English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 392 of 1086
The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
A length of dead-end track, e.g. alongside a main line, used for the purpose of allowing a train to shunt back into a siding or rail yard without the need for the train to occupy a running line.
A method for parsing mathematical expressions specified in infix notation.
The annual wage negotiations, between employers and Japanese labor unions aiming to increase wages, occurring in spring.
A modern Iranian musical instrument, a member of the lute family, with a skin face and six strings.
Highlights a mistake, actual or perceived, which the writer feels is ironic or humorous.
A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
The combination of the Hebrew letter ו (“vav”) with a dagesh which represents the vowel /u/.
A member of a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Alternative form of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.
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 392. 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.