English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 25 of 132

Capable of being searched, especially something that has an automated search function included.

simple past and past participle of search

One who searches.

plural of searcher

plural of search

present participle and gerund of search

searchlightnoun

A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.

blackened by heat; scorched; burned

very hot; blistering or boiling

A surname.

seasnoun

plural of sea

A view of the sea.

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

seasicknessnoun

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs.

Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

seasonalitynoun

Variation with the seasons

Occurring every season.

simple past and past participle of season

Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.

plural of season

seatnoun

Something to be sat upon.

A city in southern King County, Washington, United States.

Alternative spelling of seat belt.

simple past and past participle of seat

A vehicle or item of furniture that has a specified seating capacity.

present participle and gerund of seat

A number of places in England:

plural of seat

A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.

A surname from Old English.

A number of coastal settlements:

A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Being in or facing towards the sea.

The saltwater of a sea or ocean.

A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.

Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.

Fit for service at sea.

Seayname

A surname.

Sebname

A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian.

sebanoun

plural of sebum

Of or relating to fat, sebum.

A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.

A surname.

A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

secnoun

Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.

A town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 25. 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.