English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 504 of 1086

slowpokenoun

A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.

slowrienoun

A chain or hook used for hanging a pot while cooking.

slowsverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slow

slowsomeadj

Typified by slowness; characteristically slow

slowtardnoun

Someone who moves or responds slowly, especially someone who is mentally slow.

slowthnoun

Alternative form of sloth (“slowness, slothfulness”).

slowwormnoun

A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.

Sloyanname

A surname.

sloydnoun

A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the importance of practical, hands-on work to develop cognitive and problem-solving skills. In particular, it is often associated with woodworking and carving, but can include other crafts as well.

SLQnoun

Initialism of Standing Liberty quarter.

SLRnoun

Initialism of single-lens reflex, or clipping of SLR camera.

SLRSVname

Initialism of strawberry latent ringspot virus.

SLSAname

Initialism of Surf Life Saving Australia.

SLU-SVP Housing Villagename

A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.

slubnoun

A small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or intentionally leaving sections of the yarn unspun.

slubberverb

To do (something) hastily, imperfectly, or sloppily.

slubberdegullionnoun

A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.

slubberinglyadv

In a slovenly, sloppy or hasty manner.

slubbinessnoun

The quality of being slubby; the condition of having slubs.

slubbingsnoun

Fibers that have been slubbed.

slubbyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a slub (thickened portion of yarn).

sludgenoun

Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

sludge outverb

To remove the sludge from.

sludgecorenoun

A genre of music, sludge metal.

sludgelikeadj

Resembling sludge.

sludgemakernoun

A creator of sludge metal music.

sludgernoun

A shovel for sludging out drains, etc.

sludgilyadv

In a sludgy way.

sludginessnoun

The state or condition of being sludgy.

sludgyadj

Characteristic of sludge; slimy or mucky

slueverb

To rotate something on an axis.

slue-footnoun

A foot that is large and turned outwards or is otherwise awry.

slue-footedadj

Having feet that are large and turn outwards or are otherwise awry, awkward, or clumsy.

sluffnoun

Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).

slugnoun

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

slug it outverb

To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.

slug mothnoun

Any moth of the family Limacodidae.

slug outverb

To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.

slugabednoun

A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.

slugabugnoun

Synonym of slugabed.

slugburgernoun

A burger with a deep-fried patty made from a mixture of beef or pork and an inexpensive extender such as soybeans.

slugfestnoun

A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.

slugganoun

A deep cavity formed by the action of subterranean streams common in some limestone districts of Ireland.

sluggableadj

Able or fit to be slugged (in various senses).

sluggardnoun

A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.

sluggardiseverb

Alternative form of sluggardize.

sluggardizeverb

To make lazy.

sluggardlinessnoun

The quality of being sluggardly.

sluggardlyadj

Like a sluggard.

sluggardnessnoun

The quality of being a sluggard.

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 504. 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.