English words: Swinburnean to switched off

300 English words, part 237 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words Swinburnean to switched off

Swinburnean adjective: Alternative form of Swinburnian.
Swinburnesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English writer who dealt with controversial topics.
Swinburnian adjective: Of or relating to Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English writer who dealt with controversial topics.
swind verb /ˈswɪnd/: To squint
Swindall proper noun: A surname.
Swindell proper noun: A surname.
Swindells proper noun: A surname
Swinden proper noun: A hamlet in Hellifield parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8654).
swindge noun, verb: Alternative spelling of swinge.
swindle noun, verb /ˈswɪndəl/: To defraud.
swindle sheet noun: A document listing a person's expenses to be reimbursed by the company that requested the services; an expense sheet.
swindleable adjective: Able to be swindled.
swindledom noun: The realm or sphere of swindlers.
swindler noun /ˈswɪnd.lə(ɹ)/: A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
swindlership noun: The state of being a swindler.
swindlery noun: Swindling; trickery.
swindling noun, verb: The act by which somebody is swindled.
swindlingly adverb: In a swindling manner; with swindling as a set objective.
Swindon proper noun /ˈswɪn.dən/: A town, unitary authority, and borough in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1584).
Swindonian adjective, noun /swɪnˈdəʊ.ni.ən/: An inhabitant of Swindon, a town in Wiltshire, England.
swine noun /swaɪn/: A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
swine-bread noun: Any plant of the genus Cyclamen.
swine fever noun: A contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV).
swine flesh noun: Alternative spelling of swineflesh.
swine flu noun: Influenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.
swine-hound noun: Alternative spelling of swinehound.
swine influenza noun: swine flu
swine's bread noun: The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) and its fruit (the locust bean or carob bean).
swine's feather noun: A musket rest with a spike on it, usable as a spear-like weapon.
swine's snout noun: The dandelion.
swinebread noun: Alternative form of swine-bread.
swinecote noun: A pigsty.
swinecress noun: Any plant of the genus Lepidium (syn. Coronopus).
swineflesh noun: The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.
swinefordite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
Swinehart proper noun: A surname.
swineherd noun /ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd/: A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
swineherder noun: One who herds swine.
swineherdess noun: A female swineherd.
swineherding noun: The herding of swine.
swineherdship noun: The role or status of swineherd.
swinehood noun: The state or characteristics of being a pig.
swinehound noun: Synonym of pig dog (“dog bred to hunt wild or feral pigs”).
swinelike adjective: Resembling swine.
swineling noun: A small, young, or immature swine; pigling.
swineman noun: One in charge of or specializing in the raising of swine.
swinemeat noun: The meat of a pig.
swinepipe noun: The redwing.
swinepox noun: A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
swinery noun: A piggery.
Swineshead proper noun: A small village and civil parish (served by Pertenhall and Swineshead Parish Council) in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0565).
swinestone noun: stinkstone
swinesty noun: A pigsty
Swiney proper noun: A surname.
swineyard noun: A yard for keeping pigs.
Swinford proper noun: A town in County Mayo, Ireland.
swing noun, verb /ˈswɪŋ/: To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
swing and a miss noun: A sincere but unsuccessful attempt.
swing at anchor verb: To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.
swing away verb: To swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.
swing back adjective, noun, verb: A device for adjusting the plate-holder of a camera to any desired angle.
swing bin noun: A rubbish bin with a lid that swings closed after use.
swing both ways verb: To be bisexual.
swing bridge noun: A movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its centre of gravity, about...
swing by noun, verb: To pay a brief, informal visit.
swing check valve noun: A type of check valve using a disc on a hinge for its function.
swing churn noun: A churn box hung so as to be worked by oscillation.
swing credit noun: In international trade agreements, an allowance of credit covering the situation where the trade in one direction is less than in the other, e.g. more...
swing dance noun, verb: An instance, or the practice, of swing dancing.
swing dancing noun: A style of highly acrobatic dance performed to swing music.
swing dog noun: One of the dogs directly behind the lead dogs, who help set the pace.
swing door noun: Alternative form of swinging door.
swing for verb: To be punished severely.
swing for the fence verb: Alternative form of swing for the fences.
swing for the fences verb: To swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run.
swing gang noun: The employees on a film set responsible for dressing the set before filming begins and then removal of the props once the film has wrapped.
swing gate noun: A traditional gate mounted on hinges that opens and closes in an arced, swinging motion.
swing handle noun: A pivoted handle of any utensil, especially a bail or other arched handle.
swing into action verb: To begin a task or activity with vigour.
swing loan noun: Synonym of bridge loan.
swing motion noun: A mechanism in the truck of a railway carriage, etc., permitting swaying from side to side.
swing of things noun: The normal flow and rhythm of daily life or of activities in a specific field.
swing off verb: To steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow other riders to overtake.
swing out verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swing, out.
swing over verb: Synonym of swing by (“pay a brief informal visit”).
swing pan noun: A sugar pan with a spout, pivoted so that it may be emptied by tipping.
swing plough noun: A plough without a forewheel under the beam.
swing ride noun: An amusement ride consisting of chairs suspended from a carousel.
