English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 220 of 1086
Sexual activity with an alternate version of oneself, such as a clone, duplicate, alter ego, or a version of oneself from a different time or alternate universe.
Having the property (of an operation) of being distributive with respect to itself. Thus, an operator ◦ is left selfdistributive iff x◦(y◦z) = (x◦y)◦(x◦z), and is right selfdistributive iff (x◦y)◦z = (x◦z)◦(y◦z), for all x, y, z.
The contribution to a particle's mass or potential energy as a result of interactions between the particle and its environment
A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella.
State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
A photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
An extendable monopod arm onto which a smartphone or camera can be mounted in order to take wide-angle photographs of oneself.
The gene regarded as the primary driver and beneficiary of the evolutionary process.
The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
In a selfless manner; done in a way that disregards concerns for the self and places other first.
A consumer product (especially confectionery) consisting of many identical items within a single package, such as chocolate buttons.
A chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves.
The quenching of an excited atom (etc) by interaction with another of the same type of atom in the ground state
Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same; the very same; the same not only in being similar but in being identical.
The property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.
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 220. 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.