English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 258 of 1086

senariusnoun

A verse having six metric feet.

senarmontitenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony and oxygen.

senaryadj

Of sixth rank or order.

senataxinnoun

An RNA / DNA helicase

senatenoun

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

Senaticaladj

Of, by, or pertaining to the Senate of Ancient Rome.

Senatobianame

A city, the county seat of Tate County, Mississippi, United States.

senatornoun

A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.

Senatorename

A surname from Italian.

senatoressnoun

Alternative form of senatress.

senatoriablenoun

A person who is a likely or confirmed candidate for the senate.

senatorialadj

Relating to a senator.

senatoriallyadv

In a senatorial manner.

senatorianadj

senatorial

senatorsnoun

plural of senator

senatorshipnoun

The characteristics, role, or position of a senator.

senatorynoun

The office of, or landed estate granted to, a senator, especially in France under the consulate and First French Empire.

senatressnoun

A female senator.

senatrixnoun

A female senator (a female member of a senate)

senatusnoun

A governing body in certain universities.

senatus academicusnoun

The governing body of a Scottish university, consisting of the principal and professors.

senatusconsultnoun

A decree written by the Roman Senate.

Senavatiname

A rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the seventh melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.

senbeinoun

A type of Japanese rice cracker.

sencenoun

Archaic form of sense.

sencelesseadj

Obsolete spelling of senseless.

senchverb

To cause to sink.

senchanoun

A form of Japanese green tea made by infusing the processed whole tea leaves in hot water.

sencibleadj

Obsolete spelling of sensible.

sencionnoun

groundsel

SENCOTENname

Alternative form of SENĆOŦEN.

sendverb

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

send a boy to do a man's jobverb

To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.

send a messageverb

To implicitly communicate an idea, typically through one's actions.

send awayverb

To dismiss from one's presence.

send away forverb

To write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing.

send backverb

To return (something) to its origin.

send bushverb

To send away into the bush (etymology 3)

send downverb

To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place.

send forverb

To order or summon (a person) to one's presence.

send for a tossverb

To use or invest on the off chance.

send forthverb

To emit; to produce; to let out

send her down Hughieintj

An appeal for continued rain, invoked when it comes after a long drought.

send inverb

To give (one's name), present (one's card) when making a social call.

send offverb

To send; to dispatch.

send onverb

To introduce (a substitute) into the game.

send out forverb

To make an order for something to be delivered, especially takeaway food.

send shivers down someone's spineverb

To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.

send someone packingverb

To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire.

send someone to the showersverb

To remove a player from a particular team competition before the conclusion of the event, especially because that player's contribution on this occasion has been below his or her expected level of performance.

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 258. 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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