English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 372 of 1086
A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger surf, where the waves break in one single "wall" onto the beach, often in shallow water.
A small European plantain, Littorella uniflora, that grows in shallow water or mud at the edges of ponds
The skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.
Efficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to a task that becomes unpleasant when prolonged.
An engine subassembly comprising the portion of the cylinder block below the cylinder head gasket but above the oil pan (and including neither).
A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
A scam that can be performed in minutes or seconds, typically aiming to rob the victim of the money or valuables they carry on them.
A situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others.
A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
A strict set of rules, or great scrutiny or oversight which limit one's freedom of action.
An annual payment made to opposition parties in the House of Commons, to help them with their costs.
A payment that is less than the full amount owed; an underpayment resulting from error, adjustment, or deduction.
A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value.
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 372. 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.