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7,169 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Sept-Îles
proper noun
Sept-Îles (a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada)
Septante
proper noun
Septuagint; the translators of the Septuagint, the Seventy
Septimanie
proper noun
Septimania (the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis (modern-day south France) that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462, when it was ceded to their king, Theodoric II)
Sepx
proper noun
Sepx (a town in Haute-Garonne department, France)
Serazereux
proper noun
Serazereux (a village in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Serbe
noun, masculine/feminine
Serbian (person, of either gender)
Serbie
proper noun
Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe)
Serbia and Montenegro (a former country in Southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, existing from 1992 to 2006, previously part of Yugoslavia; composed of modern Serbia and Montenegro and known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Sercq
proper noun
the island of Sark
Serein
proper noun
a right tributary of the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Serge
proper noun
a male given name
Sergueï
proper noun
a transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj)
Sermersooq
proper noun
Sermersooq (a municipality of Greenland).
Serpent
proper noun
Serpens (constellation)
Serris
proper noun
Serris (a town in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Sertao
proper noun
Sertão (a geographical region in northeastern Brazil)
Servan
noun, masculine
A kind of imp
Servan
proper noun
a surname
Setsuko
proper noun
a female given name from Japanese
Severny
proper noun
Severny (a district of Vorkuta, Russia)
Sevran
proper noun
a commune of France, located in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Seychelles
proper noun
Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)
Seychellois
noun, masculine
Seychellois (resident or native of the Seychelles) (male or of unspecified gender)
Seydina
proper noun
a male given name from Soninke
Seydou
proper noun
a male given name; a surname
Seysselan
noun, masculine
Resident or native of Seyssel
Seysses
proper noun
Seysses (a town and commune of Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France); a surname, Seysses, from Occitan
Sfax
proper noun
a city in Tunisia
Sfrati
proper noun
Sfrat (a village in Albania)
Sganzin
proper noun
a French surname
Shang-Haï
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Shanghaï
Shangaï
proper noun
alternative spelling of Shanghaï
Shanghaï
proper noun
Shanghai (a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China)
Shanghaïen
noun, masculine
Shanghainese (inhabitant)
Shaoxing
proper noun
Shaoxing (a prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China)
Shaughnessy
proper noun
Shaughnessy: a surname from Irish; ellipsis of Village Shaughnessy
Shawbridge
proper noun
Shawbridge: a district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; Shawbridge: former name of Prévost: a municipality of the county of Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Shawinigan
proper noun
Shawinigan (a city in the Mauricie region, Quebec); a regional county municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada
Shawville
proper noun
a municipality of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Sheenboro
proper noun
a municipality of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Shemseddine
proper noun
a male given name from Arabic
Shenyang
proper noun
Shenyang (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China)
Sherbrooke
proper noun
Sherbrooke (a city and regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada)
Sherbrookois
noun, masculine
Sherbrookian (native or inhabitant of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada) (usually male)
Shigeko
proper noun
a female given name from Japanese
Shimizu
proper noun
a surname from Japanese
Shiroishi
proper noun
a surname from Japanese
Shoah
proper noun
Holocaust, Shoah
Shoemaker-Levy 9
proper noun
Shoemaker-Levy
Shongopavi
proper noun
alternative spelling of Shongopovi (Hopi village in Arizona)
Shongopovi
proper noun
Shongopovi (a village and census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States)
Shoni
proper noun
Shoni; diminutive of Village Shaughnessy: a district of Ville-Marie borough, Montreal, Montreal Island, Montreal county, Region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shungopavi
proper noun
alternative spelling of Shongopovi (Hopi village in Arizona)
Shéhérazade
proper noun
Scheherazade (virgin storyteller)
Siam
proper noun
Siam (former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia)
Sibidé
proper noun
a surname
Sibérie
proper noun
Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)
Sibérien
noun, masculine
Siberian
Sichem
proper noun
Shechem, Sichem (an ancient city near present-day Nablus, Palestine)
Sichuan
proper noun
Sichuan (a province in central China)