English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 457 of 1086

skaddonnoun

The larva of a bee.

Skadovskname

A city and raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.

skaergaarditenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper, gold, iron, lead, palladium, platinum, tellurium, tin, and zinc.

Skaffname

A surname from Arabic.

skagnoun

Alternative form of skeg.

Skagerrakname

The marine passage between Norway and Denmark, formerly also including the passage between Sweden and Denmark, comprising the Kattegat.

skaggyadj

Alternative form of scaggy.

Skagitname

either of two tribes, the Lower Skagit and Upper Skagit.

Skagit Countyname

One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Mount Vernon.

Skaifename

A surname from Old Norse.

skainnoun

Obsolete spelling of skein.

skainsmatenoun

A messmate; a companion.

skaiternoun

Obsolete spelling of skater, usually referring to an ice skater.

skaithnoun

Alternative form of scathe (“damage”).

skaitingverb

present participle and gerund of skait

Skakunname

A surname from Ukrainian.

Skalaname

A surname.

Skalatname

A city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

skaldnoun

A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.

skaldicadj

Of or relating to the skalds (Norse poets).

skaldshipnoun

The skill of writing Nordic poetry of the Viking Age.

skalenoun

Obsolete form of scale.

Skalickyname

A surname from Czech.

Skalskyname

A surname.

Skalubaname

A surname from Polish.

Skamanianame

An unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington, United States.

Skamania Countyname

One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Stevenson.

Skandaname

a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

skandallnoun

Obsolete spelling of scandal.

skandhanoun

Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being; aggregate

skanknoun

A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.

skankedverb

simple past and past participle of skank

skankernoun

Someone who dances the skank.

skankinessnoun

The state or condition of being skanky.

skanksnoun

plural of skank

Skanksgivingname

The day before Thanksgiving Day, with reference to promiscuous behavior in bars around this time.

skankyadj

dirty; smutty or scabby

skanoenoun

A small boat that is a cross between a skiff and a canoe.

skanoesnoun

plural of skanoe

skaprinoun

An exercise garment combining leggings with a short skirt

skarcrownoun

Obsolete spelling of scarecrow.

Skarlatosname

A surname from Greek.

Skarmynoun

The card Skeleton Army, which spawns a swarm of fifteen low-health, low-damage dealing skeleton troops.

skarnnoun

Any of various metamorphic rocks formed by metasomatism.

skarnicadj

Of or relating to skarn.

Skarzynskiname

A surname from Polish.

Skarù·ręʔnoun

Synonym of Tuscarora (people).

Skarżysko-Kamiennaname

A city in Holy Cross Voivodeship, Poland.

skatnoun

A trick-taking card game for three players, popular in Germany.

skatenoun

A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.

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 457. 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.