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.

• stakes2 sensesThe money wagered in gambling
• stalag2 sensesA genre of Nazi exploitation Holocaust pornography in Israel that flourished in the 1950s and early 1960; a work in that genre.
• stale39 sensesNo longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• Stalin2 sensesA surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.
• stalk20 sensesThe stem or main axis of a plant.
• stalked2 sensesHaving a stalk or stem.
• stalker6 sensesA person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
• stalking4 sensesThe act of going stealthily.
• stall32 sensesA compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
• stalling2 sensesThe act of a person or thing that stalls.
• Stalling1 senseA surname.
• stallion3 sensesAn adult male horse. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• Stalls1 senseA surname.
• stamina2 sensesThe energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness…
• stammering1 senseThe act of one who stammers.
• stamp16 sensesAn act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
• Stamp1 senseA surname.
• stampede12 sensesA wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
• stan3 sensesAn extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
• Stan4 sensesA municipality in southeast Slovenia.
• stance8 sensesThe manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
• stand50 sensesTo position or be positioned physically: To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
• stand-up9 sensesHonest; honorable; genuine.
• Standard1 senseDenoting the name of a universal language in various works.
• standard31 sensesFalling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
• standards1 sensePrinciples of conduct shaped by one's ideas of morality, decency and honor.
• standby6 sensesA state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
• standing13 sensesErect, not cut down.
• Standing1 senseA surname.
• Stanford16 sensesA habitational surname from Old English.
• Stanley33 sensesA habitational surname from Old English.
• Stanton23 sensesAny of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure. A small village in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, west of…
• staple21 sensesPlace of supply; source.
• Staple2 sensesA village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2756).
• Star16 sensesA surname.
• star18 sensesAny small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes…
• starboard5 sensesThe righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the…
• Starbuck1 senseA surname.
• Starbucks2 sensesA widespread chain of coffee shops.
• stardate1 senseA date according to the fictional system of time measurement developed for Star Trek.
• stare6 sensesTo look fixedly (at something).
• Stare9 sensesA surname Fredrick John Stare (1910–2002), American nutritionist
• starfleet1 senseA fleet of starships; a space navy.
• stargate1 senseA hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly…
• Stargate1 senseA settlement on the south edge of Ryton, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1663).
• Staring1 senseA surname.
• staring4 sensesThe act of one who stares.
• stark9 sensesSevere; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
• Stark11 sensesA surname.
• starlight2 sensesLight emitted from stars.
• starling5 sensesA family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
• Starling2 sensesAn English surname transferred from the nickname from a nickname for a gregarious person.
• starr1 senseA receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.
• Starr5 sensesA surname. A surname, variant of Star
• starring3 sensesThat which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.
• stars1 senseOuter space.
• Stars1 senseThe 53rd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• starship1 senseA type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
• start26 sensesThe beginning of an activity.
• Start3 sensesA typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
• starter12 sensesSomeone who starts, or who starts something.
• starting1 senseThe act of something that starts.
• startle4 sensesTo move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
• startled1 senseSurprised and slightly frightened.
• startling2 sensesLikely to startle; surprising; shocking.
• starvation3 sensesA condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
• starve11 sensesTo die because of lack of food or of not eating.
• starved3 sensesApproaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished.
• starving2 sensesstarvation
• stash6 sensesA collection, sometimes hidden.
• Stash1 senseA surname from German.
• stasis4 sensesA slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
• stat6 sensesImmediately; now.
• State3 sensesA political entity that regulates society and the population within a definite territory.
• state23 sensesA condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
• stated3 sensesExpressed in a statement; uttered or written.
• statement6 sensesA declaration or remark.
• Staten1 senseA surname.
• States2 sensesThe parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
• static11 sensesUnchanging; that cannot or does not change.
• stating1 sensestatement
• station28 sensesA stopping place. A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
• stationed1 senseThat is or which has been stationed; placed in a particular location in order to perform a task.
• stations1 senseAn infrequent religious gathering of family and friends spread over a few days, where Mass and the Rosary will be said in the home.
• statistically3 sensesIn a statistical way.
• statistics2 sensesA discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and…
• stats1 senseAttributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output)
• statue3 sensesA three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
• statues1 senseA children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.
• stature3 sensesA person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
• status6 sensesA person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
• statute6 sensesA written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.
• stay45 sensesTo remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
• Stay1 senseA surname.
• staying1 senseA stay or visit.
• stays1 senseA corset.
• steadily1 senseIn a steady manner; with a steady progression.
