English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 439 of 1086

sinistrorselyadv

In a sinistrorse manner.

sinistrousadj

On the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.

sinistrouslyadv

In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily or sinisterly.

sinistroventraladj

sinister and ventral

sinistroversionnoun

A turning to the left, as of the uterus (cf. lateroversion).

Sinitenoun

An inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).

Siniteanname

A surname from Romanian.

Siniticadj

Of or pertaining to Chinese languages

Siniticizeverb

Alternative form of Sinicize.

Sinixtnoun

A member of a First Nations people descended from indigenous peoples who lived primarily in what is now the West Kootenay region of British Columbia and the adjacent regions of eastern Washington in the United States.

sinjaritenoun

A rare dihydrate of calcium chloride.

Sinjhuname

Alternative form of Hsinchu.

sinkverb

To move or be moved into something.

sink inverb

To become completely known, felt, or understood.

sink of iniquitynoun

A place where criminal activity is rife; a resort of criminals.

sink one's teeth intoverb

To bite; to bite into.

sink or swimverb

To fail or succeed, no matter what.

sink-holenoun

Alternative form of sinkhole.

sinkableadj

Capable of being sunk

sinkagenoun

An amount of material involved in a sinking.

sinkankasitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

sinkantnoun

A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it sink instead of floating on the water.

sinkboxnoun

A weighted, partially submerged enclosure suspended from a floating platform, used as a blind by waterfowl hunters.

sinkedverb

simple past and past participle of sink

sinkernoun

That which sinks or descends.

sinkerballnoun

A sinker.

sinkerballernoun

A pitcher who throws a lot of sinkers (sinking fastballs).

sinkerballingnoun

The pitching of sinkerballs (sinkers)

sinkerlessadj

Without a sinker.

sinkestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of sink

sinkethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sink

sinkfulnoun

As much as a sink will hold.

sinkholenoun

A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

Sinkhorn's theoremname

A theorem stating that every square matrix with positive entries can be written in a certain standard form.

sinkhousenoun

Synonym of washhouse (“a domestic outbuilding used as a laundry”)

Sinkiangname

Synonym of Xinjiang: An Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest.

Sinkienoun

Somebody from Singapore; a Singaporean.

sinkijonnoun

A Korean military rocket from the 15th century.

sinkinessnoun

The state of being sinky

sinkingnoun

gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk.

sinking feelingnoun

An unpleasant feeling in the abdomen caused by hunger or, especially, apprehension or uneasiness.

sinking heartnoun

A feeling of intense sadness.

sinking shipnoun

Something which is doomed; an impending debacle; an ongoing disaster.

sinklessadj

Without a sink (of any kind).

sinklikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sink.

sinkproofadj

Resistant to sinking.

sinkroomnoun

A room containing a sink for washing things; a scullery.

sinksnoun

plural of sink

sinkwa towelspongenoun

A gourd of species Luffa acutangula, whose fruits are eaten when half-ripe and when mature can be dried out to form a loofah.

sinkwardadv

Towards a sink.

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 439. 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.

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