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# English words: S

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · **S** · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

2316 words under S; 1701–1800 on this page.

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- [steed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steed/) — A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [steel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steel/) — A very strong, hard metal made mostly from iron mixed with a little carbon, used for bridges, cars, tools, pans and cutlery. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [steelman](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steelman/) — To steelman someone's argument is to describe it in its strongest, fairest form before you answer it, even if you disagree.
- [steelworks](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steelworks/) — A steelworks is a factory where steel is made from iron and other materials, using huge furnaces.
- [steely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steely/) — Made of steel, or grey and shiny like steel.
- [steep](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steep/) — Rising or falling sharply, like a slope that is hard to climb. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [steeple](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steeple/) — A steeple is the tall pointed tower on top of a church.
- [steepness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steepness/) — Steepness is how steep something is: how sharply a slope, hill, road or roof goes up or down.
- [steer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steer/) — To steer is to control which way a car, bike, boat or other vehicle goes.
- [steersman](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steersman/) — A steersman is the person who steers a boat or ship, keeping it on its course.
- [stegosaurus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stegosaurus/) — A stegosaurus was a large plant-eating dinosaur with two rows of big bony plates along its back and sharp spikes on its tail.
- [stele](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stele/) — An upright stone slab or pillar with writing or carvings on it, put up as a monument, gravestone or to record laws or events.
- [stellar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stellar/) — Stellar means about stars in space: stellar light, stellar systems.
- [stem](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stem/) — A stem is the long thin part of a plant that holds up the leaves and flowers.
- [stench](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stench/) — A stench is a very bad smell. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stencil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stencil/) — A stencil is a thin sheet of card, plastic or metal with shapes or letters cut out of it; you paint or colour through the holes to copy…
- [step](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/step/) — A step is one movement of your foot when you walk. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stepbrother](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepbrother/) — A boy or man who is the son of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the son of your own mother or father.
- [stepdaughter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepdaughter/) — A stepdaughter is a girl who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth.
- [stepfather](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepfather/) — A stepfather is a man who is married to your mother but is not your birth father.
- [stepmother](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepmother/) — The woman who is married to (or the partner of) your father but is not your birth mother.
- [stepparent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepparent/) — A stepparent is the person who is married to your mother or father but is not your birth parent: a stepmother or a stepfather.
- [steppe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steppe/) — A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stepsister](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepsister/) — A girl or woman who is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the daughter of your own mother or father.
- [stepson](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stepson/) — A stepson is a boy who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth.
- [stereotype](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stereotype/) — A stereotype is a fixed, too-simple idea about what all people of one group are like, for example that all girls like pink or all old…
- [sterile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sterile/) — Sterile means completely clean and free from germs (bacteria and viruses): sterile bandages, a sterile operating room.
- [sterility](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sterility/) — The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness. — Jewish tradition
- [sterling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sterling/) — Sterling is the money of the United Kingdom; its main unit is the pound (£).
- [stern](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stern/) — Stern means serious and strict, not smiling, like a teacher who wants you to behave.
- [sternly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sternly/) — In a strict, serious and unsmiling way, often when someone has done wrong.
- [steroid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steroid/) — A steroid is a kind of chemical, made in the body or as a medicine, that can calm swelling or act like hormones.
- [stethoscope](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stethoscope/) — A doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small disc at the end, used to listen to the heart, lungs and breathing.
- [stew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stew/) — A meal of meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [steward](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/steward/) — A steward is a person whose job is to look after passengers on a plane, ship or train. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stewardship](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stewardship/) — Looking after something carefully on behalf of someone else, or for the future.
- [stick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stick/) — A stick is a thin piece of wood, often fallen from a tree. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sticker](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sticker/) — A sticker is a small picture or label with glue on the back that you can stick on things.
- [stickleback](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stickleback/) — A stickleback is a small fish with sharp spines on its back, found in ponds, streams and coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
- [sticky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sticky/) — Sticky means covered with something like glue, honey or syrup that sticks to things.
- [stiff](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stiff/) — Stiff means hard and not easy to bend or move. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stiffen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stiffen/) — To stiffen is to become hard, firm or difficult to bend. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stiffly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stiffly/) — Stiffly means in a stiff way, without bending easily, as when your body is sore or cold.
- [stiffness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stiffness/) — Stiffness is being hard to bend or move, like a new board or a stiff collar.
- [stifle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stifle/) — To stifle a sound is to hold it back so that nobody hears it.
- [stifled](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stifled/) — Held back so it is not heard or seen: a stifled laugh, a stifled yawn, a stifled cry.
- [stifling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stifling/) — Stifling means very hot and airless, so that it is hard to breathe.
- [stile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stile/) — A stile is a set of steps or a step over a fence or wall that lets people climb over but stops animals like sheep and cows getting through.
