English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 297 of 1086

sewer ratnoun

The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

sewer servicenoun

The intentional failure to provide service of process on a named party in a lawsuit, in order to prevent the party from having a chance to respond.

sewer slidenoun

Synonym of suicide.

sewer socialismnoun

A form of socialism that prioritises provision of public services and infrastructure, primarily associated with Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

sewer socialistnoun

An advocate of sewer socialism.

sewerableadj

Able to be provided with sewers.

seweragenoun

A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.

seweringnoun

The act of constructing or replacing a sewer system for a new development or neighborhood.

sewerlessadj

Without a sewer (drainage pipe).

sewerlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sewer (drainage pipe).

sewermannoun

A man who works in a sewer.

seweryadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sewer.

sewestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of sew

sewethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sew

Sewickleyname

A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

sewinnoun

Sea trout, a subspecies of brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta).

sewingverb

present participle and gerund of sew

sewing circlenoun

A social meeting of women who congregate to sew and talk together.

sewing needlenoun

A dragonfly or damselfly.

sewing-machinenoun

Dated form of sewing machine.

sewing-machine musicnoun

Baroque classical music that is characterized by motoric rhythm and the dense masses of notes.

sewistnoun

One who sews.

sewlessadj

Not requiring sewing.

sewnverb

past participle of sew

Sewriname

A neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

sewroundnoun

A kind of indoor shoe made inside out and stitched by hand.

sewsternoun

A seamstress; a sewer (someone who sews).

sexnoun

A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such categories, which can differ by organism or by taxonomic branch.

sex abusenoun

Synonym of sexual abuse.

sex actnoun

Synonym of sexual act.

sex appealnoun

Sexual attractiveness.

sex bombnoun

Someone who is highly physically attractive; a bombshell.

sex braceletnoun

A gel bracelet, in the context of an urban legend according to which the girl wearing the bracelet will engage in a sex act determined by the color of the bracelet, with whoever snaps it from her wrist.

sex characteristicnoun

A physical trait of a sexually dimorphic organism that is specific to one sex.

sex combnoun

An appendage, in the male of some flies, used to grasp the female prior to mating.

sex comedynoun

A genre of comedy film with sexual content or themes.

sex crimenoun

An unlawful sexual act.

sex drugnoun

Any of the medications, supplements, or recreational drugs typically associated with sexual encounters, especially party and play and erectile dysfunction drugs.

sex dungeonnoun

A dungeon-like location designed and equipped for BDSM sexual activities.

sex educationnoun

Education about human sexual anatomy, reproduction, and intercourse and other human sexual behavior.

sex godnoun

A man with remarkable sex appeal or sexual prowess.

sex goddessnoun

A woman who is particularly sexually attractive or notably skilled at sex.

sex kittennoun

A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.

sex lifenoun

That part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity.

sex livesnoun

plural of sex life

sex machinenoun

Someone with considerable sexual prowess.

sex numbernoun

The number 69.

sex objectnoun

A person seen primarily or solely as sexually attractive.

sex offendernoun

Somebody who has committed a crime of a sexual nature.

sex on a sticknoun

A very sexually attractive person or persons.

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 297. 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.