English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 335 of 1086

Sheffer strokenoun

The vertical bar symbol ( | ), denoting the NAND operation.

Shefferianadj

Of or relating to Henry M. Sheffer (1882–1964), American logician.

Sheffieldname

A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Sheffield Parkname

A railway station and surrounding area in Chailey parish, Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ4023). Sheffield Park and Garden, a National Trust property, is in Fletching parish, Wealden district (OS grid ref TQ4123).

Sheffield standnoun

A type of bicycle stand consisting of a single inverted U-shaped metal bar that is mounted onto or embedded into the ground.

Sheffieldernoun

Someone from Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Sheffordname

A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).

sheftalianoun

A traditional Cypriot food, a type of crépinette, a sausage without skin, that uses caul fat or omentum to wrap the ingredients, rather than sausage casing.

sheftsvonoun

In the Soviet Union, a form of patronage where more skilled or advanced workers (such as military troops or a factory) provided assistance and mentoring to the less skilled (such as farmers and construction labourers).

shegetznoun

A gentile, a non-Jewish male.

Shehadehname

A surname from Arabic.

shehakolnoun

Shehakol, a Jewish prayer said before a variety of foods and drinks

Shehataname

A surname from Arabic.

Shehecheyanuname

A Jewish prayer to express gratitude for special occasions and new experiences.

shehitahnoun

The ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws.

shehnainoun

An ancient reeded woodwind instrument from India with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.

Shehuname

A surname from Albanian.

sheiknoun

The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

sheik al-Yahudnoun

An official representative of a Jewish community under an Islamic government.

sheikdomnoun

The domain ruled by a sheik.

Sheikhnoun

The title of a sheik.

Sheikh Jarrahname

A neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine.

sheikhanoun

A female sheikh.

sheikhdomnoun

Alternative spelling of sheikdom.

sheikhlikeadj

Alternative form of sheiklike.

sheikhlyadj

Alternative form of sheikly.

sheiklikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sheik.

sheiklyadj

Of sheiks; befitting a sheik.

sheilanoun

A woman.

Sheilaghname

A female given name from Irish.

sheildnoun

Obsolete form of shield.

Sheilsname

A surname.

Sheinbaumname

A surname from Yiddish.

sheitintj

Pronunciation spelling of shit, representing African-American Vernacular and Southern US English.

sheitelnoun

A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.

Shekname

A surname from Cantonese.

Shek Ngau Chauname

An island of Hong Kong.

Shek Oname

A village in Southern district, Hong Kong.

Shek Pai Wanname

An area of Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.

Shek Tong Tsuiname

An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

shekelnoun

A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.

shekerburanoun

An Azerbaijani sweet pastry filled with ground almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts.

Shekhaniname

A Nuristani language spoken in Chitral, Pakistan.

Shekhawatiname

A historical region of Rajasthan, India.

shekinahnoun

A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God

Shekkiname

Dated form of Shiqi: the Cantonese-derived name.

Sheklianname

A surname from Armenian.

Shektongtsuiname

A former district of Victoria, Hong Kong.

Shelaghname

A female given name from Irish, variant of Sheila.

Shelbiname

A female given name transferred from the surname.

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 335. 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.