English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 285 of 1086

service academynoun

A postsecondary school that prepares its students for military service as an officer.

service agreementnoun

A formal contract of employment, particularly where the employee has high status, like a company director.

service animalnoun

Any animal fulfilling the role of a service dog.

service areanoun

A place built alongside a limited-access road where one can stop to buy fuel, refreshments, and so on.

service dognoun

A dog which serves people by helping them with activities of daily living, with search and rescue, or with other (non-draft and nonfarming) tasks.

service itemnoun

Any of the consumer products (food, cosmetics, etc.) handed out or sold on board a passenger aircraft.

service levelnoun

A measure of how well a service is delivered, as a percentage of service interactions that meet a specified criterion of success and efficiency.

service liftnoun

a lift designed to carry heavy goods in a place of business

service medianoun

Equipment, structures or machinery used for the supply of a service (“utility provided on a continuous basis, such as water supply”).

service of processnoun

The delivery of information to a person or entity providing notice that they are being sued with sufficient detail for them to respond to the suit.

service pipenoun

A smaller pipe from a main pipe to a dwelling.

service providernoun

A company that provides a service.

service revolvernoun

A handgun of the revolver type, issued to a police officer or member of the military for use in the course of his or her official duties.

service roadnoun

A relatively narrow road which runs alongside a major transportation route, such as a canal, a railway line, or a controlled-access highway.

service treenoun

Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica or Sorbus torminalis.

service waternoun

Water used for industrial purposes that is not for human consumption.

service à la françaisenoun

serving the dishes of a meal all together in one course instead of in several courses

service à la russenoun

serving the dishes of a meal in courses, one after another

serviceabilitynoun

The property of being serviceable, of being useful for some function.

serviceableadj

Easy to service.

serviceablenessnoun

the state or condition of being serviceable

serviceablyadv

In a serviceable manner.

serviceberrynoun

Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

servicedverb

simple past and past participle of service

servicelessadj

Without any service.

servicelessnessnoun

The quality of being serviceless.

servicelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a service.

servicemannoun

A man who serves in the armed forces.

servicemarknoun

Alternative form of service mark.

servicemembernoun

One who serves in the armed forces.

servicepersonnoun

A servicemember; a serviceman or servicewoman.

servicernoun

One who services a loan or other obligation, by collecting receivables and carrying out related actions such as enforcement

servicesnoun

That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.

servicescapenoun

The range of services available in the market.

serviceshednoun

The geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.

Servicetonname

A small town in western Victoria, Australia, on the border with South Australia.

servicewarenoun

The utensils used for serving food.

servicewomannoun

A woman who serves in the armed forces.

servicificationnoun

The transformation or encapsulation of existing processes or systems into one or more discrete services.

servicingnoun

The act of performing maintenance on something.

Servidioname

A surname from Italian.

serviencenoun

The state of being servient.

servientadj

subordinate

serviettenoun

A table napkin, now especially a paper one.

servileadj

Excessively eager to please; obsequious.

servilelyadv

In a servile way; fawningly.

servilenessnoun

servility

servilismnoun

servile behaviour

servilitynoun

The condition of being servile.

servilizeverb

To make servile.

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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 285. 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.

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