English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 314 of 1086

shallonnoun

The shrub salal.

shalloonnoun

A fabric of tightly woven wool, mainly used for the linings of articles of clothing.

shallopnoun

A kind of light boat.

shallotnoun

Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.

shallowadj

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

shallow brooks are noisyproverb

People who do not consider things deeply often chatter or talk a lot.

shallow copynoun

A copy of a data structure which shares any linked structures with the original.

shallow endnoun

The part of a swimming pool with relatively shallow water.

shallow-heartedadj

Frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.

shallow-heartednessnoun

The quality of being shallow-hearted.

shallow-wittednessnoun

The state of being shallow-witted

Shallowatername

A city in Lubbock County, Texas, United States.

shallowfakenoun

A misleading or slightly edited piece of media (such as a video clip or image) created using conventional methods, as opposed to AI deep learning algorithms.

shallowheartedadj

Alternative form of shallow-hearted.

shallowheartednessnoun

Alternative form of shallow-heartedness.

shallowingnoun

The act of becoming shallower.

shallowishadj

Somewhat shallow.

shallowlyadv

In a shallow manner, without depth.

shallownessnoun

The property of being shallow; having little depth.

shallowpatenoun

One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

shallowsnoun

An area in a large body of water with many shallow areas.

shalmnoun

Obsolete form of shawm.

shalomintj

A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

shalom aleichemintj

A greeting said on meeting someone, especially when the two people meeting have not met in some time.

Shalosh Regalimname

Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, the three festivals that included pilgrimages.

Shalottname

Legendary place in Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott and elsewhere, identified with Guildford by Malory.

shalstverb

Synonym of shalt.

shaltverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of shall

shalwarnoun

Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.

shalwar kameeznoun

an outfit worn by men and women in South Asian countries comprising loose trousers and a long shirt

shalyadj

Pertaining to or resembling shale.

Shalyaname

The brother of Madri (mother of Nakula and Sahadeva), as well as the ruler of the Madra kingdom in the Mahabharata.

shamadj

Intended to deceive; false.

sham Abrahamverb

To pretend sickness or insanity.

Sham Chunname

Synonym of Shenzhen.

Sham Shui Poname

An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

shamanoun

Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.

shamableadj

Capable of being shamed.

Shamakhiname

A city in Azerbaijan.

shamalnoun

A hot, dry wind that blows across the Persian Gulf during the summer

Shamalbaghname

A town in Kashgar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.

Shamamyanname

A surname from Armenian.

shamannoun

A traditional faith healer.

shamanesqueadj

In the manner of a shaman.

shamanessnoun

A female shaman.

shamanhoodnoun

The role or status of a shaman.

shamanicadj

Of or relating to a shaman or to shamanism.

shamanishadj

Resembling or characteristic of a shaman.

shamanismnoun

Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.

shamanistnoun

An adherent of shamanism.

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 314. 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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