English words: S

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

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• steed noun (steed, steeds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.
• steel noun (steel — uncountable; steels for kinds); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very strong, hard metal made mostly from iron mixed with a little carbon, used for bridges, cars, tools, pans and cutlery.
• steelman verb (steelman, steelmans, steelmanned, steelmanning); noun…
  To steelman someone's argument is to describe it in its strongest, fairest form before you answer it, even if you disagree.
• steelworks noun (a steelworks — same form for singular and plural)
  A steelworks is a factory where steel is made from iron and other materials, using huge furnaces.
• steely adjective (steely, steelier, steeliest)
  Made of steel, or grey and shiny like steel.
• steep adjective (steep, steeper, steepest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rising or falling sharply, like a slope that is hard to climb.
• steeple noun (steeple, steeples)
  A steeple is the tall pointed tower on top of a church.
• steepness noun (steepness — uncountable)
  Steepness is how steep something is: how sharply a slope, hill, road or roof goes up or down.
• steer verb (steer, steers, steered, steering); noun…
  To steer is to control which way a car, bike, boat or other vehicle goes.
• steersman noun (steersman, steersmen)
  A steersman is the person who steers a boat or ship, keeping it on its course.
• stegosaurus noun…
  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 noun (a stele, stelae or steles)
  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 adjective (stellar)
  Stellar means about stars in space: stellar light, stellar systems.
• stem noun (a stem, stems); verb (stem, stems, stemmed, stemming)
  A stem is the long thin part of a plant that holds up the leaves and flowers.
• stench noun (stench, stenches)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A stench is a very bad smell.
• stencil noun (a stencil, stencils); verb…
  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 noun, verb (step, steps, stepped, stepping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A step is one movement of your foot when you walk.
• stepbrother noun (a stepbrother, stepbrothers)
  A boy or man who is the son of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the son of your own mother or father.
• stepdaughter noun (stepdaughter, stepdaughters)
  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 noun (a stepfather, stepfathers)
  A stepfather is a man who is married to your mother but is not your birth father.
• stepmother noun (a stepmother, stepmothers)
  The woman who is married to (or the partner of) your father but is not your birth mother.
• stepparent noun (a stepparent, stepparents; also step-parent)
  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 noun (a steppe, steppes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia.
• stepsister noun (a stepsister, stepsisters)
  A girl or woman who is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the daughter of your own mother or father.
• stepson noun (stepson, stepsons)
  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 noun (a stereotype, stereotypes); verb…
  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 adjective (sterile)
  Sterile means completely clean and free from germs (bacteria and viruses): sterile bandages, a sterile operating room.
• sterility nounJewish tradition
  The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness.
• sterling noun (sterling; uncountable); adjective (sterling)
  Sterling is the money of the United Kingdom; its main unit is the pound (£).
• stern adjective (stern, sterner, sternest); noun…
  Stern means serious and strict, not smiling, like a teacher who wants you to behave.
• sternly adverb (sternly)
  In a strict, serious and unsmiling way, often when someone has done wrong.
• steroid noun (a steroid, steroids)
  A steroid is a kind of chemical, made in the body or as a medicine, that can calm swelling or act like hormones.
• stethoscope noun (a stethoscope, stethoscopes)
  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 noun (stew, stews); verb (stew, stews, stewed, stewing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A meal of meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot.
• steward noun (a steward, stewards); verb (steward — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A steward is a person whose job is to look after passengers on a plane, ship or train.
• stewardship noun (stewardship, uncountable)
  Looking after something carefully on behalf of someone else, or for the future.
• stick noun, verb (stick, sticks, stuck, sticking)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A stick is a thin piece of wood, often fallen from a tree.
• sticker noun (sticker, stickers)
  A sticker is a small picture or label with glue on the back that you can stick on things.
• stickleback noun (a stickleback, sticklebacks)
  A stickleback is a small fish with sharp spines on its back, found in ponds, streams and coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
• sticky adjective (stickier, stickiest)
  Sticky means covered with something like glue, honey or syrup that sticks to things.
• stiff adjective (stiffer, stiffest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stiff means hard and not easy to bend or move.
• stiffen verb (stiffen, stiffens, stiffened, stiffening)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stiffen is to become hard, firm or difficult to bend.
• stiffly adverb (stiffly)
  Stiffly means in a stiff way, without bending easily, as when your body is sore or cold.
• stiffness noun (stiffness — uncountable)
  Stiffness is being hard to bend or move, like a new board or a stiff collar.
• stifle verb (stifle, stifles, stifled, stifling)
  To stifle a sound is to hold it back so that nobody hears it.
• stifled adjective (stifled); past form of the verb stifle…
  Held back so it is not heard or seen: a stifled laugh, a stifled yawn, a stifled cry.
• stifling adjective (stifling)
  Stifling means very hot and airless, so that it is hard to breathe.
• stile noun (a stile, stiles)
  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 adverb (still); adjective (still, stiller, stillest); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Still means even now, or up to this time.
