English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 463 of 1086
A kind of cathode ray tube that replaces the conventional light-emitting phosphor layer on the face of the tube screen with a scotophor such as potassium chloride.
A nonsense phrase implying, referencing, inferring or bemoaning the supposed slang, memes, trends and other activities of Generation Alpha.
An analogue to a bicycle for downhill skiing, which has a frame similar to a bicycle's and with wheels replaced by skis, which may or may not include a seat, and may or may not include pegs in place of pedals (without pegs, one would stand on the rear ski)
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
A car with a frame on casters attached to it (a skid frame), which lowers the effective weight of the car on its tires, allowing easy skids, simulating aquaplaning and driving on ice
A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
An especially dilapidated section of a city, characterized by abandoned or run-down buildings and vices such as drug dealing and prostitution, and frequented by homeless people.
A freestyle skiing event, a form of performance dance on alpine skis, performed across flats and choreographed to music.
A Haida community in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada, on the southeast coast of Graham Island.
A metal plate affixed to the underside of a vehicle to prevent damage to key components in the undercarriage.
Having steering achieved by differential steering, up to and including skidding of the wheels.
plural of sky though essentially synonymous with singular form; the heavens; the firmament; the atmosphere.
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 463. 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.