English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 487 of 1086
Any drug, nutritional supplement, device, or behavioral method used to help a person to fall asleep, stay asleep, or have better sleep quality.
A person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.
The cumulative effect of not obtaining enough sleep, especially as seen as able to be made up for by sleeping more than usual.
The condition of being kept awake and not getting enough sleep (as forcibly by someone else, or by a disorder), to the point of noticeably lower alertness.
The practice of sleeping in separate beds or bedrooms instead of sharing one bed at night, with the intention of prioritizing sleep.
A poppy, particularly the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, whose extract was traditionally used as a sleep aid.
A period of days or weeks during the first two years of life characterized by a change in an infant's sleep patterns, leading to irregularities such as increased awakenings and fussiness.
Of a homeless person, to sleep outdoors, particularly as opposed to sleeping in a shelter or similar.
To be formally, but not actually, equal under the law, due to circumstances being ignored.
A farewell said shortly before going to bed; usually said between family members or good friends.
To remain vigilant at all times, especially by remaining partially awake or sleeping only lightly so as to avoid being caught off guard.
To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
Being kept awake to the point of noticeably lower alertness through a lack of sleep; experiencing sleep deprivation.
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 487. 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.