English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 288 of 1086
A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.
A chemical compound containing one and a half sulfate groups per formula. ([SO₄]_(1.5)³⁺)
A prosodic word consisting of an unstressed “minor” syllable followed by a stressed “major” syllable.
Any terpene formed from three isoprene units, and having fifteen carbon atoms; includes several plant pigments such as the flavones.
Describing twins which are semi-identical, formed from one egg that is fertilized by two separate sperm.
A group of musicians who play for the recording of an album but are not considered part of the recording artist's normal band.
To process data describing individual users' navigation through a website, grouping the data points into sessions that each represent a single user's activity.
A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).
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 288. 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.