English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 208 of 1086

self-awarenessnoun

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

self-balancingadj

Able to right itself automatically to prevent falling.

self-beliefnoun

Trust in one's positive characteristics; self-confidence; self-worth.

self-berationnoun

Beratement of oneself.

self-betrayalnoun

The act of betraying oneself.

self-bettermentnoun

The act of making oneself better.

self-billingnoun

A billing arrangement whereby the customer calculates costs and sends back an invoice to the supplier.

self-bindernoun

A reaping machine containing a mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.

self-blendedadj

Of or relating to a style of blended learning in which students opt to take online courses in addition to their traditional face-to-face learning.

self-blimpedadj

Of a video camera: manufactured with insulation against noise, thus not requiring a blimp (soundproof cover).

self-bloodnoun

One's direct progeny or offspring.

self-brandingnoun

The process of developing one's brand.

self-buildadj

Supplied in kit form, for construction by the owner.

self-builtadj

Built by oneself, whether from scratch, from commercially available components, or a combination thereof.

self-carenoun

The care given to oneself, especially to maintain one's physical or psychological well-being.

self-castratedadj

Having removed one's own testicles.

self-cateringadj

Of holiday accommodation: in which the holidaymaker cooks for him/herself.

self-catheterisationnoun

Alternative form of self-catheterization.

self-catheterizationnoun

The insertion of a catheter by oneself without the aid of a specialist.

self-causedadj

Of self-sufficient causality/causation.

self-censorverb

To censor one's own words or works; to engage in self-censorship.

self-censorshipnoun

The act of censoring one's own work or what one says without overt pressure from any specific party or institution of authority, often for fear of sanctions.

self-centeredadj

Egotistically obsessed with oneself.

self-centerednessnoun

The state, quality, or condition of being self-centered; concern only for oneself.

self-centeringadj

Tending to walk toward the proper center of a hole when cutting.

self-centrationnoun

self-centeredness

self-centredadj

Alternative spelling of self-centered.

self-certificationnoun

The act of an employee certifying their absence from work due to sickness, and the eligibility for statutory sick pay.

self-certifyverb

To confirm or certify something without the substantiation of another person or party.

self-changingadj

Of a gearbox / transmission that changes gear automatically to a preselected gear.

self-chastisementnoun

The act of chastising oneself.

self-check outverb

To check out using a self-checkout.

self-checkoutnoun

A self-scan checkout.

self-circumcisionnoun

Synonym of autocircumcision.

self-cleaningadj

Cleaning itself or requiring minimal cleaning effort.

self-clockingadj

Of a signal: able to be decoded without the need for a separate source of synchronization.

self-closingadj

Closing automatically after having been opened.

self-colonisationnoun

Alternative form of self-colonization.

self-coloniseverb

Alternative form of self-colonize.

self-colonizationnoun

The act or process of self-colonizing.

self-colonizeverb

To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.

self-colouredadj

Of a single uniform colour.

self-commandnoun

The conscious control of one's own behaviour.

self-commutatornoun

Given a bounded linear operator B and its adjoint B^*, the self-commutator is B^*B-BB^*.

self-compassionnoun

The extension of compassion to one's self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering.

self-competitionnoun

Competition between retailers, products or services owned by the same brand.

self-complacencynoun

The quality of being self-complacent.

self-complacentadj

Complacently self-satisfied

self-composedadj

Calm; composed; serene.

self-conceitnoun

Conceit of oneself; an overweening opinion of one's own powers or endowments; vanity.

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 208. 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.