English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 21 of 1086
A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, while still making headway.
A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.
A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sodium.
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
A school uniform commonly worn by girls in Japan, based on the traditional sailor suit but with a pleated skirt.
A straw hat with wide brim, formerly worn by sailors and a common fashion item in the 19th century.
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 21. 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.