English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 113 of 1086

schafarzikitenoun

A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, iron, and oxygen.

Schafername

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.

Schaffname

A surname.

schafskopfnoun

A fool; an idiot.

Schagenname

A municipality of the region of West Friesland, North Holland, Netherlands.

Schaghticokenoun

A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.

schaireritenoun

A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal colorless mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

schalenblendenoun

A variety of native zinc sulfide.

schalleritenoun

A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.

schalmeinoun

A shawm or chalumeau.

schalmeynoun

Alternative form of schalmei.

Schamberg diseasenoun

A chronic discoloration of the skin, usually affecting the legs, most common in males.

Schambergername

A surname from German.

Schampname

A surname.

Schamroth's signname

The situation where the usual diamond-shaped "window" of space between the nailbeds when the distal phalanges of corresponding fingers of opposite hands are directly opposed.

Schanckname

A surname.

Schandelmeiername

A surname from German.

Schandevelname

A surname from Dutch.

schandmantelnoun

An instrument of punishment resembling a barrel that is worn as a coat to humiliate the wearer.

Schankname

A surname from German.

Schantzname

A surname from German.

schantzenoun

A type of stone fortification.

schapbachitenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral grayish black mineral containing bismuth, lead, silver, and sulfur.

Schapername

A surname.

Schapironame

A surname.

schappeverb

To use a process of fermentation to remove sericin from silk.

Schappellname

A surname from German.

Schappertname

A surname from German.

Schardinger dextrinnoun

Any of the three naturally occurring cyclodextrins α, β, and γ.

Scharername

A surname from German.

Scharfname

A surname.

scharmadj

Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a charm quark.

scharm squarknoun

A squark which is the hypothetical supersymmetric partner of a charm quark.

Scharnhorstname

Several locations in northern Germany.

Scharrelname

A village in the Saterland region of Lower Saxony.

Scharrername

A surname from German.

Schartzname

A surname from German.

Schatzname

A surname.

Schatzmanname

A surname from German.

Schauname

A surname.

Schauermanname

A surname from German.

Schaufname

A surname from German.

Schauffername

A surname from German.

Schaumname

A surname from German.

Schaumburgname

A surname from German.

schaurteitenoun

A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal silky white mineral containing calcium, germanium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.

Schausname

A surname from German.

Schautname

A surname from Dutch.

Schauthalernoun

A thaler coin struck for use as a medal or medallion.

schavnoun

A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).

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 113. 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.