English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 483 of 1086

slaughterynoun

A place for slaughter; a slaughterhouse.

slaunchwiseadj

slantwise; diagonal

Slausonname

A surname.

Slavnoun

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

Slav squatnoun

A low, open-legged casual squatting position in which the haunches rest on the calves and the heels are planted.

slavanoun

The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.

slava Ukrainiphrase

A greeting and farewell indicating support for Ukraine, now in reference to the Russian invasion of 2022.

Slavaboonoun

A non-Slavic person who is overly infatuated with Slavic (especially Russian or Soviet) culture.

Slavdomnoun

Slavic peoples collectively, Slavs as a body.

slavenoun

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

slave auctionnoun

A lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.

slave awayverb

To work very hard.

slave breakernoun

A person who specializes in destroying the wills of unruly slaves, especially in the context of the antebellum American South.

slave chainnoun

A long chain to which slaves were fastened, especially when being transported.

slave clocknoun

A clock that is synchronized by a master clock.

Slave Islandname

A suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Slave Lakename

Former name of Great Slave Lake: a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

slave namenoun

A name or surname given to a person held in slavery, or passed down to their descendants.

slave of the lampnoun

A genie who is imprisoned in a lamp, as in the tale of Aladdin.

Slave Rivername

A river flowing north between Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Canada, emptying into Great Slave Lake.

slave to fashionnoun

A person who is particularly concerned that their clothing and physical appearance conforms to the current, accepted style.

slave tradenoun

Traffic in slaves.

slave wagenoun

A very low amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work.

slave-drivernoun

An overseer of slaves at work; a person who puts slaves to work.

slave-ownernoun

Alternative form of slaveowner.

slavebornadj

born in slavery

slaveboynoun

A boy who is a slave.

slavebreedingnoun

Alternative form of slave-breeding.

slavecatchernoun

One who attempts to capture and bring back fugitive slaves.

slavecatchingnoun

The capture and bringing back of fugitive slaves.

slavedealernoun

One who buys and sells people as slaves.

slavedealingnoun

The buying and selling of people as slaves.

slavedomnoun

A region or realm where slavery exists.

slaveficnoun

A fanfic centered on the enslavement of one or more characters.

slavegirlnoun

A girl who is a slave.

slaveholdernoun

Someone who owns slaves.

slaveholdingadj

Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.

slavehoodnoun

The state of being a slave.

slaveishadj

Obsolete spelling of slavish.

slavelessadj

Without a slave or slaves.

slavelessnessnoun

Absence of slaves.

slaveletnoun

Synonym of slaveling.

slavelikeadj

Resembling a slave.

slavelingnoun

A minor or petty slave.

slavemakernoun

A type of ant, a brood parasite that captures the brood of other ant species to increase the worker force of its own colony.

slavemakingadj

Engaging in the brood capture activity of a slavemaker ant.

slavemasternoun

One who owns a slave.

slavemistressnoun

A woman who owns a slave.

slavemongernoun

A person who deals in slaves; a slaver, slavetrader.

slavenappingnoun

A kidnapping for the purpose of making the victim a slave.

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 483. 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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