| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sinaitic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law. |
| sinalbin | noun | A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance. |
| sinamine | noun | A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; — called also allyl melamine. |
| sinapate | noun | A salt of sinapic acid. |
| sinapine | noun | An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition. |
| sinapism | noun | A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant. |
| sinciput | noun | The fore part of the head., The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex. |
| sinecure | noun | An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls., Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service., To put or place in a sinecure. |
| sinewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sinew |
| sinewish | adjective | Sinewy. |
| sinewous | adjective | Sinewy. |
| singeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Singe |
| singling | present participle & vb. noun | of Single |
| singsong | noun | Bad singing or poetry., A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song., Drawling; monotonous., To write poor poetry. |
| singster | noun | A songstress. |
| singular | adjective | Separate or apart from others; single; distinct., Engaged in by only one on a side; single., Existing by itself; single; individual., Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular., Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; — opposed to dual and plural., Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon., Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments., Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; — often implying disapproval or consure., Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique., An individual instance; a particular., The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number. |
| sinigrin | noun | A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid. |
| sinister | adjective | On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; — opposed to dexter, or right., Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; — the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences., Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims., Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance. |
| sinology | noun | That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc. |
| sinopite | noun | A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint. |
| sinsring | noun | Same as Banxring. |
| sintoism | Alt. of Sintoist | |
| sintoist | See Shinto, etc. | |
| sinuated | imp. & past participle | of Sinuate, Same as Sinuate. |
| sinusoid | noun | The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines. |