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

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  • serendipity/ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/nounC2The happy accident of finding something wonderful while looking for something else.
  • servility/səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/nounC2Excessive willingness to obey and please.
  • shank/ˈʃæŋk/nounC12 meaningsThe lower part of the leg.
  • shay/ʃeɪ/nounC2A light open one-horse buggy on two wheels.
  • sheaf/ʃiːf/nounC2A bundle of cut stalks tied together.
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nounB12 meanings
The 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.
  • shiv/ʃɪv/nounC2A crude knife made or carried as a weapon.
  • shoal/ʃəʊl/nounC2A large group of fish moving together.
  • shrike/ʃɹaɪk/nounC2A songbird that impales its prey on thorns.
  • 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.
  • sinecure/ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/nounC2A post that pays well and asks almost nothing.
  • sire/saɪə(ɹ)/nounC13 meaningsThe male parent of an animal.
  • skein/skeɪn/nounC2A loosely coiled length of yarn.
  • skirl/skɜːl/nounC2The shrill wailing sound of bagpipes.
  • skullduggerynounC2Underhand dealing and trickery.
  • slattern/ˈslætɚn/nounC2A woman thought dirty and untidy, in old use.
  • sloe/ˈsləʊ/nounC2The small sharp black fruit of the blackthorn.
  • sloop/sluːp/nounC2A small sailing boat with one mast.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sophistry/ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/nounC2Clever reasoning designed to mislead.
  • sorrel/ˈsɒɹəl/nounC22 meaningsA sharp-tasting leaf.
  • sortie/ˈsɔːti/nounC2A brief attack out from a defended place.
  • sot/sɒt/nounC2A habitual drunkard.
  • sounding/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/nounC12 meaningsA measurement of how deep the water is.
  • sovereignty/ˈsɒvɹənti/nounC13 meaningsA country's power to govern itself without outside control.
  • spangle/ˈspæŋɡəl/nounC2A glittering ornament on a costume.
  • spar/spɑː/nounC2A stout pole used to carry a sail.
  • spat/spæt/nounC12 meaningsA short petty quarrel.
  • spinnaker/ˈspɪnəkə/nounC2The big balloon sail flown when running downwind.
  • spire/spaɪə/nounC2The tall pointed top of a church tower.
  • splodge/ˈsplɒd͡ʒ/nounC2An irregular blot of colour.
  • spoil heapnounC2The pile of waste rock left beside a mine.
  • spontaneity/ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/nounC2Acting freely on the impulse of the moment.
  • spoor/spʊə/nounC2The track and scent an animal leaves behind.
  • sputum/ˈspjutəm/nounC2Matter coughed up from the chest.
  • stanchion/ˈstanʃən/nounC2An upright bar or post that supports something.
  • stasis/ˈsteɪsɪs/nounC2A state in which nothing moves or changes.
  • statecraftnounC2Skill in governing a country.
  • statuary/ˈstæ.t͡ʃʊə.ɹi/nounC2Carved figures taken together.
  • stave/steɪv/nounC12 meaningsThe five lines music is written on.
  • stay/steɪ/verbA15 meaningsTo keep being where you are instead of leaving.