Swing riot noun: Any of the agricultural riots in England in 1830, led by Captain Swing.
swing round the circle verb: To make a complete circuit.
swing saw noun: Synonym of pendulum saw.
swing set noun: Alternative form of swingset.
swing shelf noun: A hanging shelf.
swing shift noun: A work shift between a day shift and a night shift, such as from 4PM to midnight, and the group of workers scheduled to work such a shift at a facility.
swing shifter noun: One who works a swing shift or is employed in one.
swing sickness noun: Synonym of motion sickness.
swing state noun: A state which may vote Democratic or Republican, in a given election or generally.
swing station noun: A stagecoach stop where horses are changed.
swing-stock noun: Alternative form of swingstock.
swing-swang adjective, noun: A complete oscillation.
swing table noun: A movable bed on which plate glass is cemented for polishing.
swing tag noun: A tag attached to an item using a loop such as a string, cable tie, or ball chain (as opposed to a tag adhered to, or sewn into, the item).
swing that way verb: To be homosexual.
swing the lead verb: To avoid work, especially by pretending to be ill; to shirk, to malinger.
swing through verb: To swing and miss at a pitch.
swing tool noun: A holder swinging on horizontal centres, on which work is fastened so as to hold flat against the face of a file.
swing trade verb: To engage in swing trading.
swing trader noun: One who is engaged in swing trading.
swing trading noun, verb /ˈswɪŋ ˌtɹeɪ̯.dɪŋ/: An approach to trading the exchanges or outperforming one's longterm portfolio that exploits volatility-driven price disparities of an asset over the days...
swing trot noun: A swinging trot.
swing vote noun: A vote held by a swing voter, and as such unpredictable.
swing voter noun: A person who does not always vote for the same political party, but usually decides on the basis of specific policies.
swing wheel noun: The wheel that drives a clock's pendulum, corresponding to the balance wheel in a watch.
swing-wing noun: A variable-sweep wing on an aircraft: a wing that can be set at any of two or more angles according to the current flight conditions (airspeed, mission, etc).
swingability noun: The quality of being swingable.
swingable adjective: Capable of being swung, or made to swing.
swingarm noun: The main component of the rear suspension of most modern motorcycles and ATVs; holds the rear axle in place while swinging vertically to allow the...
swingback adjective, noun: Alternative form of swing-back.
swingball noun: A form of tetherball involving a tethered sponge ball or tennis ball hit with racquets.
swingbeat noun: an early form of new jack swing music
swingbin noun: A bin (rubbish container) with a lid that swings closed.
swingboat noun: A fairground ride consisting of an open gondola which swings back and forth.
swingbridge noun: Alternative form of swing bridge.
swingby noun: An interplanetary flight in which the gravitational attraction of a planet is used to provide acceleration and a change in course.
swinge noun, verb /swɪnd͡ʒ/: To singe.
swingebuckler noun: A swashbuckler or a bully.
swingeing adjective /ˈswɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/: Huge, immense.
swingeingly adverb: In a swingeing manner.
swingel noun /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/: Alternative form of swingle.
swinger noun /ˈswɪŋə/: One who swings.
swingframe noun: The frame of the motorcycle, where the rear tire is suspended by shock absorbers.
swingin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of swinging.
swinging adjective, noun, verb /ˈswɪŋɪŋ/: The act or motion of that which swings.
swinging-block noun: Synonym of swingstock.
swinging boom noun: The spar which stretches the foot of a lower studdingsail.
swinging bunt noun: A ball that travels a short distance as if it were bunted, but was produced by a full or checked swing.
swinging door noun: A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.
swinging-door chad noun: chad with two corners detached
swinging post noun: The post to which a gate is attached, allowing it to swing open and closed.
swingingly adverb: With a swinging motion.
swingingness noun: The quality of being swinging.
