English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 10 of 132

Santeenoun

A member of a Sioux group of Native Americans residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa.

Santiname

A male or female given name from Latin.

Santiagoname

Numerous places:

Santininame

A surname from Italian.

Santinoname

A male given name.

santonoun

A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies.

Santorininame

An island in the Cyclades, Greece.

Santoroname

A surname from Italian.

santorumnoun

A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.

Santosname

plural of Santo

Santoshname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

SANUnoun

Any of a group of South American native ungulates, extinct ungulate-like mammals sharing uncertain affinities.

Sanyaname

A female given name from Russian.

Saoname

A nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology.

Saoirsename

A female given name from Irish.

sapnoun

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

sapanoun

A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

sapiennoun

A human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.

sapiensnoun

A human being (Homo sapiens).

sapientadj

Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.

Sapienzaname

A surname from Italian.

Sapirname

A surname from Hebrew.

saplingnoun

A young tree, larger than a seedling.

Sapnaname

A female given name from Hindi.

sappernoun

A combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone.

Sapphicadj

Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.

sapphirenoun

A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

Sapphoname

An Ancient Greek female name, particularly borne by a poetess from Lesbos who lived between 630 and 570 BC (exact dates unknown).

sappingnoun

The act by which something is sapped or depleted.

Sapporoname

The capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

sappyadj

Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)

Sarname

A surname from Khmer.

Saraname

A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.

Saracennoun

A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries CE, who were specifically distinct from Arabs.

Sarahname

The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.

sarainoun

A caravanserai.

Sarajevoname

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

sarannoun

A plastic resin used to make packaging films.

Sarasvatiname

The Hindu goddess of eloquence, learning of knowledge and the arts.

Saratoganame

The name of various towns in the USA:

Saratovname

A city, the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Volga Region, Volga Federal District, European Russia, Russia.

Sarawakname

A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching.

sarcasmnoun

Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

sarcasticadj

Containing sarcasm.

sarcasticallyadv

In a sarcastic manner.

sarcoidosisnoun

A multisystem disorder characterized by granulomas.

sarcomanoun

A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

sarcophaginoun

plural of sarcophagus

sarcophagusnoun

A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

Sardarname

A title of Persian origin used for military or political leaders.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 10. 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.