| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sybarite | noun | A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary. |
| sycamine | noun | See Sycamore. |
| sycamore | noun | A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture., The American plane tree, or buttonwood., A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus). |
| syconium | noun | Alt. of Syconus |
| syenitic | adjective | Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions., Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite. |
| syllabic | adjective | Alt. of Syllabical |
| syllable | noun | An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, /275., In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language., A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle., To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate. |
| syllabub | noun | Same as Syllabub. |
| syllabus | noun | A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract. |
| sylphine | adjective | Like a sylph. |
| sylphish | adjective | Sylphlike. |
| sylvatic | adjective | Sylvan. |
| symbolic | adjective | See Symbolics., Alt. of Symbolical |
| symmetry | noun | A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole., The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical., Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower., Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity. |
| sympathy | noun | Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling., An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them., Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion., The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain., That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria., A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron., Similarity of function, use office, or the like. |
| symphony | noun | A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both., A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal., An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the “symphonic poems” of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental., An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello. |
| symphyla | noun pl. | An order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects. |
| symploce | noun | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth. |
| sympodia | plural | of Sympodium |
| symposia | plural | of Symposium |
| synangia | plural | of Synangium |
| synarchy | noun | Joint rule or sovereignity. |
| synastry | noun | Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation. |
| syncline | noun | A synclinal fold. |
| syncopal | adjective | Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope. |
| syncitia | plural | of Syncytium |
| syndetic | adjective | Alt. of Syndetical |
| syndrome | noun | Concurrence., A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease. |
| synechia | noun | A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens. |
| synedral | adjective | Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella. |
| syngraph | noun | A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond. |
| synochal | adjective | Of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha. |
| synochus | noun | A continuous fever. |
| synodist | noun | An adherent to a synod. |
| synomocy | noun | Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly resembling a modern political club. |
| synonyms | plural | of Synonym |
| synonyma | noun pl. | Synonyms. |
| synonyme | noun | Same as Synonym. |
| synonymy | noun | The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning., A system of synonyms., A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse. |
| synopses | plural | of Synopsis |
| synopsis | noun | A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. |
| synoptic | adjective | Alt. of Synoptical, One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist. |
| synovial | adjective | Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. |
| syntaxis | noun | Syntax. |
| syntonin | noun | A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; — formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin. |
| syphilis | noun | The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary. |
| syracuse | noun | A red wine of Italy. |
| syringed | imp. & past participle | of Syringe |
| syringin | noun | A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; — formerly called also lilacin. |
| syringes | plural | of Syrinx |
| syrphian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies., A syrphus fly. |
| systasis | noun | A political union, confederation, or league. |
| systemic | adjective | Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood., Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases. |
| systolic | adjective | Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. |
| syzygial | adjective | Pertaining to a syzygy. |
| syzygies | plural | of Syzygy |