English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 508 of 1086
An equation that relates changes in Marshallian (uncompensated) demand to changes in Hicksian (compensated) demand, designed to explore a consumer's response to changes in price.
A theorem in probability theory that extends some properties of algebraic operations on convergent sequences of real numbers to sequences of random variables.
A kind of protest march against rape culture and slut-shaming, generally led by young women who dress in revealing clothing.
A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
A person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver.
Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series.
A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.
Abbreviation of second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (“Diablo homolog”), a component of the apoptosis pathway.
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 508. 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.