English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 89 of 1086

savingsnoun

plural of saving

savings and loannoun

Synonym of building society.

savings-banknoun

Alternative spelling of savings bank.

Savininame

A surname from Italian.

Savinoname

A surname from Italian.

Savinonname

A surname from Spanish.

saviornoun

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

savioressnoun

Alternative form of saviouress.

saviorhoodnoun

Alternative form of saviourhood.

saviorismnoun

Belief in a savior.

saviorshipnoun

Alternative form of saviourship.

saviour siblingnoun

A child, conceived by selected IVF treatment, so as to have compatible tissue that could be used to treat an existing sick sibling

saviouressnoun

A female saviour.

saviourhoodnoun

The status of being a saviour.

saviourismnoun

Alternative form of saviorism.

saviouristicadj

Of or pertaining to saviourism.

saviourlessadj

without a saviour

saviourshipnoun

The dignity or office of a saviour.

Savitaname

A female given name from India.

Savitch's theoremname

A theorem giving a relationship between deterministic and non-deterministic space complexity.

Savitrname

A solar deity (Deva) and one of the Adityas. He is sometimes identified with, and at other times distinguished from, the chief Sun deity Surya.

Savitriname

The Savitri Mantra (Sanskrit: सावित्री मन्त्र), a verse or prayer addressed to सवितृ (savitṛ) or the Sun (esp. the celebrated verse RV. iii, 62, 10; also called गायत्री (gāyatrī) q.v.)

Savitzname

A surname.

Savitzky-Golay filternoun

A digital filter that can be applied to a set of digital data points for the purpose of smoothing the data.

Savoname

A surname from Italian.

Savo Finnishname

A dialect of Finnish, also called Savonian.

Savocaname

A surname from Italian.

Savoianame

A surname.

savoiardinoun

ladyfinger (small sponge cake–like biscuit, shaped approximately like a finger)

savoiardonoun

Alternative form of savoiardi.

Savoiename

A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).

savoir-fairenoun

The ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion.

savoir-vivrenoun

Familiarity with the customs of polite society.

savoloynoun

Alternative spelling of saveloy.

Savonaname

A province of Liguria, Italy.

Savonianame

A region in eastern Finland.

Savonianadj

Of or pertaining to Savonia.

savornoun

Alternative spelling of savour.

savorernoun

Alternative spelling of savourer.

savorilyadv

Alternative form of savourily.

savorinessnoun

The property of being savory, one of the five basic tastes.

savoringnoun

The act by which something is savored.

savorlessadj

Not having taste; flavorless.

savorlessnessnoun

US standard spelling of savourlessness.

savorlyadj

Agreeable in odour, flavour, or general effect; pleasant; sweet.

savorousadj

flavorful; savory; tasty

savorouslyadv

In a manner which is savorous.

savorsomeadj

Characterised or marked by savor or savoriness; savorous; full of savor, flavor; tasty, flavorful, flavorsome.

savoryadj

Tasty, attractive to the palate.

savournoun

An aroma or smell.

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 89. 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.