English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 34 of 132

serjeantnoun

Archaic spelling of sergeant.

Serkisname

A surname.

sermonnoun

Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.

Sermonsname

A surname.

Sernaname

A surname.

serologicaladj

Of or pertaining to serology.

Seroquelnoun

Trade name of quetiapine, an antipsychotic drug.

serotonergicadj

Containing or releasing serotonin.

serotoninnoun

An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.

serotypenoun

A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.

serousadj

Containing, secreting, or resembling serum; watery; a fluid or discharge that is pale yellow and transparent, usually representing something of a benign nature. (This contrasts with the term sanguine, which means blood-tinged and usually harmful.)

SERPnoun

Initialism of search engine results page.

serpentnoun

A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

serpentineadj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.

Serpiconame

A surname from Italian.

serranoun

A saw, or saw-like part.

serranonoun

Ellipsis of serrano pepper, a chili pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum which originated in the mountainous regions of the Mexican states of Puebla and Hidalgo and is used in cooking.

serratedadj

Notched or cut like a saw.

Sersname

A hamlet and village in Vayots Dzor, Armenia.

sertralinenoun

An antidepressant drug C₁₇H₁₇NCl₂ administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity.

serumnoun

Ellipsis of blood serum.

servnoun

Abbreviation of service.

servalnoun

A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

servantnoun

One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.

servantsnoun

plural of servant

servenoun

An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

servedverb

simple past and past participle of serve

servernoun

A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

serverlessadj

Based on a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand.

servesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of serve

servicenoun

An act of being of assistance to someone.

serviceabilitynoun

The property of being serviceable, of being useful for some function.

serviceableadj

Easy to service.

servicedverb

simple past and past participle of service

servicemannoun

A man who serves in the armed forces.

servicernoun

One who services a loan or other obligation, by collecting receivables and carrying out related actions such as enforcement

servicesnoun

That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.

servicingnoun

The act of performing maintenance on something.

servileadj

Excessively eager to please; obsequious.

servingnoun

The act or process of serving.

servitudenoun

The state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.

servletnoun

A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.

servonoun

A servomechanism.

sesnoun

Alternative spelling of sess (sensimilla)

sesamenoun

A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.

seshnoun

A session.

sesquicentennialadj

Occurring every 150 years.

sessverb

To lay a tax upon; to assess.

sessileadj

Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

sessionnoun

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 34. 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.