English Words: S
6,566 words · Page 19 of 132
A river in Pennsylvania, United States, which flows into the Delaware River at Philadelphia.
A surname from German; used specifically of Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947), an Austrian-American businessman and governor of California, known especially for his success as a professional bodybuilder and action film actor.
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.
One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.
A belief system with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.
A 231-mile-long river which flows through Ohio, United States, joining the Ohio River at Portsmouth, OH.
A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 19. 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.