English Words: S

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snowmakingnoun

The artificial production of snow

snowmannoun

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

snowman signnoun

A figure-of-eight appearance on a cardiac X-ray, sometimes indicative of supracardiac TAPVC.

snowmanlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a snowman.

snowmannessnoun

The quality of being a snowman.

snowmanshipnoun

Skill in snowsport.

snowmantledadj

Covered in snow.

snowmeltnoun

Runoff from melting snow.

snowmeownoun

A snow leopard.

snowmobilenoun

A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.

snowmobilernoun

A person who operates a snowmobile.

snowmobilingnoun

The use of a snowmobile for amusement.

snowmobilistnoun

Someone who drives a snowmobile

snownadonoun

A tornado that touches down over a snow covered area, such as a field or mountain, and draws snow up into its vortices.

snowologistnoun

A person who studies the snow, or is an expert on snow-related matters.

snowoutnoun

A cancellation due to interfering snow.

snowpacknoun

An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.

snowpantsnoun

Alternative form of snow pants.

snowpeanoun

Alternative spelling of snow pea.

snowpersonnoun

Snow sculpted into a human figure, a snow figure: a snowman or snowwoman.

snowpilenoun

A pile of snow.

snowpitnoun

A pit dug in deep snow, often for purposes of protection or climate sampling

snowplanenoun

An enclosed vehicle on skis, designed to move on snow.

snowploughnoun

Alternative form of snowplow.

snowplough parentnoun

British standard spelling of snowplow parent.

snowploughingverb

Present participle and gerund of snowplough.

snowplownoun

A motorized vehicle that is used to push snow off flat surfaces such as roads and parking lots.

snowplow parentnoun

A parent who intervenes to prevent their child from facing obstacles and difficulties.

snowplow parentingnoun

A parenting style in which the parent attempts to shield their child from all obstacles and adversity.

snowpocalypsenoun

An unusually severe blizzard or series of blizzards.

snowporchnoun

Alternative form of snow porch.

snowpowderedadj

Covered lightly with snow. (of an area)

snowprintnoun

A print (as of an animal) left in snow.

snowproofadj

Resistant to snow.

snowrabbitnoun

A rabbit that inhabits regions frequently covered with snow.

snowrutnoun

A long line that forms an indentation in the snow.

snowsnoun

One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic.

snowscapenoun

A landscape dominated by snow.

snowscootnoun

A kick scooter-like device for travelling over snow on an alpine ski run, with handlebars and a frame that connects two skis that are similar to a snowboard split in two, allowing the front portion to turn while the rider stands on the rear portion.

snowshednoun

Alternative form of snow shed.

snowshoenoun

A flat item of footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow.

snowshoe spamnoun

Spam (electronic junk mail) that is deliberately sent from a number of different IP addresses, to make it more difficult to detect and filter.

snowshoeingverb

present participle and gerund of snowshoe

snowshoernoun

One who traverses snow wearing snowshoes.

snowshowernoun

A snowfall event somewhat stronger than a flurry and gentler than a snowstorm or snow squall.

snowslidenoun

An avalanche of snow

snowslipnoun

An avalanche (large mass or snow which slips down a mountainside)

snowsportnoun

Any sport requiring snow, such as skiing or snowboarding.

snowspoutnoun

A type of winter waterspout that forms beneath a snow squall.

snowstormnoun

Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.

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 544. 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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