English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 140 of 1086

Scobeyname

A surname.

Scobeyvillename

An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

Scobiename

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

scobiformadj

Resembling sawdust, filings or shavings.

scobinanoun

The pedicle of the spikelets of grasses.

Scobinținame

A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.

scobsnoun

Raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.

SCOBYnoun

Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.

Scoccaname

A surname from Italian.

scoffnoun

A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

scoff upverb

Synonym of scarf down.

scoffableadj

Able to be scorned or mocked at.

scoffernoun

One who scoffs or mocks.

scofferynoun

The act of scoffing; mockery.

scoffinglyadv

In a scoffing manner; scornfully.

scofflawnoun

One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets).

scofflawrynoun

A habitual disregard for minor laws or failure to respond to trivial courts summonses.

Scoganismnoun

scurrilous jesting

Scogginsname

A surname.

scogienoun

A kitchen drudge.

scokenoun

Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).

Scolaroname

A surname from Italian.

scoldnoun

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

scoldableadj

Able or fit to be scolded.

scoldeenoun

One who receives a scolding.

scoldernoun

One who scolds.

scoldestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of scold

scoldethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of scold

scoldingnoun

An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.

scoldinglyadv

In a scolding manner.

scoleciasisnoun

Infestation or disease caused by worms, catepillars, or moth larvae.

scoleciformadj

Shaped like a scolex.

scoleciphobianoun

The fear of worms.

scolecitenoun

A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

scolecodontnoun

The fossilized jaw of a polychaete annelid.

scolecoidadj

Resembling a scolex.

scolecologynoun

The scientific study of worms.

scolecosporenoun

A slender, threadlike fungal spore

scolexnoun

The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.

scolianoun

plural of scolion

scolienoun

A type of X-ray taken when diagnosing scoliosis.

scolio-prefix

Crooked, bent, or winding; relating to scoliosis or other lateral deviations.

scoliograpticadj

Of or relating to scoliography, the description, measurement, or representation of scoliosis.

scoliokyphosisnoun

An abnormal curvature of the spine in both a lateral (side-to-side) and a posterior (front-to-back) direction; a combination of scoliosis and kyphosis.

scoliokyphoticadj

Of or relating to scoliokyphosis.

scoliomanoun

Synonym of scoliosis.

scoliometernoun

An instrument that is used to measure body asymmetry in cases of scoliosis

scoliometrynoun

The use of a scoliometer

scolionnoun

Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.

scoliorachiticadj

Of or relating to scoliorachitis.

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 140. 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.

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