English Words: S

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solitudenoun

Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.

sollyadj

Pronunciation spelling of sorry, mimicking an Asian accent.

solonoun

A piece of music for one performer.

soloistnoun

A person who performs a solo.

Solomonname

In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.

Solomonsname

Ellipsis of Solomon Islands.

solonnoun

A wise legislator or lawgiver.

Solowayname

A surname from Ukrainian.

solsticenoun

One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

solubilitynoun

The condition of being soluble.

solubleadj

Able to be dissolved.

solusadj

alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)

soluteadj

Free; liberal; loose.

solutionnoun

A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

solvableadj

Capable of being solved.

Solvayname

A surname from Europe.

solveverb

To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

solvencynoun

The state of having enough funds or liquid assets to pay all of one's debts; the state of being solvent.

solventnoun

A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

solvernoun

One who or that which solves.

Solwayname

The Solway Firth.

somnoun

The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀.

somanoun

The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

Somaliname

A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and eastern Kenya.

Somalianame

A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.

Somalianadj

Pertaining to the Republic of Somalia in a civic or governmental context.

Somalilandname

An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia.

somaticadj

Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

somatosensoryadj

Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs

somberadj

US standard spelling of sombre.

sombreadj

Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.

sombreronoun

A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.

somepron

A certain number, at least two.

somebodypron

Some unspecified person.

somebody'spron

Possessive case of somebody. (This entry is a translation hub.)

somedayadv

Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.

somedaysadv

On certain days, or at certain times; sometimes.

somehowadv

In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means

someonepron

One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.

someone'spron

Possessive case of someone.

someonesnoun

plural of someone

someplaceadv

Somewhere.

somernoun

Summer.

somersaultnoun

Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

Somersetname

A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.

Somertonname

A number of places in the United Kingdom:

Somervillename

A Scottish surname.

Somesname

A surname.

somethingpron

An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

something'scontraction

Contraction of something + is.

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 75. 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.