English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 88 of 1086

savatenoun

a form of French martial art that involves combinations of punching and kicking moves

saveverb

To prevent harm or difficulty.

save by the bellverb

In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.

save faceverb

To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.

save forprep

With the exception of

save one's breathverb

To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.

save one's skinverb

To escape without injury.

save pointnoun

A location found in a video game that allows the player to save their game, often found in non-overworld areas such as towns and dungeons, where saving anywhere is not allowed. Gameplay resumes from the save point used.

save someone's baconverb

Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).

save someone's lifeverb

To prevent someone from dying.

save someone's skinverb

Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).

save the datenoun

An informal notice of the date of an important upcoming event, usually a wedding, sent before a formal invitation.

save the dayverb

To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure.

save the drama for your mamaphrase

Refrain from inciting drama (rumor, lying, or an exaggerated reaction to life events).

save the furnitureverb

To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.

save upverb

To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.

save-allnoun

Something that prevents waste or loss.

savedverb

simple past and past participle of save

saved by the belladj

Of a competitor in a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the bell which concludes the round.

savednessnoun

The quality of being saved, or rescued from the consequences of sin.

Savedraname

A surname.

savefilenoun

A file containing saved data.

savegamenoun

A saved game.

Saveliyevaname

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Савє́льєва (Savjélʹjeva).

saveloynoun

A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked.

savementnoun

The act of saving; salvation.

savepointnoun

A designated spot where the player can save their progress.

savernoun

One who saves.

savesnoun

plural of save

savescumverb

To reload the last saved game whenever the player character dies or an unfavorable outcome has been encountered.

savescummernoun

A player who savescums.

savestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of save

savestatenoun

A file that contains an emulator's or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk. The file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.

savethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of save

saveworthyadj

Worthy to be saved; worthy of being saved

Savianoname

A surname from Italian.

Savicname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Savichname

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Savickiname

A surname from Belarusian, Polish, Russian, or Ukrainian.

Savignacname

A surname from French.

Savile Rowname

A street in Mayfair, City of Westminster, London, England, known for its bespoke tailoring for men.

Savilianadj

Of or pertaining to Sir Henry Savile (1549-1622), English scholar, or the professorships he founded at Oxford University.

savinnoun

The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil.

savinasenoun

A protease enzyme developed for the detergent industry.

savinenoun

Alternative form of savin.

savingnoun

A reduction in cost or expenditure.

saving gracenoun

A redeeming quality or factor.

savinglyadv

So as to save; with frugality or parsimony.

savingnessnoun

The quality of being careful not to waste money; frugality; parsimony.

savingramnoun

A piece of administrative correspondence that uses the informal and abbreviated language of a telegram, but sent by mail, which is less expensive.

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 88. 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.