English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 158 of 1086
A device for scribing (marking) lines at a specific height from the base of an object, prior to machining.
A kind of landslide in which rain loosens the side of a mountain or hill and rocks slide down.
A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.
A hypothetical goofy, 1990s-style cartoon character (typically non-human) from a nostalgic video game or animated series, especially in the context of Super Smash Bros. discourse.
To scrimp greatly; to economize; to live very frugally, particularly when saving for something.
A device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise to make it smooth for printing.
To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials.
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 158. 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.