English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 341 of 1086

sherardizeverb

To coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.

sherardizernoun

One who or that which sherardizes.

Sheraton Movename

The fall of the Pakatan Harapan coalition from power and its succession by the Perikatan Nasional coalition.

sherbetnoun

A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

sherbetyadj

Having characteristics of sherbet

Sherbornename

A surname.

Sherbournename

A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England.

Sherbrookename

A placename

Sherbrookianadj

Pertaining to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Sherburnname

A village in Sherburn Village parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3142).

Sherburnename

A surname.

Sherburne Countyname

One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Elk River.

sherdnoun

Alternative form of shard.

Sherdennoun

A Sea Peoples tribe of the late Bronze Age.

shereefnoun

A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca.

Sherefordname

A small village in the North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.

Sherfeyname

A surname.

Sherfield Englishname

A small village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2922).

shergottitenoun

A type of meteorite composed of lava from a planet other than Earth.

Sheriartyname

The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Jim Moriarty from the television series Sherlock.

sheriatnoun

Archaic form of shari'a.

Sheridanname

A surname from Irish.

Sheridan Countyname

One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Hoxie.

sheridanitenoun

An aluminium-rich clinochlore mineral.

Sherifname

A surname from Arabic.

sheriffnoun

(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.

Sheriff Huttonname

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6566).

sheriffdomnoun

The regions in which a sheriff has authority.

sheriffessnoun

A female sheriff.

sheriffhoodnoun

The office of sheriff.

sheriffrynoun

The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.

sheriffshipnoun

The office or jurisdiction of a sheriff.

sheriffwicknoun

The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.

sherillanoun

An ugly, fat, or stupid black woman.

Sheringhamname

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).

Sherleyname

A surname.

Sherlinname

A surname.

Sherlockname

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

Sherlock Holmesname

A series of novels by Arthur Conan Doyle about a consulting detective with keen observational awareness, astute logical reasoning and professional forensic skills; also related media based on the books, such as movies.

Sherlock Holmes-iananoun

Uncommon form of Sherlock Holmesiana.

Sherlock Holmesiananoun

Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmesishadj

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmesqueadj

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmesyadj

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlockedadj

Addicted to the television series Sherlock.

Sherlockianadj

Of or pertaining to Sherlock Holmes or his investigations, methods, or sayings.

Sherlockiananoun

Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlockishadj

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlockyadj

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlollyname

The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Molly Hooper from the television series Sherlock.

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 341. 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.