English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 449 of 1086

sit in judgmentverb

To determine formally whether someone has done something wrong.

sit in onverb

To attend a private meeting or class without participating.

sit in the wheelsverb

To wheelsuck.

sit in withverb

To join (often as an observer, supervisor or outsider) a group working together on a task.

sit looseverb

To be careless or indifferent (to something).

sit looselyverb

Alternative form of sit loose.

sit offverb

To give less than full effort; to let off on energy or pressure.

sit onverb

To block, suppress, restrain (something).

sit on a tackphrase

An expression of contempt or dismissiveness directed at someone, particularly in the case of disagreement.

sit on death's doorstepverb

To be on the brink of death; to be almost dead.

sit on itverb

shove it up your ass (up yours) or back off.

sit on one's handsverb

To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation.

sit on someone's wheelverb

To sit in the wheels; to wheelsuck.

sit on the fenceverb

To remain neutral on a certain topic, to not have a stance or opinion.

sit one's ass downverb

A rude and vulgar directive requesting someone to take a seat.

sit one's butt downverb

To listen to another person without interrupting.

sit outverb

To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.

sit oververb

To move along a seat or bench to make room.

sit rightverb

To suit one's constitution, so as not to upset one's stomach or make one sick when consumed.

sit shivaverb

To take part in the shiva mourning ritual.

sit stillverb

To remain motionless.

sit there like a lemonverb

To remain uselessly in a place or situation, without taking any action.

sit throughverb

To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.

sit tightverb

To wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionless.

sit up and take noticeverb

To start to pay attention suddenly.

sit wellphrase

To agree or be pleased (with something).

sit withverb

To consider (something) slowly and carefully, to reflect on.

sit-and-gonoun

A type of poker tournament which has no scheduled start time and begins once a set number of players have entered the tournament.

sit-by-the-firenoun

A person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out and socialize.

sit-down moneynoun

Welfare or social security, including unemployment benefits, especially such welfare paid to Aboriginal people.

sit-downernoun

A worker or protester who participates in a sit-down.

sit-innoun

A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.

sit-innernoun

A nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in.

sit-lieadj

That is related to sitting and lying.

sit-skinoun

A ski or sled variant adapted for wheelchair-bound skiers, with a seat, and ski or skies mounted underneath.

sit-upnoun

An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position. The degree of difficulty can be controlled by choosing from partial-range or full-range versions.

sit-up-and-begadj

Of a posture adopted by a person steering a vehicle (such as an aeroplane, car, or motorcycle): sitting up straight, not bent forward or leaning back.

sit-uponsnoun

plural of sit-upon

Sitaname

A goddess, the consort of Rāma.

Sita Buzăuluiname

A village and commune of Covasna County, Romania.

sitafloxacinnoun

A fluoroquinolone antibiotic.

sitagliptinnoun

A hypoglycemic drug taken orally in the form of its phosphate C₁₆H₁₅F₆N₅O·H₃PO₄·H₂O in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It acts by inhibiting the degradation of incretins, which results in increased secretion of insulin by the pancreas. It is marketed under the trademark Januvia and when used in combination with metformin, under the trademark Janumet.

sitamaquinenoun

A particular aminoquinoline that may be an antileishmanial drug

Sitanagaramname

A village in Andhra Pradesh.

Sitapinoun

Alternative form of Leimarel.

Sitapurname

A city and district of Lucknow division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

sitarnoun

A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

sitaristnoun

Someone who plays a sitar.

sitarlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sitar.

Sitarmakername

An occupational surname of Indian usage.

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 449. 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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