English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 52 of 132

sidewaysnoun

plural of sideway

sidewindernoun

A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.

Sidhuname

A surname from Punjabi.

sidingnoun

A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

sidleverb

To (cause something to) move sideways.

Sidmouthname

A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Sidneyname

An English habitational surname.

Sidonname

Former name of Saïda: a city in Lebanon; a former city-state in Phoenicia.

SIDSnoun

Acronym of sudden infant death syndrome.

sieverb

To sink; fall; drop.

Siebertname

A surname.

Sieboldname

A surname from German.

Siegname

A surname from German.

siegenoun

Military action.

Siegfriedname

A hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.

siemensnoun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.

Sienaname

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

siennanoun

A form of clay containing iron and manganese.

sierranoun

A rugged range of mountains.

siestanoun

A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.

sievenoun

A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

sievingnoun

The act of passing something through a sieve.

Siewname

A surname of Chinese origin.

Sifname

A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.

siftverb

To sieve or strain (something).

siftedadj

Having undergone sifting.

sifternoun

A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.

siftingverb

present participle and gerund of sift

sifunoun

A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu and tai chi.

signoun

A signature, especially one on emails or newsgroup postings.

siggynoun

A sig (signature used in posted messages).

sighverb

To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.

sighedverb

simple past and past participle of sigh

sighingadj

Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.

sighsnoun

plural of sigh

sightnoun

The ability to see.

sightedverb

simple past and past participle of sight

sightednessnoun

The quality of being sighted, or having the ability to see.

sightingnoun

The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.

sightseeingnoun

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

sigilnoun

A seal, signature or signet.

SIGINTnoun

Abbreviation of signals intelligence.

sigmanoun

The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (Σ, σ), the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.

sigmoidadj

Semi-circular, like the uncial or lunate sigma (similar to English C).

Sigmundname

Term of address for a person who appears to be dispensing psychoanalysis.

signnoun

A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.

signanoun

plural of signum

signagenoun

Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively.

signalnoun

A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.

signalingverb

present participle and gerund of signal

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 6,566 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 132 pages, and you are currently viewing page 52. 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.