English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 317 of 1086

Shamsher Jangname

A Hindu princely title, Sword of War.

shamshirnoun

A Persian curved blade without a pommel.

shamusnoun

A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.

ShamWownoun

A brand of absorbent cloth.

Shamyname

The ship of characters Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler from the television series The Big Bang Theory.

shanadj

unfair, harsh

Shan Van Vochtname

Ireland

shan'tverb

Contraction of shall + not (negative auxiliary).

Shan-hsiname

Alternative form of Shanxi.

Shan-t'ouname

Alternative form of Shantou.

Shan-tungname

Alternative form of Shandong.

Shananame

A female given name from Welsh.

shana tovaintj

Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Shanaename

A female given name from Irish.

Shanafeltname

A surname from German.

Shanahanname

A surname from Irish.

Shanchengname

A district of Hebi, Henan, China.

shandnoun

Shame; scandal; disgrace.

shandanoun

Shame; disgrace.

Shandeanadj

Of or relating to The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, a novel by Laurence Sterne.

shanditenoun

A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral brass yellow mineral containing lead, nickel, and sulfur.

shandon beninoun

Alternative spelling of chadon beni.

Shandongname

A coastal province in eastern China. Capital: Jinan.

Shandong Peninsulaname

A peninsula in Shandong, in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south.

Shandongernoun

A native or inhabitant of Shandong, China.

shandrydannoun

A hooded chaise; any similar horse-drawn vehicle with no definite name.

Shandsname

A surname.

shandynoun

A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.

shandygaffnoun

A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

Shanename

A male given name from Irish.

Shanecquaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Shaneequaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Shaneiquaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Shanekquaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Shanekwaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Shanellename

A female given name of African-American usage.

Shanequaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Shangname

an ancient dynasty in China

Shang-ch'iuname

Alternative form of Shangqiu.

Shang-haename

Alternative form of Shanghai.

Shang-hainame

Alternative form of Shanghai.

Shang-jaoname

Alternative form of Shangrao.

Shang-loname

Alternative form of Shangluo.

Shangaanname

An African tribe or clan or nation.

Shangcainame

A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

Shangchenname

A village in Yushan, Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Shangchengname

A county of Xinyang, Henan, China.

Shangdangname

A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Shangduname

Synonym of Xanadu (“summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire”).

Shanghaename

Alternative form of Shanghai.

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 317. 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.