English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 72 of 1086

sarcosporidiumnoun

A protozoan parasite of the genus Sarcocystis.

sarcostylenoun

A myofibril.

sarcotestanoun

A fleshy seed coat, as in the pomegranate.

sarcothecanoun

The cup of a thread cell.

sarcoticadj

Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.

sarcotoxinnoun

Any of a group of antibacterial proteins found in the flesh fly (genus Sarcophaga).

sarcotrimiticadj

Having fusiform skeletal hyphae, generative hyphae, and binding hyphae.

sarcotripsynoun

The crushing of fleshy parts or tumors.

sarcotubularadj

Relating to the tubules of striated muscle fibre that make up the sarcoplasmic reticulum

sarcotubulenoun

The sarcoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle cells

sarcousadj

fleshy

sarculationnoun

A raking away of weeds.

sardnoun

A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.

Sard Cheenaname

A village near Dobian in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.

sardachatenoun

A variety of agate containing sard.

sardananoun

A type of circle dance originating in Catalonia.

Sardanapalianadj

Decadently luxurious or sensual.

Sardanapalusname

A semi-legendary king of Assyria, as portrayed in Greek and later European art and literature.

Sardarname

A title of Persian origin used for military or political leaders.

sardelnoun

sard

sardelkinoun

A large, thick, boiled sausage.

Sardellaname

A surname from Italian.

sardinenoun

Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.

sardinelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a sardine.

sardinellanoun

Any fish of the genus Sardinella

sardinernoun

A sardine fisherman.

sardinesnoun

plural of sardine

sardinewiseadv

Packed tightly into a small space.

sardineyadj

Resembling or containing sardines.

Sardinhaname

A surname from Portuguese.

Sardinianame

An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Sardinianname

A Romance language spoken in the Italian region of Sardinia.

Sardinian pikanoun

An extinct species of pika, Prolagus sardus, endemic to Sardinia, Corsica, and the neighboring Mediterranean islands.

Sardisname

Former name of Sart: a town in Manisa Province, Turkey; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia, in western Asia Minor.

Sardismnoun

A set of political and social currents, of a predominantly liberal and progressive nature, which support the administrative and political autonomy of Sardinia from Italy.

Sardistnoun

A person who advocates autonomy for Sardinia.

sardiusnoun

sard

Sardoname

A surname from Italian [in turn originating as an ethnonym].

sardoinnoun

sard; carnelian

Sardonianadj

Sardonic.

sardonicadj

Scornfully mocking or cynical.

sardonicallyadv

In a sardonic manner.

sardonicismnoun

The quality of being sardonic

sardonicitynoun

The quality of being sardonic; sardonic affect; sardonicism

sardonyxnoun

A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.

sardoodledomnoun

Well-made works of drama that have trivial, insignificant, or melodramatic plots.

sardsnoun

plural of sard

sareadj

dry, withered

saredutantnoun

A drug investigated as an antidepressant and anxiolytic.

Sarelname

A surname.

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 72. 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.