English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 255 of 1086
A form of tontine insurance in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face value is paid.
Having a topology such that, for each c in G, the two functions G → G defined by x↦xc and x↦cx are continuous.
Allowing some visibility but partially clouded or obscured; transparent in some portions but not others; translucent.
Describing proteins that have been cleaved by trypsin at one end only (during a proteomic analysis)
Something that has some characteristics of, or is in effect only a partial, tutorial
Pertaining to semiurgy; involving the creation of new meanings through the production of signifiers.
The production of new meanings by the creation of new signs; the expansion of the semiosphere.
A vacancy defect in which two adjacent lattice sites are unoccupied and an atom occupies the interstitial site between the two vacant sites.
A function on a vector space of all coalitional games which verifies linearity, anonymity, positivity, and inessential games.
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 255. 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.