English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 144 of 1086

A large board that displays the score in a game or contest.

A book in which the score for a game or sport is noted.

An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard

A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress.

simple past and past participle of score

A file containing criteria for assigning a score to each email message received, for purposes of filtering out spam, etc.

scorekeepernoun

Someone who keeps track of the score at a sporting event or other contest.

scorekeepingnoun

The keeping of score.

With no points or goals etc having been scored.

In a scoreless way.

scorelessnessnoun

The property of being scoreless; lack of any points scored.

A line in a newspaper or other publication giving the score in a sports match

A pad of paper on which the scores for a game are noted.

One who scores.

scorereadernoun

Musical notation reading software, used to read sheet music (especially for piano) and play it back.

plural of score

A sheet of paper (or similar) on which score is kept.

scorestreaknoun

An unbroken streak (continuous series) of scoring, acquired without one's player character being killed.

third-person singular simple present indicative of score

In terms of a score or scores.

scorewriternoun

A computer program for creating and editing musical scores.

scorewritingnoun

The composition of musical scores.

To eat voraciously.

The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.

Of or pertaining to scoria.

of, relating to, or producing scoria

A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.

scorificationnoun

The reduction of an ore to scoria, especially as a means of refining or assay.

A refractory crucible used in the assay of metals.

resembling scoria

To reduce (an ore) to scoria.

A scoring combination that has never happened before.

Of something or someone that scores.

scoriaceous

To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

Obsolete spelling of scorn.

Hated, despised, or avoided.

One who is scorned.

One who mocks or scoffs; a mocker.

second-person singular simple present indicative of scorn

third-person singular simple present indicative of scorn

Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.

Obsolete form of scornful.

scornfullestadj

superlative form of scornful: most scornful

In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.

scornfulnessnoun

The quality of being scornful.

Scorniceștiname

A town in Olt County, Romania.

The act of one who scorns.

With scorn.

Without scorn.

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 144. 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.