English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 43 of 132

Sheolname

The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).

shepnoun

Pronunciation spelling of ship.

shepherdnoun

A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

shepherdessnoun

A female shepherd.

shepherdingnoun

The herding of sheep.

shepherdsnoun

plural of shepherd

Sheppardname

An English surname originating as an occupation.

Sheppartonname

A city, the headquarters of the City of Greater Shepparton, in northern Victoria, Australia.

Sheppertonname

A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in the county of Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0867).

Sheppeyname

Isle of Sheppey, an island off the northern coast of Kent, England.

sherbetnoun

A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

Sherbornename

A surname.

Sherbrookename

A placename

Sherburnename

A surname.

Sheridanname

A surname from Irish.

Sherifname

A surname from Arabic.

sheriffnoun

(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.

Sheringhamname

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).

Sherlockname

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

shermnoun

The drug phencyclidine (PCP).

Shermanname

An English surname originating as an occupation for a sheep-shearer.

sheronoun

A female hero.

Sherpanoun

A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers.

sherriffnoun

Obsolete form of sheriff.

Sherrillname

An English surname.

Sherringtonname

A village and civil parish (without a council) in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9639).

Sherrodname

A surname from German.

sherrynoun

A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

Sherwinname

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Sherwoodname

An English habitational surname from Old English derived from Sherwood Forest.

shethnoun

The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.

Shetlandname

Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland.

Shettyname

A surname from Kannada.

Shevardnadzename

A transliteration of the Georgian surname შევარდნაძე (ševardnaʒe).

Shevchenkoname

A surname from Ukrainian

shewverb

Archaic spelling of show.

shhintj

Demanding silence.

shinoun

Abbreviation of shibire.

Shi'aname

Shi'a Islam.

shiatsunoun

A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.

shibanoun

Ellipsis of Shiba Inu.

Shibataname

A surname from Japanese.

shibbolethnoun

A particular pronunciation or custom that is regarded as distinguishing members of a group from non-members, especially when used as a test.

Shibuyaname

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Shinjuku, Minato, Shinagawa, Meguro, Setagaya, Suginami, and Nakano special wards.

shiedverb

simple past and past participle of shy

shielnoun

A shepherd's hut or shieling.

shieldnoun

Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

shiftnoun

A movement to do something, a beginning.

shifternoun

One who, or that which, shifts or changes.

shiftingnoun

A shift or change; a shifting movement.

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 43. 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.