English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 242 of 1086

Somewhat or partly liberal.

Of a weight between light and medium.

semiligneousadj

Half or partially ligneous.

To partially like.

Somewhat or partly limited; having a limit in one direction but not in the other.

plural of semilimit

Describing equations involving both linear and nonlinear objects

Having a low profile in all of several languages that one can speak.

semilingualismnoun

The phenomenon of people speaking several languages at a low level of development, with evident deficiencies in all languages.

Having properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid.

semiliquiditynoun

the state of being a semiliquid.

semiliteracynoun

The state of not being fully literate, or having an imperfect grasp of the written language.

Partially or somewhat literal.

semiliterateadj

Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language.

Relating to, or affecting only one lobe of the brain

Describing a ring that has a finite number of maximal ideals

Somewhat or partly locular.

Clipping of semilogarithmic.

semilogarithmicadj

Having one logarithmic scale and one arithmetic/linear scale.

semilogarithmicallyadv

in a semilogarithmic manner

Only partly logical.

Somewhat long; of moderate length.

A hiking route involving a loop and partial retracing of one's earlier steps.

semiloopoidnoun

A nonassociative generalization of a semigroupoid

semiloopoidsnoun

plural of semiloopoid

Somewhat or partly loose.

Alternative form of similor.

Slightly low.

Somewhat or partially loyal.

semiloyaltynoun

Limited or partial loyalty.

Partially lucent; allowing less light to pass than through than something translucent but more than something opaque.

Involving a certain amount of lucidity.

Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.

shaped like a crescent; lunate, semilunar, crescent-shaped

The half of a lune.

semilustrousadj

Partly or somewhat lustrous.

semiluxuriousadj

Somewhat luxurious; of a class superior to standard but not quite luxury.

Of a class of goods between standard and luxury.

semimacroscopicadj

Smaller than macroscopic, but larger than microscopic

Somewhat or partially mad.

A man who is somewhat or partly mad.

semimadnessnoun

Partial madness.

Somewhat or partly magical.

semimagneticadj

Partially magnetic

Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse

semimajor axisnoun

Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.

semimalignantadj

Not very malignant.

semimalleableadj

Somewhat malleable.

Partly or somewhat manual.

semimanufacturenoun

A goods item that has undergone a limited amount of processing but is not yet a finished product.

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 242. 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.