| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |