English Words: S
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A trip into any undeveloped area to see, photograph or to hunt wild animals in their own environment.
Relating to the Safavid dynasty, a Muslim dynasty which ruled Iran between the 16th and 18th centuries.
A secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.
A cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves.
Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured as a centaur drawing a bow. It contains the stars Kaus Australis, Kaus Borealis and Nunki.
A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.
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 3. 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.