English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 62 of 132

slashdotverb

To render a website slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.

slashedverb

simple past and past participle of slash

slashernoun

One who slashes.

slashingverb

present participle and gerund of slash

slatnoun

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

slatenoun

A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.

slatedadj

scheduled

slaternoun

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

Slatesname

A surname.

slatherverb

To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well.

slatingnoun

Slates collectively.

Slatteryname

A surname from Irish.

slatyadj

Resembling the rock slate.

slaughternoun

The killing of animals, generally for food.

slaughterhousenoun

A place where animals are slaughtered.

slaughteringnoun

An act of slaughter; a killing.

slaughtersverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slaughter

Slausonname

A surname.

Slavnoun

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

slavanoun

The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.

slavenoun

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

slaververb

To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.

slaverynoun

An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

slavesnoun

plural of slave

Slavicadj

Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

Slavinname

A surname.

slavingnoun

Enslavement.

slavishadj

In the manner of a slave; abject.

slavishlyadv

In a slavish manner.

Slavonicname

A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches

slawnoun

Coleslaw.

slayverb

To kill; to murder.

slayernoun

A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.

slayingverb

present participle and gerund of slay

SLCnoun

Acronym of space launch complex.

SLDnoun

Initialism of second-level domain.

SLEnoun

Initialism of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Sleafordname

A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0645).

sleazenoun

Low moral standards.

sleazyadj

Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.

slednoun

A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

sleddingverb

present participle and gerund of sled

sledgenoun

A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.

sledgehammernoun

A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

sledgingnoun

The act of using a sledge to travel over snow.

sleeadj

Alternative form of sly.

sleekadj

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

sleekeradj

comparative form of sleek: more sleek

sleepverb

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

sleepernoun

Someone who sleeps.

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 62. 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.