English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 405 of 1086
The presence of iron in the blood serum (which is always true, in some amount or other).
Of a geologic period within the Paleoproterozoic era from about 2500 to 2300 million years ago.
A former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.
An erythroblast with stainable iron granules in its cytoplasm seen in cases of sideroblastic anaemia.
An abnormal red blood cell that has iron granules that are not part of the hemoglobin.
A 19th-century process of reproducing steel-engraved designs for printing. The design is engraved on a steel block, then hardened and used to transfer a raised-image version to a steel roller under heavy pressure. The roller is then hardened and used as a die to impress duplicate images on printing plates for transferring to paper by the intaglio method.
A macrophage that has absorbed iron-containing particles, occurring in victims of certain kinds of heart attacks.
In the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms alloys easily with iron and is concentrated in the Earth's core.
Any medium-sized molecule that has a high specificity for binding or chelating iron; they are employed by microorganisms to obtain iron from the environment
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a delicate assembly of magnetic needles.
A microscopic body containing aggregates of hemosiderin particles bound in a single membrane.
Any of the genus Sideroxylon of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse.
A panel or window on the side of a vehicle, such as a car or aircraft, designed to protect occupants from external elements while allowing visibility.
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 405. 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.