English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 200 of 1086

seifukunoun

A Japanese school uniform modelled on the sailor suit.

Seigelname

A surname.

seigen jikannoun

The time allocated for the shikiri rituals before the beginning of each bout.

Seigername

A surname from German.

Seiglename

A surname from German.

seigneurnoun

A feudal lord or noble in French contexts.

seigneuressnoun

Synonym of seigneuresse.

seigneuressenoun

Female equivalent of seigneur.

seigneurialadj

Of or relating to a seigneur or to seigneurialism.

seigneurialismnoun

Manorialism; feudalism.

seigneurienoun

An area governed by a seigneur (French noble).

seigniornoun

A feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.

seignioragenoun

All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.

seignioraladj

Of or pertaining to a seignior.

seignioraltynoun

The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.

seigniorialadj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a seignior.

seigniorizeverb

To preside, hold sway.

seigniorshipnoun

The role or status of seignior.

seigniorynoun

The estate of a feudal lord.

seignoragenoun

Alternative form of seigniorage.

seignorialadj

In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.

Seiheiname

A male given name from Japanese.

Seijiname

A male given name from Japanese.

Seilacherianadj

Of or relating to Adolf Seilacher (1925–2014), German palaeontologist.

seinenoun

A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

Seine-Saint-Denisname

A department of Île-de-France, France. Capital: Bobigny.

seinennoun

A kind of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old (and older).

seinernoun

A fisherman who uses a seine to catch fish.

Seinfeldesqueadj

Synonym of Seinfeldish.

Seinfeldianadj

Of or relating to Seinfeld, an American television sitcom of the late 20th century, typically driven by humor interspersed with superficial conflict and characters with peculiar dispositions.

Seinfeldishadj

Characteristic of the American sitcom Seinfeld, or its main character and star, Jerry Seinfeld.

seipinopathynoun

A condition characterised by severe lipoatrophy, insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridaemia and mental retardation

Seipp's day geckonoun

Phelsuma seippi, a species of endangered diurnal gecko native to the rainforests of northern Madagascar.

seirogannoun

A trademark for a pharmaceutical drug marketed in Japan, sold as gastrointestinal medication (especially as an antidiarrhoeal), whose main active ingredient is wood creosote.

seirosporenoun

One of several spores arranged in a chain, as in certain algae.

seirosporicadj

Having or relating to seirospores.

Seisachtheianame

A set of laws in Ancient Greece that cancelled existing debts, ended debt-related slavery, and returned confiscated serf property.

seiseverb

To vest ownership of an estate in land (to someone).

Seisenname

Synonym of Chongchon: the Japanese-derived name

Seishinname

Synonym of Chongjin: the Japanese-derived name

seisinnoun

An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession.

seismnoun

A shaking of the Earth's surface; an earthquake or tremor.

seismicadj

Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.

seismic shiftnoun

A fundamental reorientation of a state of affairs.

seismicaladj

seismic

seismicallyadv

In a seismic manner; with the qualities of an earthquake.

seismicitynoun

A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.

seismiturbationnoun

The mixing of soil by seismic activity

seismo-prefix

Pertaining to an earthquake.

seismocardiographynoun

The non-invasive measurement of accelerations in the chest wall produced by myocardial movement

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 200. 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.