English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 13 of 1086
A member of an ancient Jewish sect possibly formed as a political party in the 2nd century BCE and existing until around the 1st century CE.
Of or pertaining to the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), French novelist, or his writings, particularly sadomasochistic erotica.
To post about one's problems online for the sake of attracting attention and sympathy; to engage in sadfishing.
The practice of writing about one’s unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague way, in order to attract attention and a sympathetic response.
A person who belongs to a monotheistic sect of Hinduism, having beliefs similar to those of Quakers.
An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).
A diminutive of the female given name Sarah. Also a popular formal given name in the 19th century.
A relatively informal school or college dance to which female students invite male students.
A day on which women romantically pursue men instead of the traditional other way around, held informally in the United States on various dates but usually in November.
Acting snobbish, arrogant, or superior; uppity; perceived to be trying to associate with a higher social class.
A crater (impact feature) on Charon, the moon or binary companion of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Of or relating to Lady Mary Sadleir, or the academic professorship of pure mathematics that she founded at the University of Cambridge in 1701.
The appearance of lower sedimentation rates in stratigraphic sections covering greater amounts of time, as a result of the relative rarity of geologic events that remove large amounts of sediment.
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 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.