| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sialogogue | noun | An agent which promotes the flow of saliva. |
| sibilation | noun | Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. |
| sibilatory | adjective | Hissing; sibilant. |
| sicilienne | noun | A kind of rich poplin. |
| sickerness | noun | Alt. of Sikerness |
| sicklebill | noun | Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer., A curlew., A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera. |
| sicklewort | noun | A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); — so named from its curved pods., The healall (Brunella vulgaris). |
| sickliness | noun | The quality or state of being sickly. |
| sideration | noun | The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. |
| siderolite | noun | A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite. |
| siderostat | noun | An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; — a more general term for heliostat. |
| sidesaddle | noun | A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. |
| side-wheel | adjective | Having a paddle wheel on each side; — said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer. |
| sidewinder | noun | See Horned rattler, under Horned., A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. |
| sifflement | noun | The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. |
| sigaultian | adjective | Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy. |
| sight-hole | noun | A hole for looking through; a peephole. |
| sightproof | adjective | Undiscoverable to sight. |
| sight-seer | noun | One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities. |
| sight-shot | noun | Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. |
| sigillaria | noun pl. | Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia., A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; — so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface. |
| sigillarid | noun | One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies. |
| sigillated | adjective | Decorated by means of stamps; — said of pottery. |
| signalling | of Signal | |
| signalized | imp. & past participle | of Signalize |
| signalment | noun | The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. |
| signifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Signify |
| signiorize | verb t. | To exercise dominion over; to lord it over., To exercise dominion; to seigniorize. |
| silentiary | noun | One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state. |
| silentious | adjective | Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. |
| silentness | noun | State of being silent; silence. |
| silhouette | noun | A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be., To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. |
| silicified | adjective | Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood., of Silicify |
| silicoidea | noun pl. | An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules. |
| siliculose | adjective | Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles., Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky. |
| siliginose | adjective | Made of fine wheat. |
| siluroidei | noun pl. | An order of fishes, the Nematognathi. |
| silverback | noun | The knot. |
| silverbill | noun | An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa. |
| silverboom | noun | See Leucadendron. |
| silverfish | noun | The tarpum., A white variety of the goldfish. |
| silverized | imp. & past participle | of Silverize |
| silverless | adjective | Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. |
| silverling | noun | A small silver coin. |
| silverspot | noun | Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite. |
| silverware | noun | Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver. |
| silverweed | noun | A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath. |
| similarity | noun | The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. |
| similative | adjective | Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. |
| similitude | noun | The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance., The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile., That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. |
| simoniacal | adjective | Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. |
| simpleness | noun | The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. |
| simplician | noun | One who is simple. |
| simplicity | noun | The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths., The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine., Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity., Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life., Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration., Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly. |
| simplified | imp. & past participle | of Simplify |
| simplistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. |
| simulacher | noun | Alt. of Simulachre |
| simulachre | noun | See Simulacrum. |
| simulacrum | noun | A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; — now usually in a derogatory sense. |
| simulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Simulate |
| simulation | noun | The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; — distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true. |
| simulatory | adjective | Simulated, or capable of being simulated. |
| sinapoleic | adjective | Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil. |
| sinapoline | noun | A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; — called also diallyl urea. |
| sincipital | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput. |
| sinecurism | noun | The state of having a sinecure. |
| sinecurist | noun | One who has a sinecure. |
| sinewiness | noun | Quality of being sinewy. |
| singhalese | noun & adjective | Same as Cingalese. |
| singleness | noun | The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity., Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart. |
| singletree | noun | The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree. |
| singularly | adverb | In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one’s statements; singularly considerate of others., Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly., So as to express one, or the singular number. |
| singultous | adjective | Relating to, or affected with, hiccough. |
| sinisterly | adverb | In a sinister manner. |
| sinistrous | adjective | Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral., Wrong; absurd; perverse. |
| sinologist | noun | A sinologue. |
| sinusoidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid. |
| siogoonate | noun | See Shogunate. |
| siphonarid | noun | Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills. |
| siphoniata | noun pl. | Same as Siphonata. |
| siphonifer | noun | Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell. |
| siphuncled | adjective | Having a siphuncle; siphunculated. |
| sisal hemp | The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; — so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp. | |
| sismograph | noun | See Seismograph. |
| sismometer | noun | See Seismometer. |
| sisterhood | noun | The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister., A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. |
| sitophobia | noun | A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. |
| six-footer | noun | One who is six feet tall. |
| sixteenmos | plural | of Sixteenmo |