English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 302 of 1086

sextingnoun

The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.

sextonoun

A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

sextodecimonoun

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").

sextonnoun

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

sextoncynoun

sextonship

sextonessnoun

A female sexton.

Sextonianadj

Of or relating to Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet known for her highly personal confessional verse.

sextonrynoun

The office of sexton.

sextonshipnoun

The office or position of a sexton.

Sextonvillename

A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

sextopianoun

A sexual utopia.

sextortverb

To coerce through the threat of revealing someone's sexual history.

sextortionnoun

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).

sextranoun

An extra in a pornographic or sexual film.

sextracurricularadj

Relating to sexual activities outside a personal relationship.

sextravaganzanoun

An event, production, etc. involving plenty of sex or erotic imagery.

sextremismnoun

An extreme form of feminist activism.

sextremistnoun

A radical feminist.

sextrigintillionnum

10¹¹¹.

sextrynoun

A sacristy.

sextualadj

Of, relating to, or characteristic of sexting.

sextuallyadv

In a sextual manner.

sextumviratenoun

Alternative form of sexvirate: a group of six men.

sextuplenoun

a sixfold amount

sextupletnoun

A group of six objects.

sextuplexadj

Having six components.

sextuplicateadj

Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).

sextuplyadv

In a sextuple fashion.

sexualadj

Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.

sexual abusenoun

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.

sexual assaultnoun

A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.

sexual capitalnoun

The social power an individual or group accrues as a result of their sexual attractiveness and social charm.

sexual complexnoun

A psychological complex involving fixations of a sexual nature; a fetish.

sexual favournoun

A sex act from one person to another, usually outside of a romantic relationship.

sexual fraternizationnoun

Any kind of sexual relations between two or more individuals.

sexual harassmentnoun

Harassment in the form of unwelcome sexual advances or remarks.

sexual intercoursenoun

Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact.

sexual inversionnoun

Homosexuality, as regarded by a theory of the late 19th and early 20th century that saw it as an inborn reversal of gender traits.

sexual majoritynoun

The state of being an adult (major, rather than a minor) in sexual matters.

sexual market valuenoun

The value of a person in the dating market, based on physical attractiveness and other traits.

sexual marketplacenoun

A notional place where people's desirability as sexual or romantic partners is evaluated.

sexual mattersnoun

subjects or topics related to sexual intercourse or sexual relations in a discussion or statement.

sexual minoritynoun

The state of being a minor in sexual matters.

sexual orientationnoun

The tendencies of a person's sexual attraction, considered as a whole.

sexual orientation change effortsnoun

Synonym of conversion therapy.

sexual partnernoun

A person with whom someone has sex.

sexual politicsnoun

The gender-based motivations and behavioral tactics present in the interactions between men and women, especially as involving manipulation and rivalry for power.

sexual predatornoun

A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.

sexual preferencenoun

Sexual orientation.

sexual relationnoun

The behavior of a sexual nature between one or more individuals.

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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.

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