English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 197 of 1086

seemlyhednoun

Obsolete form of seemlihead.

seemlyhoodnoun

Alternative form of seemlihood.

seemsverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seem

seemurghnoun

Alternative form of simurgh.

seenverb

past participle of see

seennessnoun

The state or condition of being seen; visibility.

seentverb

simple past and past participle of see

seenzonenoun

The situation in which a chat partner in an online chat or email exchange or mobile text messaging exchange sees or reads the last message or email sent to them, but does not reply.

seepverb

To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.

seepagenoun

The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)

seepernoun

A gradual leak allowing the seepage of liquid.

seepethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seep

seepinessnoun

The quality of being seepy.

seepingnoun

The act by which something seeps.

seepinglyadv

Gradually encroaching, as if seeping.

seepweednoun

Any of various plants in the genus Suaeda; sea blite.

seepyadj

That seeps.

seernoun

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

seercraftnoun

The prophetic art of a seer.

seeressnoun

A female seer.

seerhandnoun

A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.

seerhoodnoun

The state or condition of being a seer.

seerlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a seer.

seerpawnoun

A complete suit, presented as a khalat or dress of honour, by the sovereign or his representative.

seershipnoun

The office or quality of a seer.

seersuckernoun

A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.

seersuckersnoun

plural of seersucker

seerwoodnoun

dry wood

Seeryname

A surname from Irish.

seesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of see

seesawnoun

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

seesawingnoun

A rising and falling, like that of a seesaw.

seesawlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a seesaw.

seesawyadj

Moving alternately up and down, either physically or figuratively.

seestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of see

seet callnoun

A high-pitched call made by birds to warn of the presence or approach of a predator.

seeteeadj

Synonym of contraterrene (“made of or pertaining to antimatter”).

seethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of see

seetheverb

Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.

seethernoun

A pot for boiling things; a boiler.

seethethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seethe

seethingadj

Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.

seethinglyadv

In a seething manner.

seethroughadj

Alternative form of see-through.

seeyaphrase

Alternative form of see you.

seeërnoun

Rare spelling of seer.

sefernoun

A book, especially a religious book.

Sefer Torahnoun

A scroll of the Torah, a handwritten parchment containing the Pentateuch

Seffname

A surname from Hebrew.

sefiranoun

Alternative spelling of sefirah.

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 197. 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.