English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 465 of 1086

great, excellent

third-person singular simple present indicative of skill

skills shortagenoun

A lack of specialized workforce.

Alternative form of skill set.

An event where volunteers teach skills.

Characterised or marked by skill

In terms of skill.

Skillygalee.

skillygaleenoun

A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc.

Trademark for a portable circular saw.

A kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.

skimverb

To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in order to cover imperfections and make it smoother.

Non-fat milk; milk that has had the cream removed.

To separate (the best part of something from the remainder).

skimble-scambleadj

Alternative spelling of skimble-skamble.

skimble-skambleadj

Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.

The thin board used in skimboarding.

skimboardernoun

One who takes part in the sport of skimboarding.

skimboardingnoun

A form of surfing in shallow water near a beach.

A raucous gathering outside the home of newlyweds; a skimmington, a shivaree.

skimmabilitynoun

The quality or degree of being skimmable.

Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).

skimmed milknoun

British standard form of skim milk.

A device that skims.

second-person singular simple present indicative of skim

third-person singular simple present indicative of skim

Any of the genus Skimmia of evergreen shrubs and trees.

skimmianinenoun

A furoquinoline alkaloid found in plants of subfamily Zanthoxyloideae, such as Zanthoxylum chalybeum rootbark and Skimmia japonica.

present participle and gerund of skim

in a skimming manner

skimmity-ridenoun

Synonym of charivari (“mock serenade”).

Tending or seeming to skim; loose

Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering.

snowmobile

skimobilingnoun

The use of a skimobile; snowmobiling.

To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

simple past and past participle of skimp

One who skimps or does slipshod work.

skimpflationnoun

The practice of reducing the quality of products while continuing to market them at the same price.

plural of skimpy

In a skimpy manner.

The property of being skimpy.

present participle and gerund of skimp

So as to skimp; stingily; insufficiently.

third-person singular simple present indicative of skimp

Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.

skinnoun

The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

skin a flintverb

Go to great lengths to save or gain something, particularly money.

skin and blisternoun

A sister.

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 465. 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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