English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 206 of 1086

selenophilianoun

The love of the Moon.

selenophilicadj

Tending to absorb selenium.

selenophobianoun

An abnormal or irrational fear of the Moon.

selenophorinenoun

Any ground beetle in the taxonomic tribe Selenophorina within the family Carabidae,

selenophosphatenoun

The anion PSeO₃³⁻, the selenium analogue of thiophosphate

selenophysicaladj

Relating to the physical processes and phenomena occurring on the moon

selenophysicsnoun

The geophysics of the Moon.

selenoproteinnoun

Any of many proteins that include a selenocysteine or selenomethionine residue.

selenoproteomenoun

A proteome of selenoproteins.

selenoscopenoun

An instrument for viewing the Moon.

selenosisnoun

selenium poisoning, especially of livestock, by selenium naturally occurring in plants and the soil

selenostephanitenoun

An orthorhombic-disphenoidal lead gray mineral containing antimony, selenium, silver, and sulfur.

selenosulfidenoun

Any mixed selenide and sulfide

selenotopographynoun

The topography of the Moon

selenotranscriptnoun

The transcript of RNA associated with a selenoprotein

selenotranscriptomenoun

The transcriptome of RNA associated with selenoproteins

selenotranscriptomicadj

Relating to selenotranscriptomes

selenotropicadj

Exhibiting or relating to selenotropism.

selenotropismnoun

The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light from the Moon.

selenoureanoun

Any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CSe-NH₂, derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with selenium

selenylationnoun

Any reaction involving the addition of a selenium compound

selenylsulfidenoun

Any of a class of organic compounds having a selenium to sulfur bond

selepressinnoun

A potent, highly selective, short-acting peptide full agonist of the vasopressin 1A receptor.

Selesname

A surname from Hungarian.

Selestewaname

A surname from Hopi.

seletracetamnoun

A drug of the racetam family, being developed as an anticonvulsant.

Seleucianame

A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.

Seleucia-on-Tigrisname

The capital of the Seleucid Empire, and a major city in Parthian and Sasanian periods

Seleucianadj

Synonym of Seleucid.

Seleucidadj

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.

Seleucid Empirename

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).

Seleucidanadj

Synonym of Seleucid.

Seleucusname

A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.

selfpron

Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).

self bownoun

Alternative form of selfbow.

self religionnoun

A religious self-improvement group.

self reportingnoun

Providing information about oneself in response to a questionnaire, survey, etc.

self-abandonedadj

Abandoned by oneself.

self-abasedadj

Negatively affected by feelings of inferiority, unworthiness, self-doubt, guilt, or shame.

self-abasementnoun

The abasement of oneself.

self-abasingadj

Humbling by the consciousness of guilt or by shame.

self-abnegationnoun

The denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest.

self-abnegatoryadj

Of or relating to self-abnegation (the denial or invalidation of one's own needs, interests, etc. for the sake of another's).

self-absorbedadj

Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.

self-absorptionnoun

Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else.

self-abusenoun

Self-deception.

self-acceptancenoun

The acceptance of self in spite of weaknesses or deficiencies.

self-accessnoun

The use of books, videos, and other study materials to learn on one's own.

self-acclaimedadj

Misconstruction of self-proclaimed.

self-accompaniedadj

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.

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