• steady16 sensesFirm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
• steak4 sensesBeefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
• steal18 sensesTo take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• stealing2 sensesThe action of the verb to steal, theft.
• steals1 senseThe number of stolen bases by a baserunner.
• stealth7 sensesThe attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
• steam24 sensesThe hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
• steamed2 sensesHeated and processed by steam, such as being cooked by steaming.
• steaming9 sensesThe action of steam on something.
• steed2 sensesA bicycle or other vehicle.
• Steed1 senseA surname.
• steel30 sensesAn artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
• Steel2 sensesA surname.
• Steele10 sensesAn English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
• steep10 sensesOf a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
• steer12 sensesTo guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
• Steer1 senseA surname.
• steering1 senseEquipment used to control direction; something used to steer.
• Stef2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
• Stefan3 sensesA male given name.
• Stein7 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
• stein1 senseA beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
• Steiner3 sensesA surname from German.
• stella1 senseA star-shaped structure.
• Stella9 sensesA female given name from Latin.
• stellar3 sensesOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
• stem28 sensesThe stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
• Stem1 senseA surname.
• stench5 sensesa strong foul smell; a stink.
• step34 sensesAn advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
• stepdad1 senseA stepfather.
• stepfather2 sensesThe husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
• Steph2 sensesA diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
• Stephanie1 senseA female given name from French.
• Stephen5 sensesThe first Christian martyr.
• Stephens5 sensesA surname transferred from the given name.
• stepmother4 sensesA woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's…
• stepped1 senseProvided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs.
• stepping3 sensesThe act of taking a step.
• steps3 sensesa course followed by a person in walking or as walking
• STEREO1 senseA solar observation mission, consisting of two identical spacecraft, that will provide stereoscopic imaging of the Sun.
• stereo7 sensesA system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each playing a portion of the original sound at different locations in…
• sterile7 sensesUnable to reproduce (or procreate).
• sterling13 sensesAn English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
• Sterling28 sensesA Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.
• stern9 sensesHaving a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
• Stern1 senseA surname.
• steve1 senseTo pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
• Steve2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Steven and Stephen; also used as a formal male given name.
• STEVE1 senseAn aurora-like light found in southern Canada (consistently lower latitude, unlike the aurora borealis which is generally high latitude), composed of…
• steven3 sensesVoice, especially when loud or strong.
• Steven1 senseA male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stephen.
• Stevens5 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Steven.
• Stevenson5 sensesA surname originating as a patronymic.
• Stevie2 sensesA diminutive of the male given names Stephen and Steven.
• Stew1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Stewart.
• stew15 sensesA dish cooked by stewing.
• steward16 sensesA person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
• Steward2 sensesAn English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
• stewardess3 sensesA woman who works at housekeeping and passenger service aboard a ship, yacht, or other type of boat that carries passengers.
• Stewart19 sensesA Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
• Stewie1 senseA diminutive of the male given name Stewart.
• stick87 sensesAn elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush;…
• Stick2 sensesA member of the Official IRA.
• sticker15 sensesSomething or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
• sticking2 sensesA sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
• sticks3 sensesrural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
• sticky18 sensesTending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
• Sticky1 senseA member of the Official Irish Republican Army.
• stiff31 sensesRigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
• Stiff1 senseA surname.
• stig3 sensesSomeone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.
• Stiles1 senseA surname.
• Still1 senseA surname.
• still25 sensesNot moving; calm.
• stimulate2 sensesTo encourage into action.
• stimulating1 senseHaving a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
• stimulation3 sensesA pushing or goading toward action.
• sting17 sensesA bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• STing1 senseStorytelling in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, especially one published by White Wolf.
• stingy3 sensesUnwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
• stink8 sensesTo have a strong bad smell.
• stinking5 sensesHaving a pungent smell.
• stinks1 senseChemistry (as a subject taught in school).
• stinky3 sensesHaving a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
• Stinky2 sensesA village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
• stir16 sensesTo disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
• stirring2 sensesinvigorating or inspiring
• stitch22 sensesA single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
• Stock2 sensesA village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998).
• stock51 sensesA store or supply.
• stocked1 senseHaving been replenished with stock.
• Stockholm12 sensesA municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.
• Stocking1 senseA surname.
• stocking4 sensesA soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
• stockings1 sensepantyhose
• stocks2 sensesA device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
• Stocks1 senseA surname.
• stoked1 senseFeeling excitement or an exciting rush; exhilarated.
• stokes1 senseA unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s.
• Stokes4 sensesA surname.
• stole3 sensesA garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes…
• stolen2 sensesThat has been stolen.