English Words: S

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savour ofverb

To have a suggestion or trace of a quality or attribute.

savourernoun

One who savours or smacks of something; one who favours or takes pleasure in something.

savourestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of savour

savourethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of savour

savourilyadv

In a savory manner; with a pleasing relish.

savourinessnoun

Alternative form of savoriness.

savourlessadj

Alternative form of savorless.

savourlessnessnoun

The quality of being tasteless or insipid.

savourlyadj

Alternative form of savorly.

savourousadj

Alternative form of savorous.

savourouslyadv

Rare spelling of savorously.

Savoyname

A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.

Savoy bluenoun

A saturated shade of blue between peacock blue and periwinkle.

Savoy cakenoun

A kind of sponge cake baked in a shaped mold, with the addition of whipped cream, fruit, and icing sugar after baking.

Savoy operanoun

A genre of opera with light, comedic themes (less risqué than those of the operetta) which was popular in 19th century Britain; especially the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Savoyardnoun

A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

savoyedadj

Exhibiting savoying.

savoyingnoun

A wrinkled or puckered appearance of a plant or its leaves, caused by certain diseases.

Savvaname

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Σάββα (Sávva).

savveynoun

Dated form of savvy.

savvilyadv

In a savvy manner.

savvinessnoun

Shrewdness; common sense

savvyadj

Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

Savyasachiname

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

sawnoun

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal.

saw gourdsverb

To snore very loudly.

saw logsverb

To sleep.

saw offverb

To cut off with a saw.

saw off the branch one is sitting onverb

To pursue a course of action that will lead to self-destruction.

saw palmettonoun

A sprawling-stemmed spiny-leaved dwarf palm (Serenoa repens) forming large colonies, especially by sprouting, native to Florida and the coastal plains of other southeastern states of the United States.

saw sam sainoun

A traditional bowed string instrument of Thailand. Its body is made from a special type of coconut covered on one end with animal skin, and it has three silk strings.

saw the baby in halfverb

Synonym of split the baby.

saw woodverb

To snore loudly.

saw-cutnoun

A cut made with a saw.

saw-edgedadj

Edged with teeth, as a saw; serrated.

saw-pitnoun

Alternative form of sawpit.

saw-toothadj

Synonym of saw-toothed.

saw-toothedadj

Having a jagged edge like a saw.

saw-wortnoun

Any plant of the composite genus Serratula.

sawabilitynoun

The quality of being sawable.

sawableadj

Capable of being sawn, or cut with a saw.

sawahnoun

A rice paddy.

sawahisationnoun

The adoption of rice paddy cultivation as a way of life in the Malay region.

Sawahluntoname

A city in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Sawantname

A surname from Marathi.

Sawatchname

Various places in the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America.

Sawatzkyname

A surname.

sawbacknoun

A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect) that is a saw or is sawlike in form, as:

sawbellynoun

A fish, the alewife.

sawbenchnoun

Synonym of table saw.

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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 90. 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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