English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 47 of 132

shopliftingnoun

The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.

shoppenoun

A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.

shoppernoun

A person who shops.

shoppingverb

present participle and gerund of shop

shopsnoun

plural of shop

shornoun

A salt lake.

shorenoun

Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

shoredadj

Having a shore, often one of a specified type.

Shoreditchname

An urban area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3382).

Shorehamname

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).

shorelinenoun

The divide between land and a body of water.

shoresnoun

plural of shore

shornverb

past participle of shear

shortadj

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

shortagenoun

A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

shortbreadnoun

A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.

shortcakenoun

A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.

shortcomingnoun

A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

shortcomingsnoun

plural of shortcoming

shortcutnoun

A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.

shortcutsnoun

plural of shortcut

shortedadj

Dressed in shorts.

shortenverb

To make shorter; to abbreviate.

shortenedverb

simple past and past participle of shorten

shorteradj

comparative form of short: more short.

shortestadj

superlative form of short: most short; Least in stature, length or height.

shortfallnoun

An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.

shorthairnoun

Any of several breeds of domestic cat with relatively short hair, a slender body and a large head.

shorthandnoun

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

shorthandedadj

Lacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.

shortiesnoun

Short socks.

shortingnoun

short selling

shortlistnoun

Alternative form of short list.

shortlyadv

In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.

shortnessnoun

The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.

shortsnoun

plural of short

shortsightedadj

Alternative spelling of short-sighted.

shortstopnoun

The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.

shortwavenoun

An electromagnetic wave with a relatively short wavelength; specifically, one with a wavelength generally between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.

shortynoun

Something or someone that is shorter than normal.

Shoshananame

A female given name from Hebrew.

Shoshonenoun

A member of an Amerindian ethnic group of North America, especially of Wyoming and Idaho.

Shostakovichname

A transliteration of the Russian surname Шостако́вич (Šostakóvič).

shotadj

Tired, weary.

Shotaname

A male given name of Georgian origin.

shotgunnoun

A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

shotsnoun

plural of shot

shouldverb

simple past of shall

should'vecontraction

Contraction of should + have.

shouldaverb

Contraction of should + have.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 47. 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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