English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 13 of 132

Sauername

A surname from German of Austrian origin.

sauerkrautnoun

A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

Sauknoun

A member of a certain tribe or group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group.

Saulname

The first king of Israel in the Old Testament.

saultnoun

Assault.

saunanoun

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

saundersnoun

Alternative form of sanders (“sandalwood”).

saunterverb

To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

Saurashtraname

A region and peninsula Gujarat, India.

Sauronname

The title character and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor.

sausagenoun

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.

Sausalitoname

A city in Marin County, California, United States.

Saussurename

A surname from French.

sauterverb

Dated form of sauté.

sautéverb

To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat, allowing the food to brown and form a crust stopping it from sticking to the pan as it cooks.

sautéedadj

That has been cooked using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat.

Sauvagename

A surname from French.

sauvignonnoun

Any of several grape varieties and associated wines originally from France

savnoun

A saveloy.

Savaname

A river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube at Belgrade.

savageadj

Wild; not cultivated or tamed.

savagelyadv

In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.

savagerynoun

Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.

savagesnoun

plural of savage

savannanoun

A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

Savannahname

A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

savantnoun

A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.

Savarkarname

A transliteration of the Marathi surname सावरकर (sāvarkar).

saveverb

To prevent harm or difficulty.

savedverb

simple past and past participle of save

savernoun

One who saves.

savesnoun

plural of save

savinnoun

The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

savingnoun

A reduction in cost or expenditure.

savingsnoun

plural of saving

Savinoname

A surname from Italian.

saviornoun

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

Savitaname

A female given name from India.

Savitriname

The Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.)

Savoiename

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).

Savonaname

A province of Liguria, Italy.

savornoun

Alternative spelling of savour.

savoringnoun

The act by which something is savored.

savoryadj

Tasty, attractive to the palate.

savournoun

An aroma or smell.

Savoyname

A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.

savvyadj

Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

sawnoun

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.

Sawantname

A surname from Marathi.

sawdustnoun

The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.

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 13. 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.