Words starting with S — 2,257 entries

The 2,257 dictionary words that begin with the letter S, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• stomach10 sensesAn organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
• stomp10 sensesTo trample heavily.
• stomping2 sensesIn a way that stomps or suggests stomping; stompy; thumping.
• stone27 sensesA hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
• Stone12 sensesAn English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
• stoned5 sensesContaining stones.
• stones2 sensesTesticles; balls.
• Stones2 sensesA surname.
• stool15 sensesA seat, especially for one person and without armrests. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
• stoop13 sensesA stooping, bent position of the body.
• stop38 sensesTo cease moving.
• stopped5 sensesNot moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
• stopping4 sensesThe act of something that stops; a halt.
• storage5 sensesThe act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
• store10 sensesA place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
• storeroom1 senseA room used for storage.
• stork3 sensesA large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.
• Stork1 senseA surname.
• Storm2 sensesA unisex given name.
• storm23 sensesAny disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds…
• Storms1 senseA surname.
• stormy4 sensesOf or pertaining to storms.
• Stormy1 senseA female given name from English.
• story9 sensesAn account of real or fictional events.
• Story6 sensesA surname.
• stout16 sensesLarge; bulky.
• Stout4 sensesA surname.
• stove8 sensesA heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
• straight39 sensesNot crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
• Straight1 senseA surname.
• straightaway1 senseExtending into the distance in a straight line.
• straighten7 sensesTo cause to become straight.
• straightforward4 sensesProceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating.
• strain25 sensesA particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
• Strain1 senseA surname.
• strained3 sensesForced through a strainer.
• straining2 sensesThe act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)
• Strand4 sensesA surname.
• strand20 sensesThe shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
• stranded7 sensesAbandoned or marooned.
• strange15 sensesNot normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
• Strange2 sensesA surname.
• strangely2 sensesIn a strange or coincidental manner.
• stranger10 sensesA person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
• strangle6 sensesTo kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
• strangling1 senseThe crime of killing by strangling.
• strangulation2 sensesThe act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
• strap19 sensesA long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
• strapped4 sensesHaving a strap or straps.
• strategic2 sensesOf or pertaining to strategy.
• strategy3 sensesThe science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
• Strauss1 senseA surname from German.
• Straw1 senseA surname transferred from the nickname.
• straw12 sensesA dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• strawberry12 sensesThe sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
• Strawberry4 sensesA census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.
• stray14 sensesAny domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
• streak18 sensesAn irregular line, as is left from smearing or motion.
• stream16 sensesA small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
• Stream1 senseA surname.
• streaming6 sensesFlowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.
• Street10 sensesA surname.
• street18 sensesA paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
• Streets1 senseA surname.
• strength8 sensesThe quality or degree of being strong.
• strengthen6 sensesTo make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
• stress15 sensesA physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
• stressed2 sensesSuffering stress (either physical or mental).
• stressful2 sensesIrritating; causing stress.
• Stretch1 senseA surname.
• stretch30 sensesTo lengthen by pulling.
• stretcher11 sensesSomeone or something that stretches.
• stretching3 sensesThe act by which something is stretched.
• stricken3 sensesStruck by something.
• strict8 sensesStrained; drawn close; tight.
• strictly4 sensesIn a strict manner.
• Strictly1 senseStrictly Come Dancing, a television show
• stride8 sensesTo walk with long steps.
• Stride1 senseA surname.
• strife5 sensesStriving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
• strike69 sensesTo delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
• Strike1 senseA surname.
• striking3 sensesMaking a strong impression.
• string49 sensesA long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
• strings2 sensesCollectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
• strip38 sensesA long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
• striped1 senseHaving stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.
• stripped2 sensesMade of strips.
• stripper7 sensesSomeone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.
• stripping3 sensesThe act of one who strips.
• strive3 sensesTo try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
• stroke59 sensesAn act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
• stroll6 sensesA wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
• Stroll2 sensesA surname.
• strolling1 senseThe taking of a stroll.
• Strong7 sensesA surname.
• strong22 sensesCapable of producing great physical force.
• stronger2 sensesSaid of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
• stronghold2 sensesA place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
• strongly3 sensesIn a strong or powerful manner.
• Struck1 senseA surname.
• structural3 sensesOf, relating to, or having structure.
