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.

• seed28 sensesAny propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
• Seed1 senseA surname.
• Seeds1 senseA Life-like cellular automaton with the rule B2/S.
• seeing4 sensesHaving vision; not blind.
• seek9 sensesTo try to find; to look for; to search for.
• Seek1 senseA surname from German.
• seeker3 sensesOne who seeks.
• Seeker1 senseA member of an English Protestant dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s; they considered organised churches to be corrupt and preferred to…
• seeking2 sensesThe act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
• seem2 sensesTo appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
• Seema1 senseA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
• seemingly2 sensesAs it appears; apparently.
• seen2 sensesUnderstood; comprehended.
• segment14 sensesA length of some object.
• seize12 sensesTo deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• seizing5 sensesThe act of grabbing or taking possession.
• seizure8 sensessenses related to possession The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
• seldom2 sensesInfrequently, rarely.
• select4 sensesPrivileged, specially selected.
• Select1 senseA button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always,…
• selected1 senseThat have been selected or chosen.
• selection11 sensesThe process or act of selecting.
• selective5 sensesOf or relating to the process of selection.
• Selena1 senseA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• self15 sensesMyself, oneself.
• Self3 sensesA surname.
• self-control2 sensesThe ability to control one's desires and impulses.
• self-defense2 sensesThe means of defending oneself from physical attack.
• self-destruct3 sensesTo destroy oneself or itself.
• self-esteem1 senseConfidence in one's own worth; self-respect.
• self-respect1 senseThe knowledge of one's own worth.
• selfie2 sensesA photographic self-portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone.
• selfish4 sensesHolding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
• selfishness1 senseThe quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
• selfless1 senseHaving, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
• Selfridge1 senseA surname.
• Selina1 senseA female given name from Latin.
• sell15 sensesTo transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
• Sell1 senseA surname.
• seller2 sensesSomeone who sells; a vendor; a clerk.
• Seller3 sensesAn English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from any of several places named Sell.
• Sellers3 sensesA surname.
• selling2 sensesAction of the verb to sell.
• Selling2 sensesA village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0456).
• Sells2 sensesA surname.
• Selma17 sensesA female given name.
• semen1 senseA sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
• Semen1 senseA transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Семе́н (Semén).
• semester2 sensesHalf of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
• seminar3 sensesA class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
• seminary9 sensesA theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
• sen7 sensesSelf.
• Sen3 sensesA surname from Bengali.
• senate3 sensesIn some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
• Senate6 sensesAny of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
• senator7 sensesA member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and…
• Senator1 senseThe title for someone who is elected to be a senator.
• send18 sensesTo make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
• Send1 senseA village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, south-east of Woking (OS grid ref TQ0255).
• sending1 senseThe act by which somebody or something is sent.
• senile3 sensesOf, or relating to old age.
• senior11 sensesOlder.
• Senior1 senseA surname.
• señor1 senseA Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man.
• señora1 senseA Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married, divorced or widowed woman
• señorita2 sensesA young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
• sensation5 sensesA physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
• sensational4 sensesOf or pertaining to sensation.
• sense14 sensesAny of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
• sensed1 senseHaving a specified number or kind of senses.
• sensei3 sensesA martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.
• senseless4 sensesWithout feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
• sensible10 sensesActing with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
• sensing1 senseThe act of sensation.
• Sensing1 senseA surname.
• sensitive10 sensesHaving the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
• sensitivity7 sensesThe quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
• sensor1 senseA device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
• sensory4 sensesOf the physical senses or sensation.
• sensual3 sensesInducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.
• sent1 senseA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
• sentence13 sensesThe judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
• sentencing4 sensesRelating to a judicial sentence.
• sentiment2 sensesA general thought, feeling, or sense.
• sentimental3 sensesCharacterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality,…
• sentry5 sensesA guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
• Seo1 senseA surname from Korean.
• Seong1 senseA surname from Korean.
• Seoul2 sensesThe capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.
• separate9 sensesTo divide (a thing) into separate parts.
• separated2 sensesDetached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
• separately1 senseIn a separate manner; not together; apart.
• separating2 sensesAn instance of separating.
• separation8 sensesThe act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
• September3 sensesThe ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
• septic9 sensesOf or pertaining to sepsis.
