English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 217 of 1086
(of an idea or theory) To prove itself false by showing that falsehood is a logical consequence of the act or situation of holding it to be true.
Of a mechanism, government, person, etc.: to regulate itself without external assistance.
The regulation by a person of their own behaviour without external control, governance, or monitoring.
The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence.
A kind of survey or questionnaire in which respondents read the questions and select responses by themselves, without researcher interference.
Revelation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and attitudes, especially when not deliberately sought.
Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people.
The sabotaging, whether consciously or subconsciously, of oneself, one's own interests, plans etc.
A person who offers himself or herself as a sacrifice (as a religious act, for example).
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 217. 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.