| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sipage | noun | Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil., See Seepage. |
| sicken | verb t. | To make sick; to disease., To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach., To impair; to weaken., To become sick; to fall into disease., To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated., To become disgusting or tedious., To become weak; to decay; to languish. |
| sicker | verb i. | To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack., Alt. of Siker, Alt. of Siker |
| sickle | noun | A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap., A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. |
| sickly | superl. | Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body., Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate., Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale., Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality., In a sick manner or condition; ill., To make sick or sickly; — with over, and probably only in the past participle. |
| siddow | adjective | Soft; pulpy. |
| siding | present participle& vb. noun | of Side, Attaching one’s self to a party., A side track, as a railroad; a turnout., The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like., The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches. |
| sidled | imp. & past participle | of Sidle |
| sienna | noun | Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. |
| sierra | noun | A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada. |
| siesta | noun | A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap. |
| sifted | imp. & past participle | of Sift |
| sifter | noun | One who, or that which, sifts., Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; — so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak. |
| sigger | verb i. | Same as |
| sighed | imp. & past participle | of Sigh |
| sigher | noun | One who sighs. |
| sigmas | plural | of Sigma |
| signed | imp. & past participle | of Sign |
| signal | noun | A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action., A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign., Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence., Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer., To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders., To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. |
| signer | noun | One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers. |
| signet | noun | A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; — called also privy signet. |
| signor | noun | Alt. of Signore |
| silage | noun & verb | Short for Ensilage. |
| silene | noun | A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. |
| silent | adjective | Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet., Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative., Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent., Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in “fable.”, Having no effect; not operating; inefficient., That which is silent; a time of silence. |
| silica | noun | Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder. |
| siling | a. & n. from Sile to strain. | |
| silken | adjective | Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil., Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language., Dressed in silk., To render silken or silklike. |
| siller | noun | Silver. |
| sillon | noun | A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it. |
| silted | imp. & past participle | of Silt |
| silure | noun | A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid. |
| silvas | plural | of Silva, Alt. of Selvas |
| silvae | plural | of Silva |
| silvan | adjective | Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody., See Sylvanium. |
| silver | noun | A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the “noble” metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5., Coin made of silver; silver money., Anything having the luster or appearance of silver., The color of silver., Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup., Resembling silver., Bright; resplendent; white., Precious; costly., Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear., Sweet; gentle; peaceful., To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury., To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver., To make hoary, or white, like silver., To acquire a silvery color. |
| simial | adjective | Simian; apelike. |
| simian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike., Any Old World monkey or ape. |
| simile | noun | A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. |
| simmer | verb i. | To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil., To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point. |
| simnel | noun | A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel., A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. |
| simony | noun | The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. |
| simoom | noun | Alt. of Simoon |
| simoon | noun | A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. |
| simous | adjective | Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up. |
| simpai | noun | A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae. |
| simper | verb i. | To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner., To glimmer; to twinkle., A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk. |
| simple | adjective | Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks., Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress., Mere; not other than; being only., Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true., Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward., Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language., Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly., Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living., Humble; lowly; undistinguished., Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf., Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a., Homogenous., Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; — opposed to compound., Something not mixed or compounded., A medicinal plant; — so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy., A drawloom., A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom., A feast which is not a double or a semidouble., To gather simples, or medicinal plants. |
| simply | adverb | In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely., Plainly; without art or subtlety., Weakly; foolishly. |
| sinned | imp. & past participle | of Sin |
| sinaic | adjective | Alt. of Sinaitic |
| sindon | noun | A wrapper., A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. |
| sinewy | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews., Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax. |
| sinful | adjective | Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. |
| singed | imp. & past participle | of Singe |
| singer | noun | One who, or that which, singes., One employed to singe cloth., A machine for singeing cloth., One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing. |
| single | adjective | One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star., Alone; having no companion., Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman., Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope., Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat., Uncompounded; pure; unmixed., Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere., Simple; not wise; weak; silly., To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate., To sequester; to withdraw; to retire., To take alone, or one by one., To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot., A unit; one; as, to score a single., The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness., A handful of gleaned grain., A game with but one player on each side; — usually in the plural., A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. |
| singly | adverb | Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good., Only; by one’s self; alone., Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly., Honestly; sincerely; simply., Singularly; peculiarly. |
| sinker | noun | One who, or that which, sinks., A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it., In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. |
| sinner | noun | One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God., To act as a sinner. |
| sinnet | noun | See Sennit . |
| sinque | noun | See Cinque. |
| sinter | noun | Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; — applied as a name to various minerals. |
| sintoc | noun | A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum. |
| sipped | imp. & past participle | of Sip |
| siphon | noun | A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level., One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata., The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon., The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata., The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell., The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans., A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans., A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids., A siphon bottle., To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level. |
| sipper | noun | One whi sips. |
| sippet | noun | A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing. |
| sipple | verb i. | To sip often. |
| sircar | noun | A Hindoo clerk or accountant., A district or province; a circar., The government; the supreme authority of the state. |
| sirdar | noun | A native chief in Hindostan; a headman. |
| siring | present participle & vb. noun | of Sire |
| sirene | noun | See Siren, 6. |
| sirius | noun | The Dog Star. See Dog Star. |
| sirrah | noun | A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural. |
| sirupy | adjective | Alt. of Syrupy |
| siskin | noun | A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); — called also aberdevine., The American pinefinch (S. pinus); — called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch. |
| sissoo | noun | A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc. |
| sister | noun | A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother., A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community., One of the same kind, or of the same condition; — generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits., To be sister to; to resemble closely. |
| sitten | of Sit, p. p. of Sit, for sat. | |
| sithed | adjective | Scythed. |
| sithen | adverb & conj. | Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith. |
| sitter | noun | One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust., A bird that sits or incubates. |
| sizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Size, Act of covering or treating with size., A weak glue used in various trades; size., The act of sorting with respect to size., The act of bringing anything to a certain size., Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student. |
| sizzle | verb i. | To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound., A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. |