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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; 801–900 on this page.

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- [si](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/si/) — The seventh note of the do-re-mi scale in some countries, now usually called «ti» in English (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti).
- [siamang](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/siamang/) — A large black gibbon (a kind of small ape) that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra in Indonesia, famous for its…
- [sib](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sib/) — «Sib» is a short form of «sibling», a brother or sister.
- [siberian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/siberian/) — Siberian means from or about Siberia, the huge, very cold northern part of Russia that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific…
- [sibilant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sibilant/) — Making a hissing sound like "s" or "sh". — Jewish tradition
- [sibling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sibling/) — A sibling is a brother or sister.
- [sibyl](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sibyl/) — A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future.
- [sibylline](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sibylline/) — Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy.
- [sick](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sick/) — Sick means ill, not healthy. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sicken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sicken/) — To make someone feel shocked, disgusted or very upset, as if they might be sick.
- [sickle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sickle/) — A farm tool with a short handle and a curved, C-shaped blade, used for cutting grass, grain or corn by hand. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sickly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sickly/) — Often ill, weak or not healthy.
- [sickness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sickness/) — Sickness is being ill or unwell. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [side](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/side/) — A side is one of the straight lines that make a flat shape. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sideline](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sideline/) — The sidelines are the lines along the long sides of a sports pitch, and the area just outside them.
- [sidestroke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sidestroke/) — A way of swimming while lying on your side, pushing with a scissor kick and moving your arms alternately under the water.
- [sidewalk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sidewalk/) — A path at the side of a road where people walk; British and Australian «pavement» or «footpath».
- [sideways](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sideways/) — Sideways means to the side, or moving with one side first.
- [sidewinder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sidewinder/) — A small rattlesnake from the deserts of the south-western USA and Mexico that moves sideways by throwing its body in loops across the sand.
- [sidle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sidle/) — To sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice.
- [siege](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/siege/) — A siege is when an army surrounds a town or castle and stops food and help getting in, so the people inside will give up. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sienna](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sienna/) — A brownish-yellow (raw sienna) or reddish-brown (burnt sienna) earth colour used in paints and crayons.
- [sieve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sieve/) — A sieve is a kitchen tool with a fine net or many small holes, used to separate small bits from big bits, or solids from liquid. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sift](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sift/) — To shake flour or sand through a sieve to break up lumps or remove bits. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sigh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sigh/) — To sigh is to breathe out slowly and loudly, often because you are tired, sad, bored or relieved. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sight](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sight/) — Sight is the ability to see; one of the five senses. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sighting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sighting/) — A sighting is an occasion when someone sees something rare, unusual or wanted: a bird, a whale, a UFO or a missing person.
- [sightless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sightless/) — Sightless means unable to see; blind.
- [sigma](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sigma/) — The eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, written Σ (capital) and σ or ς (small).
- [sign](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sign/) — A sign is a board with words or pictures that tells you something, like a road sign or a shop sign. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [signal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signal/) — A signal is a sound, light, sign or movement that gives a message or warning: a traffic signal, a hand signal. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [signalling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signalling/) — Present participle of «signal»: giving a sign, sound or light to send a message.
- [signally](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signally/) — Signally means in a striking, remarkable way, so that it is clearly noticed.
- [signatory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signatory/) — A signatory is a person, group or country that has signed an official agreement, contract or treaty.
- [signature](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signature/) — A signature is your name written in your own special way, to show you agree to or wrote something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [signboard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signboard/) — A signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is.
- [signer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signer/) — A signer is a person who signs their name on something, like a letter, card or important document.
- [signet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signet/) — A signet is a small seal, often on a ring, pressed into clay or wax to mark a document as yours. — Jewish tradition
- [significance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/significance/) — Significance is how important or meaningful something is. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [significant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/significant/) — Important; worth noticing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [significantly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/significantly/) — In a way that is important or large enough to matter. — Jewish tradition
- [signification](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signification/) — Signification is the meaning of a word, sign or symbol. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [signified](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signified/) — Signified is the past form of signify: it means showed, meant or stood for. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [signify](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signify/) — To be a sign of something; to mean something (dark clouds signify rain). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [signpost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/signpost/) — A signpost is a post at the side of a road or path with signs that show the way and how far it is to places. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sika](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sika/) — A sika is a kind of deer that came from East Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan); it is small to medium-sized with a reddish-brown coat with white…
- [sikh](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sikh/) — A Sikh is a person who follows Sikhism, a religion that began in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.
- [sikhism](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sikhism/) — Sikhism is a religion founded in the Punjab region of India by Guru Nanak; Sikhs believe in one God and follow the teachings of the ten…
- [silage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silage/) — Grass, maize or other green crops that are cut, packed tightly and kept without air so they ferment, to feed cows and sheep in winter.
