English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 178 of 1086

searedadj

blackened by heat; scorched; burned

searednessnoun

The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.

searernoun

A person or machine that sears food.

searethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sear

seargenoun

Obsolete form of serge.

searingadj

very hot; blistering or boiling

searinglyadv

In a burning, blistering, hot manner.

Searlename

A surname.

Searleanadj

Of or relating to John Rogers Searle (born 1932), American philosopher.

searlesitenoun

A sodium borosilicate mineral, an important ore of borax.

Searlsname

A surname.

searnessnoun

The state of being dry and withered.

searocketnoun

Any of various flowering plants in the genus Cakile

Sears-Haack bodynoun

The shape with the lowest theoretical wave drag in supersonic flow, for a given body length and a given volume.

Searsportname

A town and census-designated place therein, in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

searwoodnoun

wood dry enough to burn

seasnoun

plural of sea

seasaltnoun

Alternative form of sea salt.

seasandnoun

Sand of the sea floor or seashore.

seascapenoun

A view of the sea.

seascapistnoun

An artist who paints seascapes.

seascrapernoun

A tall building that is built underwater; an underwater skyscraper.

seashellnoun

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

seashellernoun

Alternative form of sea sheller.

seashinenoun

The shining of light reflected from the ocean.

seashorenoun

The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.

seasickadj

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

seasicknessnoun

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

seasidenoun

The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs.

seaside resortnoun

A coastal location specialising in catering for holidays (vacations).

seasidernoun

someone who lives by the seaside

seasideyadj

Reminiscent of the seaside.

seasnailnoun

Alternative form of sea snail (“shelled marine gastropod mollusk”).

seasonnoun

Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

season parkingnoun

A long-term parking concession sold to vehicle owners on a calendar month basis.

season ticketnoun

A ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series of related events for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed.

seasonabilitynoun

The quality or state of being seasonable.

seasonableadj

Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time.

seasonablenessnoun

The state or quality of being seasonable.

seasonabliestadv

superlative form of seasonably: most seasonably

seasonablyadv

In due season; at an opportune or fitting time.

seasonagenoun

seasoning

seasonaladj

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

seasonal hournoun

Synonym of temporal hour.

seasonalitynoun

Variation with the seasons

seasonalizationnoun

The act or process of seasonalizing.

seasonalizeverb

To offset (data) to compensate for seasonal variations.

seasonallyadv

Occurring every season.

seasonedverb

simple past and past participle of season

seasonedlyadv

In a seasoned manner.

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 178. 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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