English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 198 of 1086

sefirahnoun

Each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself to the universe and man.

Sefirat Ha'Omernoun

The counting of the Omer; the ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.

sefirotnoun

plural of sefira

segnoun

A man; warrior; hero.

Seganoun

Any of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of video game consoles.

Segalname

A surname from Hebrew.

seganserinnoun

A serotonin antagonist.

segarnoun

Obsolete form of cigar.

Segarraname

A surname from Catalan.

Segawaname

A surname from Japanese.

Segawa syndromenoun

dopamine-responsive dystonia

Segedaname

An ancient settlement in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.

Segelname

A surname from Hebrew.

segeleritenoun

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Segestanadj

Of or relating to the ancient city of Segesta.

segfaultnoun

A segmentation fault.

seggaenoun

A genre of sega music that combines it with reggae and other non-native influences.

seggienoun

A segregationist.

seggsnoun

Filter-avoidance spelling of sex (“sexual activity”).

Seghatoleslamname

A surname.

Seghizkolname

A township in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Seginname

A main-sequence star, visible as a third-magnitude blue star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism.

Seglername

A surname from German.

seglitidenoun

A methylated cyclopeptide cyclo[N-methyl-ʟ-alanyl-ʟ-tyrosyl-ᴅ-tryptophyl-ʟ-lysyl-ʟ-valyl-ʟ-phenylalanyl] which inhibits growth hormone secretion.

segmentnoun

A length of some object.

segmentableadj

Capable of being divided into segments.

segmentaladj

of, relating to, or constructed from segments

segmentalizationnoun

division into segments

segmentalizeverb

To divide into segments.

segmentallyadv

In a segmental way.

segmentaryadj

Composed of segments

segmentationnoun

The act or an instance of dividing into segments.

segmentectomynoun

The surgical removal of a segment of an organ such as the lung or the liver.

segmenternoun

Something that segments or divides.

segmentingverb

present participle and gerund of segment

segmentizationnoun

division into segments

segmentizeverb

To divide into segments.

segmentlessadj

Without segments.

segmentwiseadj

In terms of segments; segmentally.

segnititenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, lead, and oxygen.

segnitynoun

Sluggishness or inactivity.

segnonoun

The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.

segonoun

A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America (Calochortus nuttallii), which has trumpet-shaped flowers.

segolnoun

A Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (ִ◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle, pronounced in Modern Hebrew as /e/.

segolateadj

Having the shape CVCVC and penultimate stress.

Segontianame

An ancient settlement in Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, now Sigüenza.

Segorbename

A municipality in the province of Castellón, Spain; famous for its semana de Toros – “bull-running week” – held every September.

Segovianame

A city in Castile and León, Spain.

Segovianadj

Of, from or relating to the city of Segovia or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.

segreantadj

Rampant, with the wings elevated and addorsed (a posture of winged quadrupeds).

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 198. 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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