English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 437 of 1086
A plastic bag with handles and shaped like a singlet (sleeveless undershirt) used as a shopping bag or similar.
A bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load. Generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree.
A persona that a system presents to pass as a single consistent self, often based on specific headmates (such as a host) or general collective behavior prior to syscovery.
Relating to the form of the universe in which the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is rejected.
An assay performed singularly, as opposed to replicated assays (e.g. assays performed in duplicate or triplicate).
A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis.
A person who discriminates on the basis of singlehood; one who holds negative views of single people.
A conjecture in combinatorial number theory, stating that there is a finite upper bound on the multiplicities of entries in Pascal's triangle (other than the number 1, which appears infinitely many times).
A worship service, or sometimes a part of a service or any other church activity, involving the singing of hymns.
A noun (in any specific sense) that has no plural form and is only used with singular verbs. Frequently for mass nouns.
The philosophical strategy that asserts the validity of only a single interpretation.
Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
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 437. 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.