English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 50 of 132

simple past and past participle of shudder

present participle and gerund of shudder

The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

shuffleboardnoun

A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.

present participle and gerund of shuffle

shugverb

To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.

A surname.

shulnoun

An Ashkenazi synagogue.

A diminutive of the female given name Shulamith, from Hebrew.

A surname.

Shumname

A surname.

shunverb

To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.

simple past and past participle of shun

present participle and gerund of shun

third-person singular simple present indicative of shun

To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.

The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.

A body that provides counsel to a leader.

Eye dialect spelling of sure.

A dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).

To be quiet; to keep quiet.

The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.

shutverb

To close, in various senses.

The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

plural of shutdown

A valve used to turn something off.

Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.

third-person singular simple present indicative of shut

One who shuts or closes something.

The act of closing something with shutters.

present participle and gerund of shut

A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

shuttlecocknoun

A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.

Shuttleworthname

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175).

The act by which something is shuttled.

A steep canyon in the Solitario region of Texas in the United States.

shyadj

Easily frightened; timid.

A male given name of Indian usage.

present participle and gerund of shy

A loan shark; a usurer.

In a shy manner.

The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.

SIname

International System of Units

siaparticle

Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.

Siamname

Former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia.

Of or relating to Siam; Thai.

Bored, weary or fed-up; tired (of something).

sibadj

Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

Of or relating to Siberia.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 50. 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.