English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 305 of 1086
A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.
A cocktail, originally from Venice, consisting of a mixture of vodka, Prosecco and lemon gelato.
Alternative form of shut one's mouth; Used to express hatred towards the listener.
A region on the border between Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi in north-central China.
A province of China, including the Wei River valley and the fertile southern half of the Ordos Loop, comprising much of the Loess Plateau. Capital: Xi'an.
The Jewish Sabbath, from sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday, commemorating God's rest on the seventh day in the book of Genesis.
A celebration held by a bride on the Shabbat before her wedding, typically with her bridesmaids and family.
The process of becoming shabby; one whereby something, such as clothing or a place, becomes scruffy or otherwise falls into poor condition due to age or neglect.
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 305. 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.