English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 213 of 1086

self-harmernoun

Someone who performs self-harm.

self-hatenoun

The hatred or loathing of oneself.

self-hatefuladj

Self-hating.

self-hatingadj

Exhibiting self-hatred; feeling hatred toward oneself.

self-hating Jewnoun

A Jew perceived to be harboring or supporting anti-Semitism.

self-hatrednoun

The hatred of oneself.

self-healverb

To heal itself, or by itself.

self-healingadj

Capable of repairing itself.

self-heatingadj

Able to create and sustain its own heat, often through a chemical reaction; exothermic.

self-helixingadj

Synonym of self-twisting.

self-helpnoun

The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.

self-helpishadj

Reminiscent of the self-help movement or literature.

self-helpyadj

Reminiscent of self-help literature.

self-homeomorphismnoun

A continuous bijection from a topological space onto itself.

self-homicidenoun

suicide

self-hostverb

To host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.

self-hostedadj

Hosted without the use of a third party.

self-hostingadj

Of software: capable of generating new versions of itself.

self-identificationnoun

The act of self-identifying.

self-identifiernoun

One who self-identifies.

self-identifyverb

To identify (oneself) with a particular person or group, or as part of a particular group.

self-identitynoun

The quality of being the same thing as itself.

self-igniteverb

To catch fire due to sufficient temperature.

self-imagenoun

A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.

self-immolateverb

To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.

self-immolationnoun

The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.

self-importancenoun

An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, especially as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

self-importantadj

Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.

self-importantlyadv

In a self-important manner.

self-imposeverb

To voluntarily impose on oneself.

self-imposedadj

Voluntarily imposed upon oneself.

self-impotentadj

Incapable of self-fertilization.

self-improveverb

To better one's health or status, often by following a disciplined program to improve physical health, mental health, and character.

self-improvementnoun

The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.

self-incompatibilitynoun

The incapability of self-fertilization.

self-incompatibleadj

Incapable of self-fertilization.

self-incriminateverb

To incriminate oneself.

self-incriminationnoun

Act of giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself.

self-induceverb

To cause in, for, or on oneself.

self-inducedadj

Caused by the action of the person which it affects.

self-inductionnoun

Induction in a circuit caused by changes in the circuit itself.

self-indulgencenoun

Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others.

self-indulgentadj

Exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.

self-indulgentlyadv

In a self-indulgent manner.

self-infectionnoun

Infection of an entire organism from a local lesion.

self-inflictedadj

Inflicted by oneself.

self-injureverb

To commit self-injury.

self-injuriousadj

Causing injury or harm to oneself.

self-injurynoun

self-harm

self-insertnoun

A character in a story who represents the author's own person.

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 213. 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.