Swingism noun: Opposition by agricultural labourers to new machinery that could put them out of work.
swingle noun, verb /ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/: An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
swingle tree noun: Alternative spelling of swingletree.
swinglebar noun: A whippletree.
swingles noun, verb: Singles and swingers, collectively.
swingless adjective: Without a swinging motion or action.
swingletail noun: The thrasher, or fox shark.
swingletree noun: Alternative form of singletree.
swinglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a swing.
swingline noun: A line of credit offered to a business so that it can repay other loans.
swingling noun, verb: The act or process of beating flax in order to extract the fibres.
swingling tow noun: The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer part by swingling and hatchelling.
swingman noun: A player who can swing between two different positions, often the small forward and shooting guard positions in basketball.
swingometer noun /swɪŋˈɒmɪtə/: A graphic device used to illustrate swing in an election.
swingometric adjective: Exhibiting a swing back and forth between political parties, as seen on a swingometer.
swingorilliant adjective: fine; excellent; swinging
swingout noun: The principal dance move in Lindy Hop
swings and roundabouts noun: Gains and losses that offset each other.
swingset noun /ˈswɪŋˌsɛt/: A set of swings (hanging seats for children) attached to a frame.
swingstock noun: An upright timber, with a blunt edge at the top over which flax was beaten by the swingle.
swingtail noun: A hinged tail section on an airplane that can open up, providing access to the interior of the fuselage.
swingtree noun: The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened.
swingy adjective /ˈswɪŋi/: Having a swinging motion.
Swinhoe's minivet noun: The bird Pericrocotus cantonensis.
Swinhoe's pheasant noun: Lophura swinhoii, a pheasant native to Taiwan.
Swinhoe's softshell turtle noun: Synonym of Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei).
swinholide noun: Any of a group of macrocyclic polyketides found on some marine sponges
swinish adjective /ˈswaɪnɪʃ/: Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
swinishly adverb: In a swinish manner.
swinishness noun: The quality of being swinish.
swink noun, verb /swɪŋk/: Toil, work, drudgery.
swinker noun: A toiler; a labourer.
swinkle noun, verb: a liquid's sound while splashing
Swinnerton proper noun: A surname.
Swinomish noun: A Coast Salish people of Washington state, USA.
Swinson proper noun: A surname.
Swint proper noun: A surname.
Swinton proper noun: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7702).
swip interjection: A generic sound for movement, or for something appearing.
swipable adjective: Alternative form of swipeable.
swipe noun, verb /swaɪp/: To grab or bat quickly.
swipe card noun: Alternative form of swipecard.
swipe file noun: A collection of documents or templates (e.g. successful designs or marketing materials) used for future inspiration by creative professionals (cartoonists,...
swipe left verb: To reject or discard something.
swipe right verb: To choose to accept something.
swipe-tab verb: to swipe from one tab to another in a mobile interface
swipeable adjective: Capable of being swiped.
swipecard noun: A plastic card (keycard, bank card, membership card etc.) with a magnetic stripe containing coded data, that is swiped through a reader.
swiper noun: One who, or that which, swipes.
swipes noun, verb /swaɪps/: Synonym of swipe (“poor, weak beer or other alcoholic beverage”).
swipey adjective: Drunk; tipsy.
swiping noun, verb: Acronym of sluiced wh-word inversion with prepositions in Northern Germanic
swiple noun: Alternative form of swipple.
swipper adjective: nimble; quick
swipple noun: The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.
SWIR noun: Abbreviation of shortwave infrared or short-wavelength infrared radiation.
swire noun /swaɪə/: The neck.
swirl noun, verb /swɜːl/: To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
swirl flap noun: A small butterfly valve fitted to the intake manifold just before the cylinder head intake ports of many modern automotive diesel engines, and around which...
swirl sign noun: A finding in noncontrast computed tomography in which an area of low attenuation lies within an otherwise high-attenuation hematoma, indicating that the...
swirled adjective, verb: Mixed in a circular pattern with both original components distinguishable.
swirler noun: One that swirls.
swirley noun: Alternative form of swirlie.
swirlhole noun: A pothole formed by swirling water.
swirlie noun: A mode of school bullying involving holding a person upside down over a toilet bowl, submerging their head, then flushing water.
swirliness noun: Quality of being swirly.
swirling adjective, noun, verb: that swirls
swirlingly adverb: With a swirling motion.
swirlware noun: A style of pottery with more than one colour of clay swirled into the final result.
swirly adjective, noun /ˈswɜɹ.li/: Having swirls; swirling.
swirr noun, verb: A noise of something moving, like a swoosh or a whirr.
swish adjective, interjection, noun, verb /swɪʃ/: sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
swish cymbal noun: A type of cymbal with a high tone.
swish-swash noun, verb: A repeated swishing action or sound, going back and forth.
swisher adjective, noun: One who swishes something.
swishily adverb: In a swishy manner.
swishiness noun: The quality of being swishy.
swishing adjective, noun, verb: swishy
swishingly adverb: In a swishing way; with a swishing sound or motion.
swishity adjective: Characteristic of swish or swishing.
swishly adverb: In a swish manner.
swishness noun: The quality of being swish.
swishy adjective: Producing a swishing sound.
swiss adjective, noun, verb /swɪs/: Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
Swiss Army knife noun /ˌswɪsˈɑɹmiˌnaɪf/: Any of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.
