English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 468 of 1086
A probabilistic data structure that allows fast search within an ordered sequence of elements by maintaining a linked hierarchy of subsequences, with each successive subsequence skipping over fewer elements than the previous one.
A minimalist approach to skincare in which the amount of products used is minimized to only those essential and necessary for keeping skin health.
Involving direct communication between higher- and lower-ranking employees who would usually only communicate through a person of intermediate rank.
A traveller who disembarks at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination; one who practices skiplagging.
The practice of disembarking at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination, in order to save money on the airfare.
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, selenium, sulfur, and tellurium.
A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6638).
A metal spike to which is attached a small drum onto which is wound string or line. In use, the spike is pushed into the ground to anchor it, and then the line is pulled out as far as needed to mark a straight edge.
A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
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 468. 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.