English Words: S

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Sandhyaname

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Sandiname

A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, or Cassandra.

Sandianame

A Southern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe in New Mexico.

Sandia Mountainsname

A mountain range east of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.

Sandiasname

The Sandia Mountains, a mountain range in the southwestern United States.

Sandiename

A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, or Cassandra.

Sandifername

A surname.

Sandifer syndromenoun

A paediatric medical disorder characterised by gastrointestinal symptoms and associated neurological features.

sandificationnoun

An environmental change whereby an environment becomes sandy.

Sandifordname

A surname from Old English.

Sandiganbayanname

A special court that tries corruption cases.

Sandilandsname

A coastal suburb of Sutton on Sea, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF5280).

sandillanoun

A watermelon.

sandilyadv

In a sandy way.

sandinessnoun

The property of containing or resembling sand.

sandingverb

present participle and gerund of sand

sanding gearnoun

Equipment for applying sand onto rails, to aid adhesion in slippery conditions.

Sandinistanoun

A member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

sandishadj

Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.

Sanditoniannoun

An inhabitant of the fictional town of Sanditon from the unfinished novel Sanditon (1817) by the English writer Jane Austen.

sandivernoun

A scum that forms on molten glass.

sandixnoun

A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

sandlacenoun

Any of species Polygonella myriophylla of rare flowering plants in the knotweed family.

Sandlandnoun

Collectively, the Middle East and North Africa.

sandlappernoun

A native of South Carolina.

sandlessadj

Without sand.

sandlessnessnoun

Absence of sand.

sandlighternoun

A small boat used to gather sand and bring it to shore for use in construction etc.

sandlikeadj

resembling sand

sandlingnoun

sand eel

sandlotnoun

A vacant lot where children play.

sandlotternoun

One who plays in a sandlot.

sandmannoun

A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes.

Sandmeyer reactionnoun

The conversion of arylamines into aryl halides via diazonium salts.

sandnignoun

Clipping of sand nigger

sandnigganoun

Alternative form of sand nigger (“person of Middle Eastern or North African descent”).

sandonoun

Sandwich.

sando bagnoun

a shopping bag with two handles so as to be shaped like a sando sleeveless undershirt (usually a plastic bag, cloth bag, etc.)

Sandomierzname

A town in Holy Cross Voivodeship, Poland.

Sandoupingname

A town in Yiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.

Sandovalname

A surname from Spanish.

Sandowname

A surname from German.

Sandownname

A town and civil parish with a town council on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5984). , from Old English sand and hamm, meaning 'the sandy enclosure or river-meadow'.

sandpaintingnoun

The art of pouring coloured sands and pigments onto a surface to make a temporary or permanent picture.

sandpapernoun

Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

sandpaperernoun

Someone who polishes surfaces with sandpaper.

sandpaperingnoun

An application of sandpaper.

sandpaperishadj

Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.

sandpaperlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of sandpaper; rough and abrasive.

sandpaperyadj

Resembling sandpaper.

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 54. 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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