| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sybaritical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate. |
| sycophantcy | noun | Sycophancy. |
| sycophantic | adjective | Alt. of Sycophantical |
| sycophantry | noun | Sycophancy. |
| syllabarium | noun | A syllabary. |
| syllabicate | verb t. | To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify. |
| syllabified | imp. & past participle | of Syllabify |
| sylleptical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. |
| syllogistic | adjective | Alt. of Syllogistical |
| syllogizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Syllogize |
| sylvestrian | adjective | Sylvan. |
| sylvicoline | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler. |
| symbolistic | adjective | Alt. of Symbolistical |
| symbolizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Symbolize |
| symbologist | noun | One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology. |
| symbranchii | noun pl. | An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia. |
| symmetrical | adjective | Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building., Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2., Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; — said of flowers., Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular., Having a common measure; commensurable., Having corresponding parts or relations. |
| symmetrized | imp. & past participle | of Symmetrize |
| sympathetic | adjective | Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing., Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy., Produced by sympathy; — applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy., Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber. |
| sympathized | imp. & past participle | of Sympathize |
| sympathizer | noun | One who sympathizes. |
| sympetalous | adjective | Having the petals united; gamopetalous. |
| symphonious | adjective | Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious., Symphonic. |
| symphonized | imp. & past participle | of Symphonize |
| symposiarch | noun | The master of a feast. |
| symptomatic | adjective | Alt. of Symptomatical |
| synagogical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a synagogue. |
| synallaxine | adjective | Having the outer and middle toes partially united; — said of certain birds related to the creepers. |
| synanthesis | noun | The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom. |
| synanthrose | noun | A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae. |
| synapticula | noun | One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals. |
| synchoresis | noun | A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force. |
| synchronism | noun | The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness., The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates., A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times. |
| synchronize | verb i. | To agree in time; to be simultaneous., To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history., To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks. |
| synchronous | adjective | Happening at the same time; simultaneous. |
| synclinical | adjective | Synclinal. |
| synclinoria | plural | of Synclinorium |
| syncopating | present participle & vb. noun | of Syncopate |
| syncopation | noun | The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope., The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows. |
| syndactylic | adjective | Syndactilous. |
| syndesmoses | plural | of Syndesmosis |
| syndesmosis | noun | An articulation formed by means of ligaments. |
| syndyasmian | adjective | Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; — said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring. |
| synergistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to synergism., Cooperating; synergetic. |
| syngenesian | adjective | Alt. of Syngenesious |
| synneuroses | plural | of Synneorosis |
| synneorosis | noun | Syndesmosis. |
| synodically | adverb | In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod. |
| synonymally | adverb | Synonymously. |
| synonymical | adjective | Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous. |
| synonymicon | noun | A dictionary of synonyms. |
| synonymized | imp. & past participle | of Synonymize |
| synosteoses | plural | of Synosteosis |
| synosteosis | noun | Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures. |
| synsepalous | adjective | Having united sepals; gamosepalous. |
| syntactical | adjective | Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction. |
| synteretics | noun | That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis. |
| synthetical | adjective | Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical., Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2., Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; — said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3. |
| syphiloderm | noun | A cutaneous affection due to syphilis. |
| syphilology | noun | That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis. |
| syringotome | noun | A small blunt-pointed bistoury, — used in syringotomy. |
| syringotomy | noun | The operation of cutting for anal fistula. |
| syrphus fly | Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture. | |
| syssarcosis | noun | The junction of bones by intervening muscles. |
| systematism | noun | The reduction of facts or principles to a system. |
| systematist | noun | One who forms a system, or reduces to system., One who adheres to a system. |
| systematize | verb t. | To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one’s work; to systematize one’s ideas. |
| systemizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Systemize |