English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 202 of 1086

seizurenoun

The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

seizurelessadj

Without seizures.

seizurelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a seizure.

seiðkonanoun

A female practitioner of seiðr; a seeress; a witch.

seiðrnoun

A form of magic originating in Viking society and revived by modern pagans, incorporating ritualistic, shamanistic, and divinatory elements.

seiðworkernoun

One who practices seiðr.

sejantadj

Seated, sitting.

sejant rampantadj

Sitting with one or especially both of its forefeet lifted up.

sejarahnoun

history (as a school subject)

Sejmname

The lower house of the Polish parliament.

sejmiknoun

A local or regional parliament in Poland; a dietine.

sejoinverb

To separate.

sejointadj

separated, disjoined

Sejongname

A special self-governing city and de facto administrative capital South Korea.

Sejourname

A surname from French.

sejunctadj

Separate; separated.

sejunctionnoun

The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.

sejunctivelyadv

In a sejunctive manner.

sejunctlyadv

Separately.

sekaliadv

What if, lest (something problematic or unanticipated happens)

Sekaninoun

A First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

sekaninaitenoun

A mineral with the chemical formula ((Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈).

sekanjabinnoun

An Iranian syrup (or the drink made by diluting it) producing by boiling water, dissolving sugar in it, and adding vinegar; the drink is often spiced with mint.

Sekaquaptewaname

A surname from Hopi.

sekeverb

Archaic spelling of seek.

Sekerakname

A surname from Czech.

sekerenoun

A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads.

Sekgalagadiname

A language spoken in the Kgalagadi region of Botswana.

Sekhmetname

The goddess of death, war, violence, plague, and medicine; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah; depicted as having the head of a lioness.

Sekhniashviliname

A surname from Georgian.

Sekhonname

A surname from Punjabi.

sekinoun

In the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location

Sekigaharaname

A town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

Sekigawaname

A surname from Japanese.

sekihannoun

A Japanese dish of rice boiled with red beans.

sekikaic acidnoun

An acid found in some lichens.

sekitorinoun

A rikishi, of rank juryo and above, who draws a salary.

sekiwakenoun

A sumo wrestler ranked below ozeki and above komusubi.

sekosnoun

A sacred enclosure, sanctuary or cella in an ancient Greek temple.

Sektnoun

A kind of German sparkling wine.

Sekulaname

A surname from Polish.

Selname

A diminutive of the female given name Selena.

Selaname

The capital of Edom, near Mount Hor; also known as Joktheel and Petra.

selachianadj

Pertaining to (what is now classified as) the superorder Selachimorpha or division Selachii, comprising the sharks; or, sometimes more broadly, to the subclass Elasmobranchii, including sharks, rays and related species.

selachoidadj

Resembling the Selachii (sharks).

selachophobianoun

Unreasonable fear or dislike of sharks.

seladangnoun

The Malayan gaur.

selaginellanoun

Any of a group of ferny plants of the genus Selaginella, spike moss.

selaginellaceousadj

Of or relating to the Selaginellaceae.

Selahintj

Alternative letter-case form of selah.

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 202. 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.