English Words: S

6,566 words · Page 70 of 132

snifflingnoun

A sniffle sound or action.

sniggernoun

A partly suppressed or broken laugh.

snipverb

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

snipenoun

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

snipernoun

A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

snipesnoun

plural of snipe

snipingverb

present participle and gerund of snipe

snippedverb

simple past and past participle of snip

snippetnoun

A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

snippingverb

present participle and gerund of snip

snippyadj

Fragmentary; snipped.

snipsnoun

plural of snip

snitchverb

To inform on someone, especially in betrayal of others.

SNLname

Initialism of Saturday Night Live.

snobnoun

A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.

snobberynoun

The property or trait of being a snob.

snobbishadj

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

snobbyadj

Characteristic of a snob.

Snodgrassname

A surname.

snogverb

To kiss passionately.

Snohomishnoun

A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States.

snokeverb

To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.

snooknoun

A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.

snookernoun

A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.

snoopverb

To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

Snoopyname

Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.

snootyadj

Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.

snoozeverb

To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.

snopesverb

To check (information) on the Web site snopes.com for accuracy.

Snoqualmienoun

A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Snoqualmie and Skykomish river valleys of central Washington.

snoreverb

To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

snoringnoun

The action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

snorkelnoun

A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.

snortnoun

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

snortingnoun

A snort sound or action.

snotnoun

Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.

snottyadj

Running or dirtied with mucus.

snoutnoun

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

snownoun

The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.

snowballnoun

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

snowballedverb

simple past and past participle of snowball

snowballingverb

present participle and gerund of snowball

snowbirdnoun

A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.

snowboardnoun

A board, somewhat like a broad ski, or a very long skateboard with no wheels, used in the sport of snowboarding.

snowboardernoun

Someone who snowboards.

snowboardingnoun

The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.

snowboundadj

Prevented from moving or traveling due to snow or snowy weather.

Snowdenname

A surname, variant of Snowdon.

Snowdonname

A placename:

Snowdonianame

A mountainous region and national park in North Wales, United Kingdom.

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 70. 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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