English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 302 of 1086
The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.
A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"–5" x 5"–6.25").
A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
Of or relating to Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet known for her highly personal confessional verse.
A form of sexual extortion; the extortion of a person through the use of the history of their sexual conduct (such as saved sexting messages).
Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced on them nonetheless, especially when considered to be more sustained or frequent than an incident of sexual assault.
A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.
The social power an individual or group accrues as a result of their sexual attractiveness and social charm.
Homosexuality, as regarded by a theory of the late 19th and early 20th century that saw it as an inborn reversal of gender traits.
The value of a person in the dating market, based on physical attractiveness and other traits.
A notional place where people's desirability as sexual or romantic partners is evaluated.
subjects or topics related to sexual intercourse or sexual relations in a discussion or statement.
The gender-based motivations and behavioral tactics present in the interactions between men and women, especially as involving manipulation and rivalry for power.
A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
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 302. 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.