English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 102 of 1086

Scandophilenoun

Someone (often an outsider) who admires or idealises Scandinavia or its cultures, cuisines, history or peoples.

scangernoun

A person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.

Scanianame

A former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

Scaniannoun

A person from Scania.

Scanlanname

A surname from Irish.

scanlateverb

To scan and translate (a Korean or Japanese manga) in order to distribute it to speakers of other (usually Western) languages.

scanlationnoun

The process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet.

scanlatornoun

One who scanlates; a person who carries out scanlation.

scanlessadj

Scandalous, shameful.

scanlinenoun

Alternative spelling of scan line.

Scanlonname

A surname from Irish.

scanmagnoun

Slander; gossip.

scannabilitynoun

The quality or degree of being scannable.

scannableadj

That can be scanned; suitable for scanning.

scanned-inadj

having had a digital copy made on a scanner.

Scannellname

A surname from Irish.

scannernoun

One who scans.

scanningverb

present participle and gerund of scan

scanninglyadv

So as to scan or examine closely.

scannonoun

A typographical error caused by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape.

scanonoun

Alternative spelling of scanno.

scanoesnoun

plural of scanoe

scanogramnoun

A radiograph produced by scanography.

scanographynoun

The production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.

scanometricadj

Relating to analysis or measurement by means of a flatbed scanner

scanoutnoun

The conversion of image data in computer memory to a series of lines for output to a raster display.

scanpathnoun

The path followed by the viewer's eyes when reading a document or observing a scene.

scansionnoun

The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.

scansionistnoun

One who studies scansion.

scanslationnoun

Alternative form of scanlation.

scansorialadj

Adapted to or specialised for climbing

scansoriallyadv

In a scansorial fashion.

scansoriopterygidnoun

Any of the family †Scansoriopterygidae of maniraptoran dinosaurs.

scansoriousadj

Formed for climbing.

scansoriusnoun

A muscle passing from the ilium to the femur in some vertebrates.

scantadj

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

scantenoun

The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.

scantedadj

Diminished; restricted.

scantiesnoun

Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl.

scantilyadv

Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.

scantily cladadj

Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.

scantinessnoun

The quality of being scanty.

scantleverb

To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.

scantletnoun

A small pattern or quantity.

Scantlinname

A surname from Irish.

scantlingnoun

The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.

scantlingedadj

Built with scantlings.

scantlyadv

In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.

scantnessnoun

The property of being scant.

scantronnoun

A device used to scan prepared forms used for multiple-choice and true-or-false testing.

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 102. 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.