English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 347 of 1086

Shihtingname

Alternative form of Shiding.

Shihtsuishanname

Alternative form of Shizuishan.

Shihuaname

A town in Gucheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

shiinoun

Pronunciation spelling of shit.

shii treenoun

A tree, Castanopsis cuspidata, native to southern Japan and southern Korea.

shiikuwashanoun

A citrus fruit, native to Taiwan and Okinawa (Citrus reticulata, syn. Citrus depressa)

Shiistnoun

A practitioner of fundamentalist Shiism.

shiitakenoun

A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.

Shiiteadj

Of or relating to the Shi'a.

Shiitisationnoun

Alternative spelling of Shiitization.

Shiitismnoun

Synonym of Shi'ism.

Shiitizationnoun

The process of Shiitizing.

Shiitizeverb

To make or become Shiite

shijiangshanitenoun

A light-red to red mineral with the chemical formula Pb3CaAl(Si5O14)(OH)3 · 3H2O.

Shijiazhuangname

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northeastern China.

Shijingname

A town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

Shijingshanname

A district of Beijing, China.

shikakainoun

Synonym of soap acacia.

shikarnoun

Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.

shikaranoun

A type of small wooden boat

shikargahnoun

A hunting-ground, or enclosed preserve.

shikarinoun

A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.

Shikasta Nasta'liqname

A form of Perso-Arabic script calligraphy used for Persian and Urdu.

shikhanoun

The long lock of hair left on the shaved head of an orthodox Hindu, especially a Brahmin or temple priest.

Shikharname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

shikharanoun

A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.

shikhonoun

A kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior.

shikigaminoun

A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.

shikiinoun

The lower rail on which a Japanese room divider runs.

shikimatenoun

The anionic form of shikimic acid.

shikiminoun

The tree Illicium anisatum.

shikimicadj

Of or pertaining to shikimic acid or its derivatives.

shikirinoun

the preparation time before a sumo bout during which the rikishi try to gain a psychological advantage by intense staring (niramiai) and when salt is ceremonially thrown (kiyome-jio)

shikiri-sennoun

The two enamel lines, embedded in the dohyo, behind which the rikishi crouch in preparation for the tachiai.

shikkennoun

A member of the Hōjō clan who served as regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period.

shikonoun

One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high in the air to the side, then brings it down with a stamp. It is also performed on the dohyo to drive away bad spirits.

Shikokuname

The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.

shikonanoun

The wrestling name of a rikishi, normally derived from his heya, place of birth etc.

shikoninnoun

Synonym of alkannin.

Shikotanname

An island in the Kurils, occupied by Russia but claimed by Japan.

shikranoun

A species of hawk, Accipiter badius.

shiksanoun

A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.

shiksappealnoun

The sex appeal of a non-Jewish female (a shiksa) to a Jewish male.

shiksenoun

Alternative form of shiksa.

shikshakarminoun

An education worker.

shikumennoun

An architectural style found in Shanghai, China, consisting of two or three floors and a front yard protected by high walls.

shilajitnoun

A tar-like substance used in traditional medicine.

Shilanname

A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

shildnoun

Alternative form of child representing German- or French-accented speech.

Shildonname

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2326).

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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 347. 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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