- [still](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/still/) — Still means even now, or up to this time. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stillbirth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stillbirth/) — A stillbirth is when a baby has died before it is born, late in the mother's pregnancy, so it is born not alive.
- [stillness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stillness/) — Stillness is being completely still, with no movement. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stilt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stilt/) — Stilts are a pair of long poles with footrests that you stand on to walk high above the ground.
- [stimulant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stimulant/) — A stimulant is a substance that makes your body and brain more awake and active for a while, such as the caffeine in coffee, tea and cola.
- [stimulate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stimulate/) — To stimulate means to make something more active or make it grow or work more: "Exercise stimulates your heart.".
- [stimulated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stimulated/) — Stimulated is the past form of «stimulate»: made something more active, or made it start or grow.
- [stimulating](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stimulating/) — Stimulating means interesting and exciting in a way that makes you think and want to know more.
- [stimulation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stimulation/) — Stimulation is making something more active, or the thing that does it: the stimulation of a muscle, of growth.
- [stimulus](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stimulus/) — A stimulus is something that causes a living thing to react, such as light, sound, heat or touch. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sting/) — Of a bee, wasp, jellyfish or nettle: to hurt you by pushing a tiny sharp part or poison into your skin.
- [stinger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stinger/) — A stinger is the sharp part on an insect or animal, such as a bee, wasp or scorpion, that it uses to sting.
- [stinging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stinging/) — A stinging insect or plant can hurt you with a sting, like a bee, wasp or stinging nettle.
- [stingless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stingless/) — Stingless means having no sting or no working sting.
- [stingray](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stingray/) — A stingray is a flat sea fish with a wide body shaped like a disc and a long thin tail that has a sharp, venomous spine.
- [stingy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stingy/) — Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money.
- [stink](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stink/) — To stink is to have a very strong, bad smell.
- [stinky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stinky/) — Stinky means smelling very bad.
- [stint](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stint/) — A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stipulate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stipulate/) — To state clearly that something must be done, especially as part of a rule, agreement or contract.
- [stipulation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stipulation/) — A stipulation is a condition or rule that must be kept as part of an agreement: you may borrow it, with the stipulation that you return it…
- [stir](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stir/) — To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stirred](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stirred/) — Stirred means mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and round in it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stirreth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stirreth/) — «stirreth» means «stirs», a form of «stir»: To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.
- [stirring](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stirring/) — Stirring is moving a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.
- [stirrup](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stirrup/) — A stirrup is a metal loop that hangs on each side of a horse's saddle, for the rider to put their foot in.
- [stitch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stitch/) — A stitch is one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one loop of wool in knitting.
- [stoat](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stoat/) — A stoat is a small, fierce, meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, brown fur and a black tip on its tail.
- [stock](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stock/) — A supply of goods kept in a shop or store to sell. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stocking](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stocking/) — A stocking is a long, thin covering for the foot and leg, usually worn by women, often in pairs.
- [stocks](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stocks/) — Stocks are supplies of goods kept ready to use or sell: «stocks of food». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stocky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stocky/) — A stocky person or animal is short, broad and strong-looking, with a solid body.
- [stoke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stoke/) — To stoke a fire means to add fuel such as coal or wood and stir it so it burns more strongly.
- [stole](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stole/) — The past tense of "steal": took something that was not yours without asking. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stomach](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stomach/) — Your stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stomatopod](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stomatopod/) — A stomatopod is a mantis shrimp, a sea animal related to crabs and shrimps (a crustacean) that hunts by striking or stabbing prey with…
- [stomp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stomp/) — To stomp means to walk with heavy, loud steps, often because you are angry.
- [stone](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stone/) — A stone is a small piece of rock. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stonefish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stonefish/) — A fish of warm shallow seas (Indian and Pacific Oceans, including northern Australia) that looks exactly like a rock or lump of coral and…
- [stonemason](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stonemason/) — A stonemason is a person whose work is cutting stone and building with it. — Jewish tradition
- [stony](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stony/) — Stony means full of stones or covered with stones. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stoodest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stoodest/) — «stoodest» means «you stood», a form of «stand»: To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.
- [stool](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stool/) — A stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stoop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stoop/) — To stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stooping](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stooping/) — Bending the top part of your body forwards and down.
- [stop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stop/) — To stop means to not move or not go on any more. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stopcock](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stopcock/) — A stopcock is a tap or valve on a water pipe that you turn to stop or start the flow of water into a house or to part of the plumbing.
- [stopped](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stopped/) — Stopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stopper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stopper/) — A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.
- [stopping](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stopping/) — Stopping means coming to an end or no longer moving: The bus is stopping.
- [stopwatch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stopwatch/) — A watch or timer that can be started and stopped by pressing a button, to measure exactly how long something takes.
- [storage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/storage/) — Storage is keeping things in a place until they are needed.