English Words: S

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shakesnoun

plural of shake

Shakespearename

A surname.

Shakespeareanadj

Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.

Shakespearianadj

Alternative spelling of Shakespearean.

shakeupnoun

A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.

shakeyadj

Alternative spelling of shaky.

shakilyadv

In a shaky manner.

shakingverb

present participle and gerund of shake

Shaktiname

The Hindu concept or personification of the divine feminine aspect, sometimes referred to as 'The Divine Mother'. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power.

Shakurname

A surname from Arabic.

shakyadj

Shaking or trembling.

shalenoun

A shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.

shallverb

Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.

shallotnoun

Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.

shallowadj

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

shallowlyadv

In a shallow manner, without depth.

shallownessnoun

The property of being shallow; having little depth.

shallowsnoun

An area in a large body of water with many shallow areas.

shalomintj

A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

shaltverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of shall

shamadj

Intended to deceive; false.

shamanoun

Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.

shamannoun

A traditional faith healer.

shamanicadj

Of or relating to a shaman or to shamanism.

shamanismnoun

Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.

shamanisticadj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.

shamansnoun

plural of shaman

Shambhalaname

A mythical, mystic sacred realm in Tibetan Buddhism.

shamblesnoun

A scene of great disorder or ruin.

shamblingverb

present participle and gerund of shamble

shambolicadj

Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.

shamenoun

An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

shamedverb

simple past and past participle of shame

shamefuladj

Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful

shamefullyadv

In a shameful manner.

shamelessadj

Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

shamelesslyadv

In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

shamesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shame

Shaminame

A surname from Arabic.

shamingverb

present participle and gerund of shame

shampoonoun

A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.

shampooingverb

present participle and gerund of shampoo

shamrocknoun

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

Shamsname

A surname from Arabic.

shamusnoun

A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.

shanadj

unfair, harsh

shan'tverb

Contraction of shall + not (negative auxiliary).

Shananame

A female given name from Welsh.

Shanahanname

A surname from Irish.

shandnoun

Shame; scandal; disgrace.

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 38. 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.