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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • servility/səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/nounC2Excessive willingness to obey and please.
  • several/ˈsɛv.(ə.)ɹəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsMore than two but not many.
  • shamble/ˈʃæmbəl/verbC2To walk awkwardly, dragging the feet.
  • shamefaced/ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/adjectiveC2Showing embarrassment or shame at something you have done.
  • shank/ˈʃæŋk/nounC12 meaningsThe lower part of the leg.
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A light open one-horse buggy on two wheels.
  • sheaf/ʃiːf/nounC2A bundle of cut stalks tied together.
  • sheer/ʃɪə̯/adjectiveB24 meaningsNothing other than; complete and unmixed.
  • sheriff/ˈʃɛɹɪf/nounB12 meaningsThe chief law officer of an American county.
  • shimmer/ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/verbC23 meaningsTo shine with a soft wavering light.
  • shimmy/ˈʃɪ.mi/verbC12 meaningsTo move the body with a shaking sideways motion.
  • shinny/ˈʃɪni/verbC2To climb a pole or rope using arms and legs.
  • shiv/ʃɪv/nounC2A crude knife made or carried as a weapon.
  • shoal/ʃəʊl/nounC2A large group of fish moving together.
  • shorten/ˈʃɔːtn̩/verbB1+2 meaningsTo make something shorter.
  • shrike/ʃɹaɪk/nounC2A songbird that impales its prey on thorns.
  • side-stepverbC2To step aside to avoid, or to dodge an awkward question.
  • sigil/ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/nounC2A device or emblem standing for a house or a person.
  • signet/ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/nounC2A ring bearing a seal used to stamp letters.
  • sill/sɪl/nounB1+2 meaningsThe ledge at the bottom of a window.
  • simper/ˈsɪmpə/verbC2To smile in a silly self-conscious way.
  • sinecure/ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/nounC2A post that pays well and asks almost nothing.
  • singe/sɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To burn something lightly at the surface.
  • sire/saɪə(ɹ)/nounC13 meaningsThe male parent of an animal.
  • six of one and half a dozen of the otherphraseC2Two options that amount to exactly the same.
  • skein/skeɪn/nounC2A loosely coiled length of yarn.
  • skew/skjuː/verbC2To twist out of true, or to bias a result.
  • skirl/skɜːl/nounC2The shrill wailing sound of bagpipes.
  • skullduggerynounC2Underhand dealing and trickery.
  • slake/sleɪk/verbC2To satisfy a thirst or a craving.
  • slantwiseadverbC2At a slope rather than straight.
  • slattern/ˈslætɚn/nounC2A woman thought dirty and untidy, in old use.
  • slaver/ˈslævə/verbC2To let saliva run from the mouth.
  • slither/ˈslɪðə/verbC2To slide along with a twisting movement.
  • sloe/ˈsləʊ/nounC2The small sharp black fruit of the blackthorn.
  • sloop/sluːp/nounC2A small sailing boat with one mast.
  • slough/slʌf/verbC22 meaningsTo shed a layer of skin.
  • slugabed/ˈslʌɡəbɛd/nounC2Somebody who stays in bed far too long.
  • smallfolk/ˈsmɔːlfəʊk/nounC2The ordinary common people of a land.
  • smattering/ˈsmæ.təɹ.ɪŋ/nounC2A slight and superficial knowledge of something.
  • smelt/smɛlt/verbC12 meaningsTo melt ore in order to get the metal out.
  • smithereens/smɪðəˈɹiːnz/nounC2Small fragments left after something is destroyed.
  • smother/ˈsməðər/verbC22 meaningsTo cover something thickly so that air cannot reach it.
  • snaky/ˈsneɪki/adjectiveC2Winding, or sly and treacherous.
  • snick/snɪk/verbC2To cut a small notch, or to make a light clicking sound.
  • snippet/ˈsnɪpɪt/nounC2A small piece cut from something longer.
  • snobbery/ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/nounC2Contempt for those thought socially beneath you.
  • snowblower/ˈsnoʊˌbloʊɚ/nounC2A machine that clears snow by drawing it in and throwing it aside.
  • snuffboxnounC2A small ornamental box for powdered tobacco.
  • snuffle/ˈsnʌfəl/verbC2To breathe noisily through a blocked nose.
  • snug/snʌɡ/adjectiveB23 meaningsWarm, small and comfortable.
  • sod/sɒd/nounC12 meaningsA person, used with either affection or contempt.
  • sojourn/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/nounC2A temporary stay in a place.
  • solicit/səˈlɪsɪt/verbC2To ask formally for money, help or support.
  • solicitous/səˈlɪsɪtəs/adjectiveC2Showing anxious care for somebody's wellbeing.
  • solicitude/səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/nounC2Anxious care for somebody's welfare.
  • solipsism/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/nounC2The view that only your own mind can be known to exist.
  • solitariness/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/nounC2The quality of being habitually apart from others, treated as a trait of a person or place rather than as the peaceful aloneness someone seeks out.
  • solitude/ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/nounC2Being alone by choice.
  • sonorous/ˈsɒn.əɹ.əs/adjectiveC2Deep, full and resonant in sound.