English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 491 of 1086

sleuthyadj

sleuthlike; of or in the manner of a sleuth.

sleveennoun

An untrustworthy or cunning person.

Slevinname

A surname from Irish.

slewnoun

The act, or process of slewing.

slewedverb

simple past and past participle of slew

slewestverb

second-person singular simple past indicative of slay

slewingverb

present participle and gerund of slew

SLEXname

Acronym of South Luzon Expressway.

sleynoun

Reed (of a loom).

Slezakname

A surname from Czech.

Sliabh Luachraname

A region of Ireland, straddling the county boundaries of Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, noted for its traditional music, poetry and dance.

slicenoun

That which is thin and broad.

slice and diceverb

To cut and chop to pieces.

slice of lifenoun

A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.

slice upverb

To cut up (something) with a slicing action.

sliceabilitynoun

Ability to be sliced.

sliceableadj

Capable of being sliced.

slicedadj

That has been cut into slices.

sliced pannoun

a pre-sliced loaf of pan bread

slicenessnoun

The property of being a slice knot.

slicernoun

Someone or something that slices.

slicerynoun

The act or practice of slicing.

slicethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slice

slicewiseadv

One slice at a time

slichtadj

Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).

slicingnoun

The action of the verb to slice.

slicinglyadv

So as to slice; with a slicing motion.

slickadj

Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

slick backverb

To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.

slick camnoun

Smooth water.

slick downverb

To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.

slick Ricknoun

A fast-talker, charmer, or clever person.

slicked-backadj

Treated with a wet-look gel and combed straight back

slickemnoun

Hair oil.

slickenverb

To make slick.

slickensnoun

Fine, harmful, and (when wet) slimy pulverized rock, a waste product (pollution) produced by hydraulic mining and quartz milling, which can silt up rivers and accumulate on soil downstream of such activities.

slickeradj

comparative form of slick: more slick

slickeredadj

Wearing a slicker (coat)

slickheadnoun

Any of the family Alepocephalidae of marine smelts, lacking scales on the head.

slicklyadv

In a slick manner; slipperily.

slicknessnoun

The property of being slick.

slickrocknoun

A rock or a rock formation made smooth by weathering.

slickspotnoun

An area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil.

slickstanoun

Pronunciation spelling of slickster, representing African-American Vernacular English.

slicksternoun

A slick person.

slickstonenoun

Synonym of sleekstone.

slickwaternoun

Water with chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing.

slidverb

simple past and past participle of slide

slidablyadv

So as to be movable by sliding.

sliddenverb

past participle of slide

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 491. 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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