English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 238 of 1086

Almost extinct; nearing extinction.

semiextinctionnoun

Near-extinction; the property of being semiextinct.

That which is part fable and part truth.

semifabulousadj

semi-legendary

semifacetiousadj

Half or partly facetious; half in jest.

semifactorialnoun

Synonym of double factorial.

Only partly factual.

semifactuallyadv

In a manner that is only partly factual.

semifaiencenoun

Pottery having a transparent glaze instead of the opaque enamel of true faience.

semifailurenoun

A partial failure.

Somewhat or partially fake.

Minor fame.

semifamiliaradj

Partly familiar.

A state of partial famine.

Somewhat famous.

semifarcicaladj

Partly farcical.

semifasciateadj

Somewhat or partly fasciate.

semifasciatedadj

Alternative form of semifasciate.

Synonym of para-fascist.

Somewhat fast.

semifatalisticadj

Somewhat or partly fatalistic.

semifeministadj

Partially or somewhat feminist.

Partly feral.

semifermentationnoun

Partial fermentation.

semifermentedadj

Partially fermented.

Partially fertile

semifertilitynoun

The condition of being semifertile

Having certain aspects of feudalism.

semifeudalismnoun

A semifeudal system.

semifeudallyadv

With certain aspects of feudalism.

semifictionnoun

A semifictional work or works.

semifictionaladj

Partially but not entirely fictional

semifictionalizedadj

Partly fictionalized.

semifictionallyadv

In a semifictional manner.

Synonym of hemifield (“half of the field of vision”).

semifigurativeadj

Somewhat or partly figurative.

A partial human figure in ornamental design.

A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.

semifinalistnoun

A person who competes in the semifinals, the winner of which goes on to compete in the finals.

Almost finally; penultimately.

Of a moderate degree of fineness.

semifinishedadj

Partially finished.

(Of a measure space) in which every nonzero measurable set has a subset with finite nonzero measure

Somewhat firm.

Having a fiscal impact, but no official role in central finance.

Somewhat physically fit.

Partially fitted (with appliances etc)

Somewhat or partly fixed; having limited mobility.

Partly or partially flat.

To half-bend.

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 238. 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.