English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 183 of 1086
Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, a congenital nanosomic disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal dwarfism with a small head, narrow birdlike face, and intellectual disability.
To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.
A traditional dwelling placed apart from a community, tribe etc., for the use of those under ceremonial or taboo restrictions.
A barbiturate C₁₂H₁₈N₂O₃ that is used chiefly in the form of its bitter hygroscopic sodium salt as a hypnotic and sedative.
Any carotenoid based on a triterpenoid, rather than the normal tetraterpenoid backbone
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
Something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.
The amendment to the constitution of the United States pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms.
A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
The infield defensive player that stands between the first baseman and the shortstop, normally on the right field side of second base.
Something (or someone) that is inferior to the best (but better than other alternatives).
The period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior.
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 183. 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.