| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| siaga | noun | The ahu, or jairou. |
| sibyl | noun | A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy., A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. |
| sicca | noun | A seal; a coining die; — used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains. |
| sicer | noun | A strong drink; cider. |
| siker | adjective | Sure; certain; trusty., Surely; certainly., Alt. of Sikerness |
| sicle | noun | A shekel. |
| sided | imp. & past participle | of Side, Having (such or so many) sides; — used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided. |
| sider | noun | One who takes a side., Cider. |
| sidle | verb t. | To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. |
| siege | noun | A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne., Hence, place or situation; seat., Rank; grade; station; estimation., Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter., The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy’s fire. See the Note under Blockade., Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession., The floor of a glass-furnace., A workman’s bench., To besiege; to beset. |
| sieur | noun | Sir; — a title of respect used by the French. |
| sieva | noun | A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus). |
| sieve | noun | A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes., A kind of coarse basket. |
| sifac | noun | The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred. |
| sight | verb t. | The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land., The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes., The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight., A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing., The instrument of seeing; the eye., Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person., Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless., A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant., A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming., In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening., A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money., To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck., To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star., To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon., To take aim by a sight. |
| sigil | noun | A seal; a signature. |
| sigla | noun pl. | The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc. |
| sigma | noun | The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C. |
| sikhs | noun pl. | A religious sect noted for warlike traits, founded in the Punjab at the end of the 15th century. |
| silex | noun | Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic. |
| silky | superl. | Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster., Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine., Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. |
| silly | noun | Happy; fortunate; blessed., Harmless; innocent; inoffensive., Weak; helpless; frail., Rustic; plain; simple; humble., Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman., Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question. |
| silty | adjective | Full of silt; resembling silt. |
| silva | noun | The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively., A description or history of the forest trees of a country. |
| simar | noun | A woman’s long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf. |
| simia | noun | A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang. |
| since | adverb | From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since., In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago., When or that., From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; — usually with a past event or time for the object., Seeing that; because; considering; — formerly followed by that. |
| sinch | noun | A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass., To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle. |
| sinew | noun | A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon., Muscle; nerve., Fig.: That which supplies strength or power., To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. |
| singe | verb t. | To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin., To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it., To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame., A burning of the surface; a slight burn. |
| sinto | Alt. of Sintoist | |
| sintu | Alt. of Sintoist | |
| sinus | plural | of Sinus, An opening; a hollow; a bending., A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore., A cavity; a depression., A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening., A dilated vessel or canal., A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice., A depression between adjoining lobes. |
| sioux | noun sing. & pl. | See Dakotas. |
| sipid | adjective | Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. |
| sired | imp. & past participle | of Sire |
| siren | noun | One of three sea nymphs, — or, according to some writers, of two, — said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction., An enticing, dangerous woman., Something which is insidious or deceptive., A mermaid., Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long., An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog., Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song. |
| siroc | noun | See Sirocco. |
| sirup | noun | Alt. of Syrup |
| sisel | noun | The suslik. |
| siser | noun | Cider. See Sicer. |
| sited | adjective | Having a site; situated. |
| sithe | noun | Time., To sigh., A scythe., To cut with a scythe; to scythe. |
| situs | noun | The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts. |
| sivan | noun | The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; — supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June. |
| siver | verb i. | To simmer. |
| siwin | noun | Same as Sewen. |
| sixth | adjective | First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth., Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided., The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole., The next in order after the fifth., The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale. |
| sixty | adjective | Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore., The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects., A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX. |
| sizar | noun | One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford. |
| sized | imp. & past participle | of Size, Adjusted according to size., Having a particular size or magnitude; — chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized. |
| sizel | noun | Same as Scissel, 2. |
| sizer | noun | See Sizar., An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size., An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size. |