English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 306 of 1086
A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire.
Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
A form of interior design where furnishings are either chosen for their appearance of age and signs of wear and tear or where new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique.
An engagement ring (traditionally with a golden net), symbolizing the intertwining or tying together of the couple.
A communal hut built by the Yanomamo, traditionally of thatched palm leaves and wood and divided into areas for different family units.
A Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables, cooked piece by piece in hot water at the table by the diners.
A monoclinic snow white mineral containing boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
A joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.
Of or relating to G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), English economist who made a practical attempt to challenge classical rational-choice theory.
Of or relating to Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
A residential community in Chenjiagang, Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a village.
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 306. 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.