• structure9 sensesA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• struggle5 sensesA contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
• struggling1 senseThe act of one who struggles.
• strut13 sensesOf a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
• Stu1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Stuart.
• Stuart13 sensesA Scottish surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
• stubborn3 sensesRefusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
• stuck5 sensesUnable to move.
• Stuck1 senseA surname.
• stud21 sensesA male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
• student4 sensesA person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
• studied2 sensesPracticed; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.
• studies1 senseAn academic field of study concerning the given subject.
• studio5 sensesAn artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works.
• study18 sensesTo review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
• studying1 senseThe action of the verb to study.
• stuff30 sensesMiscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
• stuffed5 sensesFull or packed (with some material or substance).
• stuffing8 sensesThe matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
• stuffy7 sensesPoorly ventilated; partially plugged.
• stumble8 sensesA fall, trip or substantial misstep.
• stumbling1 senseThe motion of one who stumbles.
• Stump1 senseA surname.
• stump18 sensesThe remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
• stun10 sensesTo incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
• stunned1 senseUnable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
• stunning4 sensesHaving an effect that stuns.
• stunt10 sensesA daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
• stupid12 sensesWithout intelligence. Lacking in intelligence.
• stupidity2 sensesThe property of being stupid.
• sturdy5 sensesOf firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
• Sturdy1 senseA surname from Middle English.
• stutter4 sensesTo speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
• stuttering4 sensesA speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and…
• style19 sensesSenses relating to a thin, pointed object. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
• Style1 senseThe ship of characters Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski from the South Park series.
• Styles1 senseA surname.
• stylish3 sensesHaving style.
• stylist4 sensesA designer.
• Su2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Susan and of its variant forms.
• sub12 sensesTo substitute for.
• subbing1 senseA copy editing process.
• subconscious2 sensesOccuring in the part of our mind that we are not normally aware of.
• subject17 sensesLikely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
• sublime34 sensesSynonym of sublimate. To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the…
• Sublime1 senseAn unincorporated community in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
• submarine11 sensesBeing, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.
• submerged4 sensesunderwater
• submission7 sensesThe act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
• submit7 sensesTo yield or give way to another.
• subpoena6 sensesA writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a…
• subscription5 sensesAccess to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
• subsequent4 sensesFollowing in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
• subsequently2 sensesFollowing, afterwards in either time or place.
• subspace4 sensesA subset of a space which is a space in its own right.
• substance8 sensesPhysical matter; material.
• substantial10 sensesHaving a substance; actually existing.
• substitute9 sensesTo use in place of something else, with the same function.
• subtitle3 sensesA heading below or after a title.
• subtitled1 sensein which the dialogue is translated into another language, and displayed, in text, at the bottom of the screen.
• subtitling1 senseThe addition of subtitles to a work.
• subtle20 sensesSenses relating to tangible things. Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous,…
• suburban3 sensesRelating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
• suburbs1 senseThe populated area surrounding a city.
• subversive3 sensesIntending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.
• subway7 sensesAn underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
• succeed12 sensesTo follow something in sequence or time.
• success5 sensesThe achievement of one's aim or goal.
• Success8 sensesA suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
• successful1 senseResulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
• successfully1 senseIn a successful manner; with success; without failing.
• succession9 sensesAn act, process, or instance of succeeding: An act of following in sequence.
• successor4 sensesA person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
• such7 sensesLike this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
• Such1 senseA surname.
• suck19 sensesAn instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
• Sucker1 senseA native or resident of Illinois.
• sucker25 sensesA person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
• sucking4 sensesAn act of sucking.
• suction7 sensesA force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
• sudan1 senseA traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and honeyed water, often consumed on holidays.
• Sudan8 sensesA country in North Africa and East Africa.
• sudden5 sensesOccurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
• suddenly1 senseHappening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
• sue6 sensesTo file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
• Sue2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.
• suffer5 sensesTo undergo hardship.
• suffering2 sensesExperiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
• suffice3 sensesTo be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
• sufficient6 sensesAn adequate quantity of; enough.
• sufficiently2 sensesIn a sufficient manner; enough.
• suffocate6 sensesTo suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
• suffocated1 senseHaving died as a result of suffocation.
• suffocating2 sensesSynonym of suffocation.
• sugar22 sensesA food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
• Sugar2 sensesradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S.
• suggest4 sensesTo imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
• suggesting1 sensesuggestion