English Words: S
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Any ground beetle in the taxonomic tribe Selenophorina within the family Carabidae,
selenium poisoning, especially of livestock, by selenium naturally occurring in plants and the soil
An orthorhombic-disphenoidal lead gray mineral containing antimony, selenium, silver, and sulfur.
Any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CSe-NH₂, derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with selenium
A potent, highly selective, short-acting peptide full agonist of the vasopressin 1A receptor.
The capital of the Seleucid Empire, and a major city in Parthian and Sasanian periods
Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 BCE) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great.
A Greek-Macedonian empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty (312–63 BCE).
A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.
Negatively affected by feelings of inferiority, unworthiness, self-doubt, guilt, or shame.
The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.
Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).
Providing instrumental music alongside one's own performance, usually as a singer.
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 206. 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.