• sequel7 sensesA narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its…
• sequence12 sensesA set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
• Sera2 sensesA language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
• Serbia2 sensesA country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia…
• Serbian7 sensesOf or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
• Serena1 senseA female given name from Latin.
• serene7 sensesCalm, peaceful, unruffled.
• Serene1 senseA female given name from English. A rare variant of Serena.
• serenity3 sensesThe state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
• Serenity1 senseA female given name from English in general use since the 1990s.
• serge4 sensesA type of worsted cloth.
• sergeant8 sensesA UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
• Sergeant2 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for a servant.
• Sergei1 senseA transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj), equivalent to Sergius.
• Sergey1 senseA transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj).
• serial9 sensesHaving to do with or arranged in a series.
• series11 sensesA number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
• serious5 sensesWithout humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.
• seriously5 sensesIn a serious or literal manner.
• seriousness1 senseThe state or quality of being serious.
• sermon4 sensesReligious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
• serpent7 sensesA snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.
• Serpent2 sensesSynonym of Serpens (a constellation).
• serum4 sensesBlood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing…
• servant6 sensesOne who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
• serve26 sensesAn act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
• server8 sensesA program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
• Server1 senseA surname originating as an occupation.
• service26 sensesAn act of being of assistance to someone.
• Service2 sensesA surname.
• services2 sensesThat which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
• serving5 sensesThe act or process of serving.
• sesame2 sensesA tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.
• session9 sensesA period of time devoted to a particular activity.
• Session1 senseA surname.
• Sessions1 senseA surname.
• set94 sensesTo put (something) down, to rest.
• Set1 senseAn ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
• SET1 senseGene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
• setback7 sensesAn obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
• Seth3 sensesThe third son of Adam and Eve.
• sets1 senseSet theory.
• setting11 sensesThe time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
• settle37 sensesTo conclude or resolve (something): To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time,…
• Settle3 sensesA town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD816640).
• settled1 senseComfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
• settlement12 sensesThe act of settling.
• settling3 sensesThe act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
• setup7 sensesEquipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
• seven4 sensesA numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
• Seven1 senseA river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.
• seventeen1 senseThe cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
• seventh4 sensesThe ordinal form of the number seven.
• seventy1 senseThe cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
• Seventy1 senseThe translators of the Septuagint
• sever4 sensesTo cut free.
• several9 sensesA number of different; various.
• severance3 sensesThe act of severing or the state of being severed.
• Severance1 senseA surname.
• severe3 sensesVery bad or intense.
• Severe1 senseA surname.
• severed1 senseSeparated, cut off or broken apart.
• severely1 senseIn a severe manner; with severity.
• sew6 sensesTo use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
• sewage2 sensesA suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
• sewed1 senseHaving been created through the sewing process.
• sewer5 sensesA pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
• sewing2 sensesThe action of the verb to sew.
• sex11 sensesA category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species; the system of such…
• sexist2 sensesUnfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
• sexual9 sensesArising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
• sexuality5 sensesThe quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
• sexually4 sensesIn a sexual manner; erotically.
• sexy4 sensesHaving sex appeal; attractive.
• Seymour14 sensesA surname from Anglo-Norman.
• sha2 sensesThe letter Ш, ш.
• SHA1 senseA cryptographic hash produced with SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm).
• shabby9 sensesOf clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
• shack15 sensesA crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
• Shack1 senseA surname.
• shade22 sensesDarkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• Shade1 senseA surname.
• shades1 senseSunglasses.
• shadow27 sensesA dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• Shadow1 senseA surname.
• shady5 sensesAbounding in shades.
• Shady1 senseA surname.
• shaft20 sensesThe long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
• shag23 sensesMatted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
• shagging2 sensesAn act (or acts) of sexual intercourse.
• shaggy3 sensesHaving long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
• shah3 sensesA king of Persia or Iran.
• Shah1 senseA surname.
• shake29 sensesTo cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• Shake1 senseA surname.
• shaken9 sensesMoved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
• shakes3 sensesDelirium tremens; typically due to alcohol withdrawal.
• Shakespeare8 sensesA surname.
• shaking1 senseA movement that shakes.
• shaky5 sensesShaking or trembling.
• shall4 sensesUsed before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
• shallow13 sensesHaving little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
• Shallow1 senseA surname.
• shalom4 sensesA traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.