- [silence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silence/) — Silence is when there is no sound at all. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [silent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silent/) — Silent means making no sound at all; completely quiet. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [silently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silently/) — Without making any sound; quietly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [silhouette](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silhouette/) — A silhouette is the dark shape or outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background, like a person standing in front of a…
- [silicate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silicate/) — A mineral or compound made of silicon and oxygen, often with metals; most rocks, sand and clay are made of silicates.
- [silicon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silicon/) — Silicon is a chemical element (symbol Si), a grey shiny solid that is the main part of sand and many rocks.
- [silk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silk/) — A soft, smooth, shiny cloth made from threads spun by silkworms. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [silken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silken/) — Made of silk.
- [silkworm](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silkworm/) — A silkworm is the caterpillar of the silk moth, which spins a cocoon of fine silk thread; people use this thread to make silk cloth.
- [silky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silky/) — Smooth, soft and shiny, like silk.
- [sill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sill/) — A sill is the flat shelf at the bottom of a window, inside or outside.
- [silliness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silliness/) — Being silly: behaving in a foolish, funny or not serious way.
- [silly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silly/) — Silly means funny in a foolish way: a silly hat. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [silt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silt/) — Fine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours.
- [silver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silver/) — Silver is a shiny, grey-white precious metal used for jewellery, coins and cutlery. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [silverback](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silverback/) — A silverback is a grown-up male gorilla, the leader of a gorilla family, named after the silvery-grey hair on his back.
- [silverfish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silverfish/) — A silverfish is a small, shiny, silver-grey insect with no wings that wriggles like a fish and lives in damp corners of houses.
- [silversmith](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silversmith/) — A craftsman who makes things out of silver. — Jewish tradition
- [silvery](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/silvery/) — Silvery means shiny and grey-white, like silver.
- [sima](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sima/) — The lower layer of the Earth's crust, under the oceans and below the continents, made of heavy rock rich in silicon and magnesium (si + ma).
- [simeon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simeon/) — Simeon is a man's name: the second son of Jacob and Leah, and also the tribe that came from him. — Jewish tradition
- [similar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/similar/) — Almost the same as something else, but not exactly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [similarity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/similarity/) — Similarity is a way in which two things are alike. — Jewish tradition
- [similarly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/similarly/) — In the same way; likewise. — Jewish tradition
- [simile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simile/) — A simile is a way of describing something by comparing it to something else using «like» or «as»: «as brave as a lion», «she ran like the…
- [similitude](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/similitude/) — A similitude is a likeness or form, an old word for something that resembles another thing. — Jewish tradition
- [simmer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simmer/) — To cook something gently in liquid just below boiling, with small bubbles.
- [simmering](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simmering/) — Cooking gently in liquid that is just below boiling, with small bubbles.
- [simple](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simple/) — Simple means easy to understand or do, not complicated. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [simplex](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simplex/) — Simple, made of one part; not compound.
- [simplicity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simplicity/) — Being simple and easy to understand or do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [simplification](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simplification/) — The act of making something simpler or easier to understand or do.
- [simplify](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simplify/) — To simplify something is to make it simpler or easier to understand or do.
- [simply](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simply/) — Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [simulated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simulated/) — Made to look or feel real, but not real; imitation: simulated leather, a simulated fire drill.
- [simulation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simulation/) — A simulation is a copy of a real situation, made on a computer or with models, so that people can study it or practise safely.
- [simulator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simulator/) — A machine or computer program that copies real conditions so people can practise or test something safely, for example a flight simulator.
- [simultaneous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simultaneous/) — Happening or done at exactly the same time: simultaneous explosions.
- [simultaneously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/simultaneously/) — At exactly the same time.
- [sin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sin/) — In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sincere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sincere/) — Honest and true; meaning what you say or feel. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sincerely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sincerely/) — Sincerely means honestly and truly, meaning what you say, as in «I sincerely hope you feel better». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sincerity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sincerity/) — Being honest and meaning what you say or feel; not pretending. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sind](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sind/) — "Sind" is German for "are.". — Jewish tradition
- [sinew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sinew/) — A tendon: a tough cord in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sinful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sinful/) — Wrong according to God's law or religious teaching; full of sin. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sing/) — To sing means to make music with your voice, using words or tunes. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [singer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/singer/) — A singer is a person who sings, especially as a job or very well. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [singing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/singing/) — Singing is making musical sounds with your voice, with words or a tune. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [single](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/single/) — Single means only one, not two or more. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [singly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/singly/) — Singly means one at a time, or one by one, not in a group.