English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 249 of 1086
Constructed using a combination of pukka (strong, high-quality) and kutcha (inferior) materials.
An aspect of the planets when distant from each other by half a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
A queen (chess piece) that can only move or attack in one (but not the opposing) direction
An intermediate free radical generated in the conversion of quinones to/from hydroquinones.
An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
A single quotation mark, ('). This is often used for a quote within a quote, as in "Tom said 'What?'"
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 249. 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.