Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
sialogogue |
noun |
An agent which promotes the flow of saliva. |
sibilation |
noun |
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. |
sibilatory |
adjective |
Hissing; sibilant. |
sicilienne |
noun |
A kind of rich poplin. |
sickerness |
noun |
Alt. of Sikerness |
sicklebill |
noun |
Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer., A curlew., A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera. |
sicklewort |
noun |
A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); — so named from its curved pods., The healall (Brunella vulgaris). |
sickliness |
noun |
The quality or state of being sickly. |
sideration |
noun |
The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. |
siderolite |
noun |
A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite. |
siderostat |
noun |
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; — a more general term for heliostat. |
sidesaddle |
noun |
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. |
side-wheel |
adjective |
Having a paddle wheel on each side; — said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer. |
sidewinder |
noun |
See Horned rattler, under Horned., A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. |
sifflement |
noun |
The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. |
sigaultian |
adjective |
Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy. |
sight-hole |
noun |
A hole for looking through; a peephole. |
sightproof |
adjective |
Undiscoverable to sight. |
sight-seer |
noun |
One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities. |
sight-shot |
noun |
Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. |
sigillaria |
noun pl. |
Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia., A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; — so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface. |
sigillarid |
noun |
One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies. |
sigillated |
adjective |
Decorated by means of stamps; — said of pottery. |
signalling |
|
of Signal |
signalized |
imp. & past participle |
of Signalize |
signalment |
noun |
The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. |
signifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Signify |
signiorize |
verb t. |
To exercise dominion over; to lord it over., To exercise dominion; to seigniorize. |
silentiary |
noun |
One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state. |
silentious |
adjective |
Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. |
silentness |
noun |
State of being silent; silence. |
silhouette |
noun |
A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be., To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. |
silicified |
adjective |
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood., of Silicify |
silicoidea |
noun pl. |
An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules. |
siliculose |
adjective |
Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles., Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky. |
siliginose |
adjective |
Made of fine wheat. |
siluroidei |
noun pl. |
An order of fishes, the Nematognathi. |
silverback |
noun |
The knot. |
silverbill |
noun |
An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa. |
silverboom |
noun |
See Leucadendron. |
silverfish |
noun |
The tarpum., A white variety of the goldfish. |
silverized |
imp. & past participle |
of Silverize |
silverless |
adjective |
Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. |
silverling |
noun |
A small silver coin. |
silverspot |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite. |
silverware |
noun |
Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver. |
silverweed |
noun |
A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath. |
similarity |
noun |
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. |
similative |
adjective |
Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. |
similitude |
noun |
The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance., The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile., That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. |
simoniacal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. |
simpleness |
noun |
The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. |
simplician |
noun |
One who is simple. |
simplicity |
noun |
The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths., The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine., Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity., Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life., Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration., Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly. |
simplified |
imp. & past participle |
of Simplify |
simplistic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. |
simulacher |
noun |
Alt. of Simulachre |
simulachre |
noun |
See Simulacrum. |
simulacrum |
noun |
A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; — now usually in a derogatory sense. |
simulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Simulate |
simulation |
noun |
The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; — distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true. |
simulatory |
adjective |
Simulated, or capable of being simulated. |
sinapoleic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil. |
sinapoline |
noun |
A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; — called also diallyl urea. |
sincipital |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput. |
sinecurism |
noun |
The state of having a sinecure. |
sinecurist |
noun |
One who has a sinecure. |
sinewiness |
noun |
Quality of being sinewy. |
singhalese |
noun & adjective |
Same as Cingalese. |
singleness |
noun |
The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity., Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart. |
singletree |
noun |
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree. |
singularly |
adverb |
In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one’s statements; singularly considerate of others., Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly., So as to express one, or the singular number. |
singultous |
adjective |
Relating to, or affected with, hiccough. |
sinisterly |
adverb |
In a sinister manner. |
sinistrous |
adjective |
Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral., Wrong; absurd; perverse. |
sinologist |
noun |
A sinologue. |
sinusoidal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid. |
siogoonate |
noun |
See Shogunate. |
siphonarid |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills. |
siphoniata |
noun pl. |
Same as Siphonata. |
siphonifer |
noun |
Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell. |
siphuncled |
adjective |
Having a siphuncle; siphunculated. |
sisal hemp |
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The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; — so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp. |
sismograph |
noun |
See Seismograph. |
sismometer |
noun |
See Seismometer. |
sisterhood |
noun |
The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister., A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. |
sitophobia |
noun |
A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. |
six-footer |
noun |
One who is six feet tall. |
sixteenmos |
plural |
of Sixteenmo |