English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 469 of 1086

Synonym of skirting board.

Wearing a skirt.

One who skirts around something.

second-person singular simple present indicative of skirt

third-person singular simple present indicative of skirt

As much as is within, on, or held by a skirt.

Diminutive of skirt.

Skirting boards collectively.

skirting boardnoun

A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.

So as to skirt or go around something.

A two-piece swimsuit consisting of a bikini or other style top (halter, tank, etc.) and a short, skirted bottom.

Without a skirt.

skirtlessnessnoun

Absence of a skirt.

Resembling a skirt.

plural of skirt

Like a skirt; featuring a skirt or skirts.

A surname.

A skier (person who skis).

skitnoun

A short comic performance done by amateurs.

To hitch a ride by holding on to a motor vehicle while riding on a skateboard, roller skates, or bicycle.

One who skitches.

A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.

skite-the-gutternoun

An unimportant or irresponsible person; a good-for-nothing.

To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.

The act of one who skitters.

skitteringlyadv

So as to skitter; with rapid, twitchy motion.

skittish

skittish

Easily scared or startled; timid.

In a skittish manner.

skittishnessnoun

The property of being skittish.

One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

skittle outverb

To dismiss (batsmen) quickly.

skittleballnoun

A team sport in which players attempt to knock over the opposing team's skittle by throwing a ball.

One who plays the game of skittles.

A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.

skittles and beernoun

Alternative form of beer and skittles.

skittles partynoun

A party where teenagers or young adults bring with them a lot of random pills, take them, and see what happens

Skittish.

skivnoun

A sovereign (the coin).

To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

A slacker.

Alternative form of skivvy.

Underwear, especially men's underwear and especially men's underpants.

A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.

Alternative form of skewampus.

A runway or airstrip that can only be used by aircraft equipped with skis.

Clothing to be worn while skiing.

A surname from Czech.

sklodowskitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.

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 469. 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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