English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 133 of 1086
Any of several nocturnal fish, of the genus Sciaena, from the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; a croaker.
A member of a mythical race of humans living in Africa, who have one single, large foot which they use to shade themselves from the rays of the sun.
A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
A town and municipality in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily, southern Italy.
A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
The practice by which scientists put an unusual focus on publicizing results of research in the media, often when they are unlikely to win the approval of the professional scientific community.
An organization, location, or virtual location where science is done or exhibited, either professionally or educationally.
A state of extreme uncleanliness, especially one which involves food mess left for an excessive period of time that is liable to spoil, rot, mold, etc.
Reality, especially scientific and technological reality, as contrasted with the manner in which it is depicted in science fiction.
A competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations.
A hybrid genre of science fiction and fantasy, typically with settings combining futuristic and supernatural or magical elements.
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 133. 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.