English Words: S

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sinteringnoun

A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.

Sinterklaasname

Saint Nicholas in a folkloric incarnation, who (in the Low Countries and other parts of Europe) gives presents to children on December 5 or 6.

sinteryadj

Like sinter.

sinthomosexualadj

Having no personal interest in the future of humanity because of one's (non-heterosexual, therefore non-reproductive) sexual orientation

sinthomosexualitynoun

The condition of being sinthomosexual

Sintiname

The Sinti people, an ethnic group originating from Sindh in northwestern India (now Pakistan) who migrated to Europe in the medieval period.

sintirnoun

A three-stringed, skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco.

Sintitikesname

The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Sinti people.

Sintonoun

A member of the Sinti ethnic group, especially a male member.

Sintoismname

Dated form of Shintoism.

Sintoistnoun

Dated form of Shintoist.

Sintuismname

Dated form of Shintoism.

sinuateverb

To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out

sinuatelyadv

In a sinuate manner.

sinuatingadj

Curvy or wavy.

sinuglawnoun

a Filipino dish consisting of barbecue meat marinated in vinegar or calamondin juice along with vegetables and spices

Sinuijuname

A city in North Pyongan Province, North Korea, across the Yalu River from Dandong, Liaoning, China.

Sinulogname

A religious and cultural festival celebrated on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, Philippines.

sinuolateadj

Faintly or minutely sinuate.

sinuoseadj

sinuous

sinuoselyadv

In a sinuose manner.

sinuositynoun

The property of being sinuous.

sinuousadj

Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

sinuouslyadv

In a sinuous manner.

sinuousnessnoun

The state or condition of being sinuous.

sinupalliateadj

In molluscs, having an indented pallial line or sinus.

sinuplastynoun

balloon sinuplasty

sinusnoun

A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).

Sinus Meridianiname

An albedo feature on Mars stretching east-west just south of the planet's equator.

sinus venosinoun

plural of sinus venosus

sinus venosusnoun

The first chamber of the heart in fish, amphibians, and reptiles, emptying into the right atrium.

sinus-wiseadv

As pertaining to the sinus or sinuses.

sinusectomynoun

Excision of a sinus.

sinusitisnoun

An inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses.

sinuslikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sinus.

sinusoidnoun

A curve having the shape of a sine wave.

sinusoidaladj

Having the shape or characteristics of a sine wave.

sinusoidalizeverb

to oscillate in close to sinusoidal fashion

sinusoidallyadv

In a sinusoidal manner

sinusoidalsnoun

plural of sinusoidal

sinusonasaladj

Relating to, or situated in the sinuses and the nose

sinusopathynoun

disease of the sinuses

sinusotomynoun

A surgical operation in which an incision is made in a sinus.

sinusyadj

Resembling or characteristic of the sinuses.

sinuvertebraladj

Relating to, or connecting a sinus and the vertebra

sinwardadv

Toward sin or sinning.

Sinwuname

Alternative form of Xinwu.

Sinyardname

A surname.

Siobhanname

A female given name from Irish.

siolparticle

Alternative form of sia.

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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 442. 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.