English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 375 of 1086
The state or condition of lasting for only a short period of time, in contrast to longevity.
The set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.
The shortest interval containing a specified fraction (typically a half) of a distribution
Any of several breeds of domestic cat with relatively short hair, a slender body and a large head.
Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord.
A total ordering for finite sequences of objects that can themselves be totally ordered. Sequences are primarily sorted by cardinality (length) with the shortest sequences first, and sequences of the same length are sorted into lexicographic order.
A short web address, produced by a URL shortener, that redirects to a desired address that is typically much longer.
A relatively brief recording of a video game being played, not including every part of the game.
Of or relating to transportation by sea that does not directly cross an ocean, such as coastwise movement.
The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0746).
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 375. 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.