English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 510 of 1086
Traditional scientific research that is conducted by individual researchers or small teams and funded by academic or scientific institutions.
The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen)
An ancient Chinese calligraphic script, standardized in 220 BC by Li Si, the chancellor of the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty, from various forms used by Qin
A small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus sylvestris, of the family Hesperiidae.
Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
A small size of type, in French and Italian printing, usually conflated with brevier but technically treated as 7½ Didot points.
An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.
Paper currency which consists of small-denomination banknotes that have not been inscribed with hidden markings which would help authorities identify and trace them.
A democrat, that is, a person who holds democratic views; not necessarily someone who is a member of a country's "Democratic Party".
A person who holds liberal views but may or may not be a member or supporter of their country's "Liberal Party".
Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
Suited to, or typical of, a small town or its inhabitants (suggesting lack of knowledge of the wider world).
A sexual practice in which a shorter or smaller partner dominates a taller or bigger one.
A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4044).
Characterized by flowers smaller than those of others in the same genus or bearing similar vernacular names.
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 510. 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.