English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 223 of 1086
A technique used to reduce the risk of regurgitation by applying pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it.
An A-type proanthocyanidin trimer of the propelargonidin type, found in the rhizome of the fern Selliguea feei, with sweetener properties.
An industrial and residential area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0482).
A set of cmavo (“structure words/particles”) which are grammatically interchangeable; a "part of speech" used in defining Lojban's formal grammar.
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).
A rural council, a level of administration in the Soviet Union and (some federal subjects of) modern Russia.
A synchro whose currents are used directly to drive a receiver synchro that rotates in unison with the synchro transmitter.
A beverage or ingredient thereof, consisting of plain carbonated water; often for use in mixing with alcohol, cordials, and juices.
The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.
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 223. 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.