| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| siamang | noun | A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web. |
| siamese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language., A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam., The language of the Siamese. |
| sibbens | noun | A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch. |
| siccate | verb t. | To dry. |
| siccity | noun | Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture. |
| sikerly | adverb | Surely; securely., Alt. of Sikerness |
| sickish | adjective | Somewhat sick or diseased., Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste. |
| sickled | adjective | Furnished with a sickle. |
| sickler | noun | One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper. |
| sideral | adjective | Relating to the stars., Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. |
| sidling | present participle & vb. noun | of Sidle |
| sienite | noun | See Syenite. |
| sifilet | noun | The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise. |
| sifting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sift |
| sighing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sigh, Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. |
| sighted | imp. & past participle | of Sight, Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; — used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like. |
| sightly | adjective | Pleasing to the sight; comely., Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place. |
| sigilla | plural | of Sigillum |
| sigmoid | adjective | Alt. of Sigmoidal |
| signing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sign |
| signate | verb t. | Having definite color markings. |
| signify | noun | To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present., To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. |
| signior | noun | Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Seor. |
| signore | noun | Sir; Mr.; — a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor. |
| signora | noun | Madam; Mrs; — a title of address or respect among the Italians. |
| silence | noun | The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness., Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness., Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence., The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence., Absence of mention; oblivion., Be silent; — used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence., To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush., To put to rest; to quiet., To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel., To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy. |
| silenus | noun | See Wanderoo. |
| silesia | noun | A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia., A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings. |
| silicea | noun pl. | Same as Silicoidea. |
| silicic | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid. |
| silicle | noun | A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique. |
| silico- | A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc. | |
| silicon | noun | A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth’s crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium. |
| siliqua | noun | Same as Silique., A weight of four grains; a carat; — a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold. |
| silique | noun | An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it. |
| silkmen | plural | of Silkman |
| silkman | noun | A dealer in silks; a silk mercer. |
| sillily | adverb | In a silly manner; foolishly. |
| sillock | noun | The pollock, or coalfish. |
| silting | present participle & vb. noun | of Silt |
| silurus | noun | A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia. |
| silvate | noun | Same as Sylvate. |
| silvern | adjective | Made of silver. |
| silvery | adjective | Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright., Besprinkled or covered with silver., Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh. |
| simagre | noun | A grimace. |
| simarre | See Simar. | |
| simblot | noun | The harness of a drawloom. |
| similar | adjective | Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like., Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness., Homogenous; uniform., That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc. |
| similes | plural | of Simile |
| similor | noun | An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color. |
| simitar | noun | See Scimiter. |
| simpler | noun | One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist. |
| simular | noun | One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender., False; specious; counterfeit. |
| simulty | noun | Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties. |
| sinning | present participle & vb. noun | of Sin |
| sinapic | adjective | Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance. |
| sinapis | noun | A disused generic name for mustard; — now called Brassica. |
| sincere | superl. | Pure; unmixed; unadulterated., Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured., Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness., Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person. |
| sinewed | imp. & past participle | of Sinew, Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth., Fig.: Equipped; strengthened. |
| singing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sing, a. & n. from Sing, v. |
| singled | imp. & past participle | of Single |
| singles | noun pl. | See Single, n., 2. |
| singlet | noun | An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; — opposed to doublet. |
| singult | noun | A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough. |
| sinical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant. |
| sinking | present participle & vb. noun | of Sink, a. & n. from Sink. |
| sinless | adjective | Free from sin. |
| sinoper | noun | Sinople. |
| sinopia | noun | Alt. of Sinopis |
| sinopis | noun | A red pigment made from sinopite. |
| sinople | noun | Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow., The tincture vert; green. |
| siniate | adjective | Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy. |
| sinuate | verb i. | To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous. |
| sinuose | adjective | Sinuous. |
| sinuous | adjective | Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. |
| sinuses | plural | of Sinus |
| siogoon | noun | See Shogun. |
| sipping | present participle & vb. noun | of Sip |
| siphoid | noun | A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n. |
| si quis | A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him. | |
| siredon | noun | The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl. |
| sirenia | noun pl. | An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera. |
| sirkeer | noun | Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee). |
| sirloin | noun | A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. |
| sirname | noun | See Surname. |
| sirocco | noun | An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily. |
| siruped | adjective | Alt. of Syruped |
| sistine | adjective | Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. |
| sistren | noun pl. | Sisters. |
| sistrum | An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia. | |
| sitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sit, Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits., The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat., A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings., The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc., The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King’s Bench, or of a commission., The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc., A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls. |
| sitfast | adjective | Fixed; stationary; immovable., A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle. |
| sithens | adverb & conj. | Since. See Sith, and Sithen. |
| sittine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches. |
| situate | adjective | Alt. of Situated, To place. |
| sivvens | noun | See Sibbens. |
| sixfold | adjective | Six times repeated; six times as much or as many. |
| sixteen | adjective | Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more., The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects., A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi. |
| sixthly | adverb | In the sixth place. |
| sixties | plural | of Sixty |
| sizable | adjective | Of considerable size or bulk., Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk. |
| sizzled | imp. & past participle | of Sizzle |