English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 480 of 1086
A term or turn of phrase, such as a euphemism, that puts a positive or negative slant on something.
Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.
To make a quick motion to draw one's handgun from its holster, especially in a duel in the Old West.
An expression of astonishment upon learning something unbelievable; chiefly something positive.
A kind of doubling echo with relatively long delay between repetitions of the sound, so that the individual echoes can be perceived.
Alternative letter-case form of slapgate (“Any of various controversies involving slapping.”).
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 480. 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.