English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 240 of 1086

A half-globe.

semiglobular

semiglobularadj

roughly having the shape of half a sphere

semiglobularlyadv

In a semiglobular manner.

Partial gloom or darkness.

Slightly shiny, between matte (or flat) and gloss. Usually used to describe paint.

Synonym of semigloss.

A peptone-like body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water.

A demigod.

semigovernmentaladj

Partly governmental.

Of a piano: having a size intermediate between grand and baby grand.

semigraniticadj

Partly granitic.

semigranularadj

Partially granular

semigranulatedadj

Somewhat or partly granulated.

semigranulocytenoun

A form of granulocyte having unstable granules

semigranulocytesnoun

plural of semigranulocyte

Alternative form of semigraphical.

semigraphicaladj

Partly graphical.

semigraphicsnoun

pseudographics

semigraphiticadj

Partially graphitic

semigrationnoun

The movement of a person or persons within the same country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

semigratuitousadj

Somewhat but not entirely gratuitous

semigregariousadj

Somewhat or partly gregarious.

semiheap

Any set for which there is a binary operation that is closed and associative.

semigroupoidnoun

A form of partial algebra in category theory.

semihabitableadj

Partly or somewhat habitable.

semihallucinatoryadj

Somewhat hallucinatory.

semihallucinogenicadj

Almost hallucinogenic.

Partially hanging (and partially fixed in place)

Somewhat or partly happy.

Somewhat hard.

To harden partially; to make semihard.

Somewhat hardy.

Hastate on one side only.

A variety of heap that is required to satisfy only the para-associative law and need not obey the identity law.

semihemispherenoun

Half of a hemisphere (thus having two plane sides at right-angles)

semihereditaryadj

Of a ring: hereditary for finitely generated submodules.

Somewhat heroic.

semiheuristicadj

Partially heuristic

semihexagonnoun

A half-hexagon.

semihexagonaladj

In the shape of a half-hexagon.

Partly or almost concealed.

Moderately high.

semihistoricaladj

Half or partly historical (and partly fictitious).

semiholidaynoun

A day having certain aspects of a holiday.

Partly hollow.

semihomemadeadj

Alternative spelling of semi-homemade.

semihomologousadj

Relating to a semihomology

semihomologynoun

A partial homology

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 240. 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.

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