English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 380 of 1086

shovelbumnoun

A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.

shoveledverb

simple past and past participle of shovel

shovelernoun

One who, or that which, shovels.

shovelfishnoun

The paddlefish.

shovelfulnoun

The amount that can be moved at once with a shovel.

shovelheadnoun

The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo).

shovellableadj

Suitable for shovelling.

shovelledverb

simple past and past participle of shovel

shovellikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a shovel.

shovellingnoun

The act by which something is shovelled.

shovelmakernoun

A manufacturer of shovels.

shovelmakingnoun

The manufacture of shovels.

shovelmannoun

One who works with a shovel.

shovelnosenoun

The common sand shark.

shovelnose frognoun

Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.

shovelomicsnoun

The analysis of plant root architecture after digging a trench to expose them

shovelwarenoun

A haphazard collection of software assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality.

shovernoun

A person who shoves.

shovesnoun

plural of shove

shoveyadj

Tending to shove; pushy.

shovingverb

present participle and gerund of shove

Shovlinname

A surname from Irish.

Shovuosname

Alternative form of Shavuot.

showverb

To display, to have somebody see (something).

show a clean pair of heelsverb

To run away; to make an escape quickly.

show a legverb

To wake up and get out of bed.

show ankleverb

To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest.

show aroundverb

To accustom (someone) to a physical place, especially a building, site for an event, etc.

show awayverb

To show off.

show barnnoun

A building for exhibiting cattle and other domestic animals, as at a county fairgrounds.

show benchnoun

A bench or stand on which entries are placed at dog or other animal shows, horticultural shows, fairs, and similar events.

show colourverb

To get angry, to scowl.

show flatnoun

A newly built, decorated, and furnished flat that is intended as an example rather than to be rented.

show forthverb

To exhibit; to demonstrate.

show half ballverb

To reveal a great deal of cleavage.

show inverb

To lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room.

show jumpingnoun

An equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles.

Show Me Statename

Official nickname for Missouri: a state of the United States.

show notesnoun

Text notes that accompany a podcast and describe its content.

show of forcenoun

An open demonstration of power by display of a great number of people or resources.

show of handsnoun

A vote in which people raise a hand in order to state their agreement with something.

show offverb

To exhibit the best attributes of something.

show offsnoun

plural of show off

show one's ageverb

To indicate by appearance or other factors that a person is no longer young, or ageing, or of an object, no longer new and ageing.

show one's assverb

To act or behave in a rude or obnoxious manner; to misbehave.

show one's buttverb

To misbehave or act defiantly.

show one's clawsverb

To demonstrate one's ability to hurt another.

show one's faceverb

To appear publicly.

show one's teethverb

Alternative form of bare one's teeth.

show one's true colorsverb

To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed or after having been deceptively and deliberately misleading.

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 380. 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.