• stillbirth noun (a stillbirth, stillbirths)
  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 noun (stillness, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stillness is being completely still, with no movement.
• stilt noun (a stilt, stilts)
  Stilts are a pair of long poles with footrests that you stand on to walk high above the ground.
• stimulant noun (a stimulant, stimulants); adjective (stimulant — rare)
  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 verb (stimulate, stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  To stimulate means to make something more active or make it grow or work more: "Exercise stimulates your heart.".
• stimulated verb…
  Stimulated is the past form of «stimulate»: made something more active, or made it start or grow.
• stimulating adjective…
  Stimulating means interesting and exciting in a way that makes you think and want to know more.
• stimulation noun (stimulation — usually uncountable)
  Stimulation is making something more active, or the thing that does it: the stimulation of a muscle, of growth.
• stimulus noun (a stimulus, stimuli)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A stimulus is something that causes a living thing to react, such as light, sound, heat or touch.
• sting verb (sting, stings, stung, stinging); noun…
  Of a bee, wasp, jellyfish or nettle: to hurt you by pushing a tiny sharp part or poison into your skin.
• stinger noun (a stinger, stingers)
  A stinger is the sharp part on an insect or animal, such as a bee, wasp or scorpion, that it uses to sting.
• stinging adjective; present participle of sting…
  A stinging insect or plant can hurt you with a sting, like a bee, wasp or stinging nettle.
• stingless adjective (stingless)
  Stingless means having no sting or no working sting.
• stingray noun (a stingray, stingrays)
  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 adjective (stingy, stingier, stingiest)
  Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money.
• stink verb (stink, stinks, stank, stunk, stinking); noun (a stink)
  To stink is to have a very strong, bad smell.
• stinky adjective (stinky, stinkier, stinkiest)
  Stinky means smelling very bad.
• stint noun (stint, stints)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job.
• stipulate verb (stipulate, stipulates, stipulated, stipulating)…
  To state clearly that something must be done, especially as part of a rule, agreement or contract.
• stipulation noun (a stipulation, stipulations); verb stipulate…
  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 verb (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); noun (a stir)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.
• stirred verb form (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stirred means mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and round in it.
• stirreth verb, old form of «stirs» (he, she, it)
  «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 verb form (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); adjective…
  Stirring is moving a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.
• stirrup noun (a stirrup, stirrups)
  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 noun (a stitch, stitches); verb…
  A stitch is one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one loop of wool in knitting.
• stoat noun (a stoat, stoats)
  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 noun (stock, stocks); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A supply of goods kept in a shop or store to sell.
• stocking noun (a stocking, stockings); verb form…
  A stocking is a long, thin covering for the foot and leg, usually worn by women, often in pairs.
• stocks noun, plural (stocks; singular: stock); verb form of…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stocks are supplies of goods kept ready to use or sell: «stocks of food».
• stocky adjective (stocky, stockier, stockiest)
  A stocky person or animal is short, broad and strong-looking, with a solid body.
• stoke verb (stoke, stokes, stoked, stoking); adjective…
  To stoke a fire means to add fuel such as coal or wood and stir it so it burns more strongly.
• stole verb (past tense of steal); noun (a stole, stoles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The past tense of "steal": took something that was not yours without asking.
• stomach noun (a stomach, stomachs); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down.
• stomatopod noun (a stomatopod, stomatopods)
  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 verb (stomp, stomps, stomped, stomping); noun…
  To stomp means to walk with heavy, loud steps, often because you are angry.
• stone noun, verb (stone, stones, stoned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A stone is a small piece of rock.
• stonefish noun (a stonefish, stonefish or stonefishes)
  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 nounJewish tradition
  A stonemason is a person whose work is cutting stone and building with it.
• stony adjective (stony, stonier, stoniest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stony means full of stones or covered with stones.
• stoodest verb, old form used with thou (past)
  «stoodest» means «you stood», a form of «stand»: To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.
• stool noun (stool, stools)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms.
• stoop verb (stoop, stoops, stooped, stooping); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin.
• stooping verb, -ing form of «stoop»…
  Bending the top part of your body forwards and down.
• stop verb, noun (stop, stops, stopped, stopping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stop means to not move or not go on any more.
• stopcock noun (a stopcock, stopcocks)
  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 verb, past form of stop (stop, stops, stopped, stopping)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Stopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped».
• stopper noun (stopper, stoppers)
  A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.
• stopping verb…
  Stopping means coming to an end or no longer moving: The bus is stopping.
• stopwatch noun (a stopwatch, stopwatches)
  A watch or timer that can be started and stopped by pressing a button, to measure exactly how long something takes.
• storage noun (storage, uncountable)
  Storage is keeping things in a place until they are needed.

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