English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 131 of 1086

Schuttername

A surname.

Schutzhundnoun

A dog sport that trains dogs to perform various tasks, such as police work and search and rescue.

Schutzianadj

Of or relating to Alfred Schutz (1899-1959), phenomenological philosopher and sociologist.

Schutzstaffelnoun

A squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; the Schusta.

Schuylername

An American surname from Dutch.

Schuyler Countyname

One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Rushville.

Schuylervillename

A village in the town of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York, United States, named after the Schuyler family.

Schuylkillname

A river in Pennsylvania, United States, which flows into the Delaware River at Philadelphia.

Schuylkill Countyname

One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Pottsville.

schvitznoun

Alternative spelling of shvitz.

schwanoun

An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

schwa deletionnoun

The phenomenon of the dropping of the orthographic inherent vowel in speech, in Indo-Aryan languages that use abugidas.

schwa indogermanicumnoun

Synonym of schwa primum

schwa primumnoun

A vowel formerly reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European; now generally held to be a syllabic laryngeal consonant.

Schwabname

A surname from German.

schwackverb

Alternative form of whack.

schwagnoun

Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.

schwalessadj

Without a schwa.

Schwallname

A surname from German.

Schwallername

A surname from German.

Schwanname

A surname from German.

Schwannname

A surname from German.

Schwann cellnoun

Glia of the peripheral nervous system involved in many important aspects of peripheral nerve biology, including the myelination of axons

Schwann's sheathnoun

The neurilemma.

schwannomanoun

A benign nerve sheath tumour composed of Schwann cells.

schwannomatosisnoun

A form of neurofibromatosis characterized by multiple cutaneous schwannomas

schwarnoun

A rhotacized schwa.

Schwartzname

A surname from German.

schwartzembergitenoun

A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, iodine, lead, and oxygen.

Schwarzname

A surname from German.

Schwarz inequalitynoun

Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

Schwarz-Christoffel mappingnoun

A conformal map of the upper half-plane or the complex unit disk onto the interior of a simple polygon; used in minimal surfaces, hyperbolic art, and fluid dynamics.

schwarzbiernoun

A dark lager that has an opaque, black colour with hints of chocolate or coffee flavours, and is generally around 5% ABV, similar to stout in that it is made from roasted malt, which gives it its dark colour.

Schwarzeneggername

A surname from German; used specifically of Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947), an Austrian-American businessman and governor of California, known especially for his success as a professional bodybuilder and action film actor.

Schwarzeneggeresqueadj

Reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), muscular actor cast in many violent roles, or the action films in which he starred.

Schwarzeneggerianadj

imposing, large, and muscular

Schwarzkopfname

A surname from German.

schwarzlotnoun

A kind of black enamel decoration applied to glass etc.

Schwarzmanname

A surname from German.

Schwarzmannname

A surname from German.

Schwarzschildname

A surname from German.

Schwarzschild black holenoun

An uncharged (q = 0), nonrotating (L = 0) black hole.

Schwarzschild densityname

The minimum density a black hole can have: c²/(2G) or 6.734×10²⁶ kg/m (kilograms per meter).

Schwarzschild modelnoun

A triaxial equilibrium kinematic model of an actual galaxy built using Schwarzschild's method.

Schwarzschild radiusnoun

The radius of an object such that, if all its mass were compressed within that radius, the escape velocity would equal the speed of light.

Schwarzschild's methodnoun

A method to develop triaxial equilibrium kinematic models of actual galaxies (without knowledge of the motions of the component elements of the actual galaxies) using a grid and assigning masses and orbits, simulating gravitational evolution with the resulting estimated distributions, to compare with the actual galaxy, until a model results in similarity with the actual galaxy.

schwebeablautnoun

The phenomenon or process of metathesis in a Proto-Indo-European root between the vowel and a neighbouring sonorant, which led to both possible full grades existing, e.g. *grebʰ- and *gerbʰ-.

Schweername

A surname from German.

schweetadj

Alternative form of sweet (“very pleasing; agreeable”).

Schweglername

A surname from German.

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 131. 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.