| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| syrupy | adjective | Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities., Same as Sirup, Sirupy. |
| sycite | noun | A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig. |
| sycock | noun | The missel thrush. |
| sylvae | plural | of Sylva |
| sylvan | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic., Abounding in forests or in trees; woody., A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic., A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; — called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran. |
| sylvic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species). |
| symarr | noun | See Simar. |
| symbal | noun | See Cimbal. |
| symbol | noun | A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience., Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation., An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion., That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty., Share; allotment., An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element., To symbolize. |
| syndic | noun | An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate., An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee. |
| synepy | noun | The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences. |
| syntax | noun | Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism., That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language. |
| syphon | noun | See Syphon. |
| syriac | adjective | Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch., The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country. |
| syrian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac., A native of Syria. |
| syrinx | noun | A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; — called also pandean pipes., The lower larynx in birds. |
| syrtic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand. |
| syrtes | plural | of Syrtis |
| syrtis | noun | A quicksand. |
| system | noun | An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system., Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe., Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one’s business., The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n., An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity., One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. |
| syzygy | noun | The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; — commonly used in the plural., The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy., Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side., The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. |