English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 490 of 1086

sleevienoun

Diminutive of sleeve.

sleevingnoun

Hollow flexible tube used as insulation for wires and cables.

sleidverb

To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.

sleighnoun

A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)

sleighbellnoun

A bell on a sleigh.

sleigheradj

comparative form of sleigh: more sleigh

sleighfulnoun

As much as a sleigh will hold.

sleighingnoun

A ride on a sleigh.

sleighlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sleigh.

sleighloadnoun

The amount (of material or goods) that can be loaded onto a sleigh.

sleightnoun

Cunning; craft; artful practice.

sleight of handnoun

The required manual dexterity used to perform magic tricks and illusions.

sleightfuladj

cunning; dexterous

sleightlyadv

With cunning; dexterously.

sleightyadj

cunning; sly

Sleipnirname

The eight-legged horse of Odin.

sleiveennoun

A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.

Slempname

A surname.

slenderadj

Thin; slim.

slender moanoun

A formerly posited species of giant moa, now considered to be synonymous with the North Island giant moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae.

slender reednoun

A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.

Slender West Lakename

A lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

slender-billed greenfinchnoun

Chloris aurelioi, an extinct species of finch closely related to the European greenfinch (Chloris chloris), known only from fossil remains in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

slenderishadj

Somewhat slender.

slenderizationnoun

The process of slenderizing.

slenderizeverb

To make more slender.

slenderlyadv

Thinly, slightly, delicately.

slendernessnoun

The property of being slender.

slendronoun

A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.

slentverb

Obsolete form of slant.

Slentzname

A surname from German.

SLEPnoun

Acronym of service life extension program/programme

slepeznoun

A type of mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus.

sleptverb

simple past and past participle of sleep

sleptonnoun

A hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton whose existence is implied by supersymmetry.

sleptonicadj

Relating to sleptons.

sleptwalkverb

simple past and past participle of sleepwalk

sleptwalkedverb

simple past and past participle of sleepwalk

slerpnoun

Alternative form of SLERP.

Slessorname

A surname.

sleuthnoun

A detective.

sleuth dognoun

Synonym of sleuthhound.

sleuth-houndnoun

Alternative form of sleuthhound.

sleutherynoun

sleuthing, detective work

sleuthhoundnoun

A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland.

sleuthinessnoun

The state or condition of being sleuthy.

sleuthingnoun

Detective work.

sleuthlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sleuth.

sleuthsnoun

plural of sleuth

sleuthworknoun

detective work

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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 490. 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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