English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 193 of 1086
Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink alcohol.
Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink alcohol.
Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly to use a toilet.
To believe an opinion has enough justification to sustain a debate about it, whether or not the opinion is ultimately true.
To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.
One can die at peace after having seen Naples, Italy, nothing else on Earth surpassing its beauty.
To have the water vapour in one's exhaled breath condense and become visible due to the cold temperature of the surrounding air.
To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.
To experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.
To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.
To appreciate the details of something, as opposed to only focusing on the big picture.
To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations.
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 193. 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.