English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 295 of 1086

seventy-fournoun

A ship having seventy-four guns.

seventy-fourthadj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-four, describing a person or thing in position number 74 of a sequence.

seventy-ninthadj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.

seventy-onethadj

seventy-first

seventy-secondadj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.

seventy-secondthadj

Nonstandard form of seventy-second.

seventy-seventhadj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 77 of a sequence.

seventy-sixnum

The cardinal number immediately following seventy-five and preceding seventy-seven.

seventy-sixthadj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-six, describing a person or thing in position number 76 of a sequence.

seventy-thirdadj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-three, describing a person or thing in position number 73 of a sequence.

seventy-threesphrase

Best wishes; regards.

seventy-twonum

The cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three.

seventyfoldadj

By a multiple of seventy; by seventy times as much or as many.

seventyishadj

Of about seventy years of age.

seventyoddnum

Slightly more than seventy.

seventysomethingnum

An indeterminate value between 70 (inclusive) and 80 (exclusive).

seververb

To cut free.

Severaname

A surname.

severabilitynoun

The quality of being severable.

severableadj

Capable of being severed.

severaladj

Separate, distinct; particular.

several statesnoun

The states of the United States, collectively.

severalfoldadj

By several times.

severalitynoun

The state or property of being several.

severalizeverb

To distinguish; to make or treat as several.

severalldet

Obsolete spelling of several.

severallyadv

separately

severalnessnoun

The quality of being several.

severalthadj

Having the ordinal position of several; occurring after several others.

severaltynoun

The sole ownership of property by someone.

severancenoun

The act of severing or the state of being severed.

severance paynoun

Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.

severance paymentnoun

Money that an employer pays to an employee when the employee leaves the company in case of layoffs, often in exchange for some kind of waiver.

severeadj

Very bad or intense.

severe acute respiratory syndromenoun

A form of pneumonia resulting from infection by a coronavirus characterized by fever, myalgia, lethargy and coughing and which can be fatal.

severe clearnoun

Weather so bright that visibility is practically unhindered.

severe teanoun

A large evening meal, less formal than dinner, typically including various cooked foods served with tea.

severedadj

Separated, cut off or broken apart.

severelyadv

In a severe manner.

severenessnoun

The property of being severe.

severeradj

comparative form of severe: more severe

severestadj

superlative form of severe: most severe

severethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sever

severingverb

present participle and gerund of sever

Severinoname

A surname.

Severitusnoun

A subgenre of Harry Potter fanfiction in which Severus Snape is the biological father of Harry.

severitynoun

The state of being severe.

Severnname

A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.

Severn Stokename

A village and civil parish (served by Severn Stoke and Croome D'Abitot Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO857441).

Severnaya Zemlyaname

An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, Krasnoyarsk krai, off Taymyr Peninsula.

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 295. 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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