English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 470 of 1086

skoalintj

A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.

skoalingnoun

A traditional Scandinavian toast, especially with aquavit.

Skobeloff greennoun

A bluish shade of green.

Skochilenkoname

A transliteration of the Russian surname Скочиленко (Skočilenko).

Skoczylasname

A surname from Polish.

Skodanoun

Alternative form of Škoda.

skodencontraction

Contraction of let's + go + then.

skodyadj

very dirty and unpleasant; grody

skoggingnoun

A fitness technique involving riding a skateboard and propelling it with alternate feet.

Skokname

A surname from Slovene.

skokeberrynoun

A pokeberry or pokeweed plant (Phytolacca americana) or its dark red or purple fruit.

skokiaannoun

A home-brewed alcoholic liquor; moonshine.

Skokiename

A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

skolintj

A drinking-toast; cheers.

Skolename

A city in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

Skolem functionnoun

A function which replaces a variable bound by an existential quantifier which lies in the scope of an even number of logical negations; such function is a function of the remaining bound variables whose scope contain the given variable (being replaced).

Skolemisationnoun

Alternative form of Skolemization.

Skolemizationnoun

The conversion of a formula of first-order logic which involves the following steps: (1) replace free variables with constants, (2) replace any variable bound by an existential quantifier which lies in the scope of an even number of logical negations with a Skolem function, and (3) replace any variable bound by a universal quantifier which lies in the scope of an odd number of negations with a Skolem function.

skolioromanticadj

Romantically attracted to non-cisgender people.

skoliosexualadj

Sexually attracted to non-cisgender people.

skoliosexualitynoun

The condition of being skoliosexual.

Skollname

A moon of Saturn.

skollienoun

A hoodlum, a petty criminal.

Skolnikname

A surname.

skomorokhnoun

A medieval East Slavic actor or harlequin

skoncenoun

Alternative spelling of sconce.

Skongname

The Metroidvania video game Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025).

skoo'noun

Pronunciation spelling of school.

skookumadj

Excellent, impressive.

skoolienoun

A school bus that has been converted into a recreational vehicle.

skooshnoun

A squirt (of liquid).

skooshyadj

Synonym of squooshy

skooternoun

Synonym of scooter skirt.

Skopjanadj

Of, from, or pertaining to Skopje in North Macedonia.

Skopjename

The capital city of North Macedonia.

skoposnoun

The function of a written or spoken text, especially in the context of translating and interpreting.

Skopos theorynoun

The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text.

Skopostheorienoun

The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text.

Skoptsynoun

An underground religious movement in Russia, known for practising castration and mastectomy in accordance with their teachings. The movement was active to the mid 20th century.

Skoraname

A surname from Polish.

Skorackiname

A surname from Polish.

skoramisnoun

A chamber pot.

skordalianoun

A thick garlic sauce used in Greek cuisine

skortnoun

A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.

skortedadj

Wearing a skort.

Skorupaname

A surname from Polish.

Skorupskiname

A surname from Polish.

skoshnoun

A tiny amount; a little bit.

skoto-prefix

Alternative form of scoto-.

skotomorphogenesisnoun

The development of a seedling in the dark.

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 470. 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.