English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 142 of 1086
A species of hammerhead shark, Sphyrna media, distinguished by its moderately broad, mallet-shaped head.
A wheel, driven by wind or steam, having a series of scoops that are used to raise water.
A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
An item of clothing which combines shorts and a skirt, especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform; a skort.
A male member of a mod subculture in the 1960s who rode motor scooters and wore anoraks, wide jeans, and boots.
Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.
A yellow flavonoid gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius).
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Relating to fishes of the former genus Scopelus, or the former family Scopelidae, including many lanternfish.
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 142. 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.