English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 505 of 1086

sluggernoun

A boxer who tends to deliver hard punches.

slugginessnoun

The state or quality of being sluggy.

sluggingnoun

A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.

sluggishadj

Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

sluggishlyadv

In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.

sluggishnessnoun

The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.

sluggosnoun

A type of men's swimming briefs where the bulge of the genitals is noticeable.

sluggyadj

Resembling or characteristic of a slug (gastropod mollusk).

slughornnoun

A certain fictional wind instrument.

slugicidenoun

A substance that kills slugs.

slugifyverb

To transform (a text string) into a slug (resource name), such as "Paris, France" into "paris-france".

sluglessadj

Without slugs.

sluglikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a slug.

slugthrowernoun

A firearm that fires bullets.

slugwormnoun

Any of a number of caterpillars which have the general appearance of a slug.

sluicenoun

An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.

sluice gatenoun

A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

sluice one's boltverb

To drink alcohol.

sluiceableadj

Capable of being sluiced.

sluicelessadj

Without a sluice.

sluicelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sluice.

sluicernoun

One who sluices.

sluicerynoun

A gin shop or public house.

sluicewaynoun

A man-made channel designed to redirect excess water.

sluicingverb

present participle and gerund of sluice

sluicinglyadv

So as to wet copiously.

sluicyadj

Falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.

Sluisname

A city and municipality of Zeeland, Netherlands.

sluitnoun

Alternative spelling of sloot.

slumnoun

A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

slum dwellernoun

Alternative form of slumdweller.

slum gunnoun

A field kitchen.

slum itverb

To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.

slum-riddenadj

Full of slums.

Slumbainame

Derogatory name for Mumbai: a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India.

Slumbayname

A crofting township which now forms the southern section of Lochcarron, on the north side of Loch Carron in Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland.

slumbernoun

A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

slumbercoachnoun

A type of sleeping car.

slumberernoun

One who slumbers; a sleeper.

slumberestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of slumber

slumberethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slumber

slumberfuladj

Full of sleep; sleepy.

slumberingadj

Temporarily inactive.

slumberinglyadv

While slumbering; in a state of sleep.

slumberlandnoun

An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension) the state of slumber.

slumberlessadj

Without slumber; sleepless, unsleeping.

slumberlessnessnoun

Lack of sleep.

slumberlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of slumber; sleeplike.

slumberousadj

Sleepy, drowsy.

slumberouslyadv

in a slumberous manner

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 505. 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.