English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 45 of 132

shipownernoun

Someone who owns a ship.

Shippname

A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who worked on a ship

shippedadj

Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo.

shippernoun

A seaman; mariner; skipper.

shippingnoun

The transportation of goods.

shipsnoun

plural of ship

shipwrecknoun

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

shipwreckedadj

Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.

shipwrightnoun

A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.

shipyardnoun

A place where ships are built and repaired.

Shiraname

A surname.

Shirazname

A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.

shirenoun

An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.

Shireenname

A female given name from Persian.

Shirinname

A female given name from Persian.

shirkverb

To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

shirkingnoun

The act of one who shirks.

Shirleyname

An English habitational surname

shironoun

A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.

shirtnoun

An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

shirtlessadj

Without a shirt.

shishintj

Used to request quiet; similar to shh.

shishanoun

An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.

shitnoun

Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

shitbagnoun

A colostomy bag.

shitenoun

Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense

shitfacedadj

Very drunk.

shitheadnoun

A stupid or contemptible person.

shitholenoun

The anus.

shithousenoun

An outhouse, an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

shitlessadj

Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below.

shitloadnoun

A large amount.

shitpostnoun

A worthless or superficially meaningless post on a message board, newsgroup, or other online discussion platform, often intended to derail or distract from relevant conversation.

shitsnoun

plural of shit

shitshownoun

Alternative form of shit show.

shitstormnoun

A chaotic and unpleasant or violent situation.

shittedverb

simple past and past participle of shit

shitternoun

One who defecates.

shittingnoun

The act of defecating.

shittyadj

Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.

shivnoun

A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

shivanoun

A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.

Shivajiname

A male given name.

Shivaniname

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

shiververb

To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.

shiveredverb

simple past and past participle of shiver

shiveringverb

present participle and gerund of shiver

shiznoun

shit (in any sense)

Shizuokaname

A prefecture of Japan.

Shlomoname

A Jewish male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Shulamith, equivalent to English Solomon.

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 45. 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.