English Words Starting With S

• schuylkill

  nounLow (primarily regional to Pennsylvania and historical contexts)
  /ˈskuːlkɪl/A major river in Pennsylvania, USA, flowing through Philadelphia.
• schvartze

  nounVery low
  /ˈʃvɑːtsə/A Yiddish-derived ethnic slur for a Black person.
• schwa

  nounC1/C2
  /ʃwɑː/A neutral mid-central vowel sound, often represented by the symbol /ə/, which is the most common vowel sound in English and typically occurs in unstressed syllables.
• schwaben

  nounC2/Proper Noun (Low frequency in general English; appears in historical, cultural, or geographical contexts).
  /ˈʃvɑːbən/A historical region and former duchy in southwestern Germany, corresponding roughly to modern-day Baden-Württemberg; also refers to the Swabian people and their dialect.
• schwag

  nounlow
  /ʃwæɡ/Low-quality marijuana, especially when compared to higher grades.
• schwann

  nounLow (specialist/technical)
  /ʃvæn/Proper noun referring to Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), a German physiologist who made foundational discoveries in cell biology.
• schwann cell

  nounC2
  /ʃwɒn sɛl/A type of glial cell in the peripheral nervous system that wraps around axons to form the myelin sheath, enabling faster nerve impulse transmission.
• schwarmerei

  nounC2
  /ˌʃvɛːməˈraɪ/Excessive, overly emotional, or uncritical enthusiasm, often for a person or cause.
• schwartz

  nounVery Low
  /ʃwɔːts/A German and Jewish surname meaning 'black'.
• schwarz

  nounVery low
  /ʃvɑːts/The German word for 'black'; in English, used primarily in scientific terms, proper nouns, or as a surname.
• schwarz inequality

  nounTechnical/Specialist
  /ʃvɑːts ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/A fundamental mathematical inequality that states the absolute value of the inner product of two vectors is less than or equal to the product of their norms.
• schwarzkopf

  nounLow
  /ˈʃwɔːtskɒpf/A German surname meaning 'black head'; commonly refers to a multinational hair care brand.
• schwarzschild radius

  nounC2
  /ˈʃvɔːt.ʃɪld ˌreɪ.di.əs/The critical radius for a given mass at which the escape velocity equals the speed of light, defining the event horizon of a non-rotating black hole.
• schwarzwald

  nounLow
  /ˈʃwɔːtsvɑːld/The Black Forest, a mountainous region in southwest Germany.
• schwedler's maple

  nounVery Low (Technical/Horticultural)
  /ˈʃvɛdləz ˈmeɪp(ə)l/A cultivar of the Norway maple tree (Acer platanoides 'Schwedleri'), known for its reddish-purple leaves when young which turn dark green later.
• schweinfurt

  nounC1
  /ˈʃvaɪnˌfʊət/A city in Bavaria, Germany, located on the Main River.
• schweitzer

  nounC2
  /ˈʃvaɪtsə/Used as a proper noun, primarily referring to a Swiss person or someone of Swiss origin, or specifically as a surname, most famously associated with Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), the Alsatian-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.
• schweiz

  nounB1
  /ˈswɪt.sə.lənd/A landlocked country in Central Europe, officially the Swiss Confederation.
• schweizerdeutsch

  nounLow (outside of linguistic, cultural, or geographical contexts related to Switzerland).
  /ˈʃvaɪt.səˌdɔɪtʃ/The collective term for the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland.
• schwenkfelder

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈʃvɛŋkfɛldə/A member of a Protestant sect founded by Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig in the 16th century, characterized by a spiritual, inner-church focus and rejection of formal liturgy.

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