English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 515 of 1086

smell like a roseverb

To be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed.

smell like a tart's handbagverb

To smell strongly of perfume.

smell of an oily ragnoun

A very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money).

smell of the lampverb

To bear marks of great study and labor.

smell of the shopverb

To indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.

smell one's own fartsverb

To become conceited; to believe that one's achievements are greater than they really are.

To find or locate by smell.

An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety.

smell the barnverb

To act with renewed energy or speed or to experience heightened anticipation as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome.

smell the coffeeverb

To wake up and smell the coffee.

smell what someone is stepping inverb

Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down.

smell ya laterintj

Alternative form of smell you later.

smell you laterintj

See you later; goodbye.

smell-alikenoun

Something that smells like something else.

smell-brainnoun

The part of the brain involved with smelling.

smell-feastnoun

One who is apt to find and frequent places where good food is available; especially one who comes uninvited to a meal; a parasite; a sponger.

smell-o-meternoun

That which registers the magnitude of odor.

smell-o-ramanoun

A fictional name for technology that reproduces odor.

smell-o-visionnoun

A (supposed) technology consisting of cinematography with the addition of olfaction, often portrayed as far-fetched or futuristic.

smell-smocknoun

A promiscuous man.

Capable of, or suitable for, being smelled.

simple past and past participle of smell

Someone or something that smells, that detects scent.

smeller outnoun

One who smells out something; one adept at smelling out.

second-person singular simple present indicative of smell

third-person singular simple present indicative of smell

smellevisionnoun

Alternative spelling of smell-o-vision.

A surname.

Fragant; having a strong scent.

smellfungusnoun

A faultfinder, complainer, grumbler.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Pleasant-smelling toiletries.

In a smelly manner.

The state or quality of being smelly.

present participle and gerund of smell

smelling bottlenoun

A bottle for smelling salts.

Resistant to odors.

smells and bellsnoun

The characteristics of the Anglo-Catholic or "high" Anglican Church.

Synonym of odourscape.

smelly; odorous

Having a bad smell.

smelly frecklenoun

The anus.

Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

Capable of being smelted.

A person employed to do smelting.

A building or place for smelting.

The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.

Dated form of smirk.

Counter-intelligence organisation attached to Russian army units during World War II.

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 515. 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.