English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 308 of 1086
Non-bank financial institutions, that, like banks, borrow short and in liquid forms and lend or invest long in more illiquid assets.
A senior group of opposition politicians who shadow the members of the government.
An aircraft factory in the World War II era, partly staffed by people from the motor industry, that was kept hidden from enemy aircraft.
The collection of vessels utilised by a state to covertly pursue its interests in a way which maintains plausible deniability, such as smuggling to avoid international sanctions, carrying out sabotage, or projecting power in disputed waters.
A government that is prepared to take control in response to certain events, especially one made up of the leadership of the largest opposition party in parliament which would assume control should the ruling party be displaced in elections.
Software used or deployed without the approval of a central IT department, typically to bypass limitations and restrictions.
An unlawful online book distributor that hosts free copies as PDFs, EPUBs, and the like for download.
In British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio.
An ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images.
A price for a resource, good, or service which is not based on actual market exchanges, but is mathematically derived from indirect data obtained from related markets.
A shadow price of labor, i. e. a real wage which is not based on actual market exchanges.
Virtual stock having a calculated value, without real-world fluctuations, used to motivate and compensate employees.
A form of armed conflict, conducted secretly in the nexus between war and peace, where various actors utilise different means to achieve their goals.
The art or practice of creating images with the body on a wall or other surface using the shadows cast from a fire or other source of light.
To ban a user from a community without their knowledge, allowing them to continue reading and commenting, but rendering their contributions invisible or less visible to other users.
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
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 308. 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.