verb: An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
swampish adjective: Swampy.
swampishness noun: The quality of being swampish.
swampland noun: Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.
swamplander noun: A person who comes from, or lives in, a swampland.
swamplands lashtail noun: northern water dragon
swampless adjective: Without a swamp.
swamplife noun: The animals, birds and other organisms that inhabit swamps.
swamplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a swamp.
swampprivet noun: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oleaceae.
Swampscott proper noun: A coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
swampside noun: The land lying alongside a swamp.
swampwatcher noun: A species of libellulid dragonfly, Potamarcha congener, of Southeast Asia and northeastern Australia.
swampwater noun: Alternative form of swamp water.
swampweed noun: Any weed that is found in, or commonly grows in, a swamp.
swampy adjective: Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
Swampy Cree noun: A certain division of the Cree people.
swamy noun: Dated form of swami.
swamy-pagoda noun: A kind of coin formerly used in Madras.
swan noun, verb /swɒn/: Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
Swan band noun: Any of several sequences of vibrational bands scattered throughout the visible spectrum, characteristic of the spectra of carbon stars, comets, and burning...
swan boat noun: A paddleboat.
swan dive noun, verb: A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing.
swan goose noun: A large migratory goose (Anser cygnoides) belonging to the subfamily Anserinae.
swan grebe noun: Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis).
swan hopping noun: Alternative form of swan upping.
swan maiden noun: A woman able to shapeshift between human and swan forms.
swan mark noun: The notch made on a swan's upper mandible when it is counted during the swan upping procedure.
swan moth noun: Synonym of gold-tail moth
swan mussel noun: Any member of the species Anodonta cygnea of large freshwater mussels, in family Unionidae.
swan neck noun: The end of a pipe, etc., curved like a swan's neck.
swan neck deformity noun: A deformed position of the finger, in which the joint closest to the fingertip is permanently bent toward the palm while the nearest joint to the palm is...
swan-necked adjective: Shaped like a swan's neck.
swan-pan noun: Dated form of suanpan.
Swan River daisy noun: Brachyscome iberidifolia, an annual herb of Western Australia.
swan's bath noun: The sea, or any large body of open water.
swan's down noun: Alternative spelling of swansdown.
swan's road noun: The ocean; the open sea.
swan shot noun: A large size of shot used in fowling.
swan song noun: A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement.
swan upper noun: A person who engages in swan upping.
swan upping noun: An annual swan census in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and released.
Swanage proper noun /ˈswɒnɪd͡ʒ/: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0378).
Swanberg proper noun: A surname.
swanbill noun: A style of corset, worn at the start of the 20th century, with a rigid straight busk at the front, forcing the torso forward and causing the hips to jut out...
Swanbourne proper noun: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8027).
swandive noun: Alternative form of swan dive.
swandown noun: Alternative form of swansdown.

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.