English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 453 of 1086
A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).
A suburb and ward in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2203).
An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000 to 999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.
the area between the closest rails of two parallel standard gauge railway lines, regardless of the actual distance.
The cardinal number occurring after five hundred ninety-nine and before six hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 600.
A hamlet in Little Wilbraham parish, South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5757).
The largest First Nations Indian reserve in Canada; located on the Grand River of Ontario that feeds into Lake Erie.
A thermometer capable of recording the maximum and minimum temperatures reached over a period of time.
A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop.
A fat belly, as opposed to one with a six-pack. See definitions 1 and 2 of six-pack. Seldom used in the plural.
A match between two teams on a similar number of points (in a league using the three-points-for-a-win system); so called because the difference between a side winning and losing the match is a six-point swing relative to their opponents.
Any mountain on Earth that extends more than 6,000 metres (19,685 ft) but less than 7,000 metres (22,966 ft) above sea level.
A serving of Cincinnati chili with spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans, and either jalapeños or chopped garlic.
An enclosed area inside the penalty area, extending 6 yards (5.5 metres) from the goal, inside which a goal kick must be taken.
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 453. 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.