Swiss Army penknife noun: Swiss Army knife
Swiss arrow noun: a dart in the form of arrow with an extra notch with which it is thrown using a string
Swiss ball noun: An exercise ball.
Swiss bank noun: Synonym of Swiss bank account.
Swiss bank account noun: Any place considered safe or secure to put things in.
Swiss banks noun: plural of Swiss bank
Swiss bar noun [swɪs bɑɹ]: A bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.
Swiss chard noun: Beta vulgaris var. cicla: an edible leafy vegetable; chard.
Swiss cheese noun, verb: Synonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes
Swiss cheese plant noun: A large woody vine, of species Monstera deliciosa, grown indoors for its distinctive foliage, which is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, and which is...
Swiss-cheesed adjective: Containing many holes, like Swiss cheese.
Swiss dagger noun: A distinctive type of dagger used in Switzerland and by Swiss mercenaries during the 16th century, having two crescent-shaped, inward-bent metal bars...
Swiss dot noun: Synonym of dotted Swiss.
Swiss franc noun: The currency of Switzerland, divided into 100 centimes, currency code CHF.
Swiss German adjective, noun: Alternative form of Swiss German.
Swiss Guard noun: One of the Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century.
Swiss lemonade noun: Synonym of Brazilian lemonade.
Swiss meringue noun: A kind of dense meringue, made by whisking over a bain-marie.
Swiss mountain pine noun: Synonym of mountain pine (“Pinus mugo”).
Swiss pine noun: A pine tree of the species Pinus cembra, native to alpine Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.
Swiss roll noun: A type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.
Swiss shower noun: A shower in which jets of water are sprayed onto the body from above, and also from numerous nozzles on the side.
Swiss steak noun: meat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes
Swiss stone pine noun: A pine tree native to the Alps and other mountains of central and eastern Europe, Pinus cembra
Swiss-turn noun: Any lathe, screw machine, or turning center with a Swiss-style headstock (that is, one with a guide bushing that remains quite near the tool).
Swisser noun: A native of Switzerland; a Swiss.
Swissess noun: A Swiss woman or girl.
Swissie noun /ˈswɪsi/: A Swiss person.
Swissly adverb: In a Swiss manner.
Swissness noun: The quality of being Swiss.
swit swoo interjection: a double whistle expressing someone is attractive
switch adjective, noun, verb /swɪt͡ʃ/: A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
switch blade adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of switchblade.
switch-bladed adjective, verb: Having a spring-loaded blade.
switch box noun: Alternative form of switchbox.
switch cane noun: A bamboo native to the Southeastern United States, Arundinaria tecta or Arundinaria gigantea.
switch codes verb: To change from playing rugby league to rugby union or vice versa
switch dealing noun: The situation where a Western country, trading with the Eastern Bloc, accepted goods as part payment despite having no use for them, and then sold them on...
switch engine noun: A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
switch gear noun: Alternative form of switchgear.
switch gears verb: Alternative form of shift gears.
switch grass noun: Panicum virgatum, a dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie.
switch hit noun, verb: To bat both left and right-handed.
switch hitter noun: Alternative spelling of switch-hitter.
switch-hitting adjective, verb: Bisexual.
switch hook noun: Alternative form of switchhook.
switch horn noun: In naval mine warfare, a switch in a mine operated by a projecting spike.
switch keeper noun: A worker who attends the switches or passing places on the underground railways.
switch off verb: To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever.
switch on verb: To start or enable a device by turning a switch or a lever.
switch on the afterburners verb: To increase one's level of effort to the maximum.
switch out verb: To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another.
switch pitcher noun: A pitcher who pitches both right-handed and left-handed.
switch-plant noun: Any plant whose leaves are absent or reduced, with green shoots acting in place of leaves.
switch selling noun: Synonym of bait and switch.
switch tack verb: Synonym of change tack.
switch teams verb: To change one's sexual orientation.
switch trading noun: A form of countertrade by which one company sells to another its obligation to make a purchase in a given country.
switch up verb: To change, usually in regards to how one feels, thinks, or behaves.
switcha noun: A drink made with lemon or lime and sugar, popular in the Bahamas.
switchability noun: capability of being switched
switchable adjective /ˈswɪt͡ʃəbəl/: Capable of being switched.
switcharoo noun: Alternative form of switcheroo.
switcharound noun: Synonym of changearound.
switchback noun, verb /ˈswɪt͡ʃbæk/: A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
switchbacky adjective: In the nature of a switchback.
switchblade noun, verb /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbleɪd/: A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
switchbladed adjective, verb: Armed or equipped with a switchblade.
switchboard noun, verb /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/: The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switchboarding noun: The use of a switchboard.
switchboardless adjective: Without a switchboard.
switchbox noun: A box with electrical switches mounted on it.
switchcane noun: Alternative form of switch cane.
switched off adjective, verb: Inattentive and mentally disengaged.

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.