English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 257 of 1086

semonnoun

A unit of semiology or semantics.

Semon's leaf-nosed batnoun

Hipposideros semoni, a bat in the family Hipposideridae, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

semonicadj

Relating to semons.

semordnilapnoun

A word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.

semorphonenoun

A particular narcotic.

semostomousadj

Having long oral processes.

semotacticallyadv

With regard to, or by means of semotactics

semotedadj

separated; removed; remote

sempainoun

Alternative form of senpai.

semper fiphrase

Abbreviation of semper fidelis.

Semper Gumbyphrase

always flexible

semper idemphrase

always the same

semper ubi sub ubiproverb

Always wear underwear. (Literally, ‘always where under where’).

semper virgonoun

Perpetual virgin. (Refers to the belief that Saint Mary remained a virgin her whole life.)

semper-prefix

always, unvarying

semperannualadj

Perpetually perennial.

sempergreennoun

An evergreen.

semperidenticaladj

Remaining always the same; unvarying with the passage of time.

semperjuvenescentadj

Forever young or growing younger.

semperlenitynoun

Unfaltering leniency; unvarying gentleness deriving from habituated or constitutional disposition.

sempervirentadj

Evergreen.

sempervivenoun

A succulent plant, the houseleek.

sempervivumnoun

Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers.

sempiternaladj

Everlasting, eternal.

sempiternallyadv

In a sempiternal manner; eternally.

sempiternitynoun

Existence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time.

sempiternousadj

everlasting; endless

sempiternumnoun

A durable twilled woollen material.

sempleadj

simple; low-born; of mean birth.

sempliceadv

(To be played) simply, without embellishments.

sempreadv

always, still; maintaining the same style

sempsternoun

A seamster; a man employed to sew.

sempstressnoun

A seamstress, a woman employed to sew.

semsemianoun

A six- or seven-stringed Egyptian harp.

semseyitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.

semtexnoun

A highly malleable general-purpose plastic explosive.

Semuname

A caste in China established under the Yuan Dynasty.

semulaverb

To redo or restart (something) from the beginning.

semuloparinnoun

An experimental antithrombotic.

semuncianoun

A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.

semurnoun

An Indonesian stew normally made with beef

semustinenoun

A drug used in chemotherapy, structurally similar to lomustine.

SemVernoun

Abbreviation of semantic versioning.

semyadj

Alternative form of semé.

seméeadj

Alternative spelling of semé.

seméedadj

Alternative form of semé.

sennoun

Self.

Sen-Sennoun

A brand of breath freshener (discontinued in 2013) containing liquorice, often used to disguise the use of alcohol or tobacco.

senaitenoun

A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, and titanium.

senangadj

Relaxed, easy (of a job, etc.)

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 257. 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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