English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 87 of 1086

Savaname

A river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube at Belgrade.

savableadj

Capable of being saved.

savablenessnoun

Capability of being saved.

savageadj

Wild; not cultivated or tamed.

Savage Mountainname

K2 (the world's second-highest mountain).

Savageanadj

Of or relating to Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917–1971), American mathematician and statistician.

savagedomnoun

A savage state or condition; savagery.

savagelyadv

In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.

savagenessnoun

The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

savagernoun

One who savages something.

savagerynoun

Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.

savagesnoun

plural of savage

savagessnoun

A female savage; a woman from an uncivilized society.

savagingnoun

A vicious attack or criticism.

savagismnoun

The state of being savage; wildness; lack of civility.

savagizeverb

To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.

savagninnoun

A variety of green grape from the Jura used to make white wine

savagninsnoun

plural of savagnin

Savai'iname

The largest island in Samoa.

SAVAKname

The Iranian security and intelligence service from 1957 to 1979.

savakanoun

Alternative form of sravaka.

savaloynoun

Alternative spelling of saveloy.

Savana Islandname

An island of the United States Virgin Islands.

Savanillanoun

A Colombian variety of rhatany, formerly used medicinally; Krameria lappacea (formerly Krameria triandra).

savannanoun

A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

Savanna-la-Marname

A town, the parish capital of the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica.

Savannahname

A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

savannah monitornoun

Varanus exanthematicus, a species of monitor lizard.

Savannah sparrownoun

Passerculus sandwichensis, a small American sparrow.

Savannahianadj

Of or relating to Savannah, Georgia, United States.

Savannahstanname

Pliocene grasslands that extended from Africa to China.

savannizationnoun

Conversion to savanna (typically of forest as a result of fire).

savannoidadj

Similar to that of a savanna

savantnoun

A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.

savant syndromenoun

A rare condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average.

savantenoun

Female equivalent of savant.

savanticadj

Of or relating to savants.

savantishadj

Characteristic of a savant

savantismnoun

The condition of being a savant.

Savardianadj

Pertaining to Serge Savard or Denis Savard

Savaresename

A surname from Italian.

savarinoun

Synonym of shared taxi.

savarinnoun

A type of leavened cake often drizzled with liquor.

Savarkarname

A transliteration of the Marathi surname सावरकर (sāvarkar).

Savarkariteadj

Of or relating to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

savarnanoun

A member of the Savarna gotra (lineage) of the Brahmin caste.

savartnoun

An interval of pitch equal to 1/1000 of a decade, practically identical to a heptameride.

Savaryname

A surname from French.

Savasname

plural of Sava

Savastanoname

A surname from Italian.

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 87. 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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