English Words: S

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sanctitudenoun

holiness; sacredness; sanctity

sanctitynoun

Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness

Sanctonname

A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE901392).

sanctuariedadj

Protected in a sanctuary.

sanctuarizeverb

To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.

sanctuarynoun

A place of safety, refuge, or protection.

sanctuary citynoun

A city that allows undocumented immigrants to live and work without being arrested and deported by local authorities.

sanctuarylikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sanctuary.

sanctumnoun

A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.

sanctum sanctorumname

The Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple.

sanctum santorumnoun

Misspelling of sanctum sanctorum.

sanctusname

Alternative letter-case form of Sanctus.

sanctus bellnoun

A sacring-bell.

Sancyname

A pale yellow diamond of 55.23 carats (11.046 grams), probably of Indian origin, and owned by a number of important figures in European history.

sandnoun

Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

sand and spinachnoun

A form of camouflage in dull green and olive colors.

sand aspnoun

The horned viper or sand viper (Vipera ammodytes).

sand boilnoun

An eruption of water through a bed of sand due, for instance, to seismic activity, or to differences in water pressure on two sides of a levee which causes water to penetrate beneath the levee.

Sand Cayname

An island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

sand cookienoun

Name given to various types of shortbread.

sand crabnoun

A crab of the Hippoidea superfamily of decapod crustaceans, living in sandy habitats.

sand dabnoun

Any of various small flatfish of the genus Citharichthys native to the Pacific coast of the Americas.

sand darternoun

Any of the small perches of the genus Ammocrypta.

sand dollarnoun

Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida, having a flat, disk-shaped body with the mouth in a mid-ventral position, and living in sand, on or near the surface.

sand dragnoun

A pile of sand or earth at the end of a siding or bay platform, intended to stop trains that overrun or pass through trap points set for a siding.

sand dunenoun

A large, semipermanent mound of windblown sand, held together by specialized plants, common along seashores and in deserts.

sand eelnoun

Any of various species of slim fish, resembling eels, especially of the family Ammodytidae.

sand grousenoun

Alternative spelling of sandgrouse.

Sand Hillname

Any of various places in English-speaking countries, mostly named for a local geologic feature, a hill of sand.

Sand Hill Roadname

An arterial road in western Silicon Valley, California, running through Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Woodside, notable for its concentration of venture capital firms' offices.

sand in one's vaginanoun

A state of annoyance or upset.

sand jacknoun

A type of jack from which sand can be released gradually in small quantities when lowering something into position.

sand monkeynoun

A sand ridge.

sand mousenoun

A jird (type of rodent).

sand niggernoun

A person of Middle Eastern or North African descent.

sand offverb

To make smooth or blunt by sandpapering.

sand palmnoun

A small palm, Livistona humilis, of the northern Northern Territory, that typically grows in sandy ground.

sand pillarnoun

A whirling, columnar vortex of sand occasionally seen in desert regions.

sand pinenoun

Any pine of the species Pinus clausa, endemic to the American South.

sand timernoun

An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.

sand-blindadj

Alternative form of sandblind.

sand-castverb

To make (a casting) by pouring metal in a sand mold.

sand-martinnoun

a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family.

sand-spitnoun

Alternative form of sandspit.

sandanoun

A Chinese martial art, self-defense system, and combat sport, similar to kick-boxing.

sandableadj

Suitable for sanding.

Sandagename

A surname from Polish.

Sandakanname

The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.

sandalnoun

A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

sandal-woodnoun

Alternative form of sandalwood.

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 51. 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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