Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
sabbatarian |
noun |
One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue., A strict observer of the Sabbath., Of or pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians. |
sabbathless |
adjective |
Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest. |
sabretasche |
noun |
A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt. |
saccharilla |
noun |
A kind of muslin. |
saccharinic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime. |
saccharized |
imp. & past participle |
of Saccharize |
saccharonic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts. |
sacchulmate |
noun |
A salt of sacchulmic acid. |
sacciferous |
adjective |
Bearing a sac. |
saccoglossa |
noun pl. |
Same as Pellibranchiata. |
sackclothed |
adjective |
Clothed in sackcloth. |
sack-winged |
adjective |
Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; — said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx. |
sacramental |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements., Bound by a sacrament., That which relates to a sacrament. |
sacrificant |
noun |
One who offers a sacrifice. |
sacrificing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sacrifice |
sacrificial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice. |
sacrilegist |
noun |
One guilty of sacrilege. |
saddlecloth |
noun |
A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing. |
sadduceeism |
noun |
Alt. of Sadducism |
sadducizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sadducize |
saengerfest |
noun |
A festival of singers; a German singing festival. |
safe-pledge |
noun |
A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. |
sagittarius |
noun |
The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer., A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow. |
sagittocyst |
noun |
A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria. |
saintliness |
noun |
Quality of being saintly. |
salal-berry |
noun |
The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color. |
salebrosity |
noun |
Roughness or ruggedness. |
salicaceous |
adjective |
Belonging or relating to the willow. |
salinometer |
noun |
A salimeter. |
salpingitis |
noun |
Inflammation of the salpinx. |
salsuginous |
adjective |
Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes. |
saltatorial |
adjective |
Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises., Same as Saltatorious., Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria. |
saltigradae |
noun pl. |
A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders. |
saltimbanco |
noun |
A mountebank; a quack. |
saltirewise |
adverb |
In the manner of a saltire; — said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center. |
saltpetrous |
adjective |
Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter. |
salvability |
noun |
The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness. |
sanableness |
noun |
The quality of being sanable. |
sancte bell |
noun |
See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus. |
sanctifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sanctify |
sanctioning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sanction |
sanctionary |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction. |
sanctuarize |
verb t. |
To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges. |
sanctuaries |
plural |
of Sanctuary |
sandaliform |
adjective |
Shaped like a sandal or slipper. |
sandemanian |
noun |
A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite. |
sandwiching |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sandwich |
sanguinaria |
noun |
A genus of plants of the Poppy family., The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. |
sanguineous |
adjective |
Abounding with blood; sanguine., Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood., Blood-red; crimson. |
sanskritist |
noun |
One versed in Sanskrit. |
santoninate |
noun |
A salt of santoninic acid. |
sapientious |
adjective |
Sapiential. |
saponaceous |
adjective |
Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy. |
saponifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Saponify |
sapotaceous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named. |
sappan wood |
|
Sapan wood. |
saprophagan |
noun |
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle. |
saprophytic |
adjective |
Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. |
saracenical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. |
sarcastical |
adjective |
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting. |
sarcolactic |
adjective |
Relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic. |
sarcomatous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma. |
sarcophagan |
noun |
Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial., Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga. |
sarcophagus |
noun |
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia., A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin., A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial. |
sarcoseptum |
noun |
One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan. |
sarculation |
noun |
A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake. |
satanophany |
noun |
An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. |
satisfiable |
adjective |
That may be satisfied. |
saturnalian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia., Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. |
sauce-alone |
noun |
Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack. |
savableness |
noun |
Capability of being saved. |
sawarra nut |
|
See Souari nut. |
saw-toothed |
adjective |
Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate. |
saxifragant |
adjective |
Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous., That which breaks or destroys stones. |
saxifragous |
adjective |
Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder. |
scabbedness |
noun |
Scabbiness. |
scaffoldage |
noun |
A scaffold. |
scaffolding |
noun |
A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body., Materials for building scaffolds. |
scalariform |
adjective |
Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants., Like or pertaining to a scalaria. |
scalpriform |
adjective |
Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents. |
scamblingly |
adverb |
In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness. |
scammoniate |
adjective |
Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient. |
scandalized |
imp. & past participle |
of Scandalize |
scape-wheel |
noun |
The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. |
scapholunar |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus., The scapholunar bone. |
scattergood |
noun |
One who wastes; a spendthrift. |
scatterling |
noun |
One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond. |
scenography |
noun |
The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. |
scepterless |
adjective |
Alt. of Sceptreless |
sceptreless |
adjective |
Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king. |
schismatize |
verb i. |
To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church. |
schistosity |
noun |
The quality or state of being schistose. |
schizocoele |
noun |
See Enterocoele. |
schizognath |
noun |
Any bird with a schizognathous palate. |
schizophyte |
noun |
One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not. |
scizorhinal |
adjective |
Having the nasal bones separate., Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit. |
scholarlike |
adjective |
Scholarly. |
scholarship |
noun |
The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning., Literary education., Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. |
scholiastic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. |
schoolhouse |
noun |
A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction. |
schoolma’am |
noun |
A schoolmistress. |
schottische |
noun |
A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; — not to be confounded with the Ecossaise. |
sciatically |
adverb |
With, or by means of, sciatica. |
scincoidian |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink. |
scintillant |
adjective |
Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. |
scintillate |
verb i. |
To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles., To sparkle, as the fixed stars. |
scintillous |
adjective |
Scintillant. |
scirrhosity |
noun |
A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous. |
scleroderma |
noun |
A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin. |
sclerometer |
noun |
An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral. |
sclerotical |
adjective |
Sclerotic. |
sclerotitis |
noun |
Inflammation of the sclerotic coat. |
scolopacine |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family. |
scolopendra |
noun |
A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped., A sea fish. |
scopiferous |
adjective |
Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs. |
scorbutical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. |
scoriaceous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria. |
scorpaenoid |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish. |
scorpioidal |
adjective |
Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion’s tail. |
scragginess |
noun |
The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness. |
scrapepenny |
noun |
One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser. |
scratchback |
noun |
A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, — used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. |
scratchweed |
noun |
Cleavers. |
scratchwork |
noun |
See Scratch coat. |
scribatious |
adjective |
Skillful in, or fond of, writing. |
scrimpingly |
adverb |
In a scrimping manner. |
scriptorium |
noun |
In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing. |
scripturian |
noun |
A Scripturist. |
scripturist |
noun |
One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them. |
scrobiculae |
plural |
of Scrobicula |
scrobicular |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles. |
scrumptious |
adjective |
Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine. |
scruou-lize |
verb t. |
To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples. |
scrutinized |
imp. & past participle |
of Scrutinize |
scrutinizer |
noun |
One who scrutinizes. |
sculpturing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sculpture |
scuppernong |
noun |
An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated. |
scutcheoned |
adjective |
Emblazoned on or as a shield. |
scutellated |
adjective |
Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon., Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; — said of certain birds. |
scutibranch |
adjective |
Scutibranchiate., One of the Scutibranchiata. |
scutiferous |
adjective |
Carrying a shield or buckler. |
scyphistoma |
noun |
The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian. |
scyphophori |
noun pl. |
An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail. |
scythestone |
noun |
A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone. |
sea amenone |
|
Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian. |
sea-blubber |
noun |
A jellyfish. |
sea cabbage |
|
See Sea kale, under Kale. |
sea captain |
|
The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea. |
sea catfish |
|
Alt. of Sea cat |
sea compass |
|
The mariner’s compass. See under Compass. |
sea feather |
|
Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form. |
sea gherkin |
|
Alt. of Sea girkin |
sea girdles |
|
A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; — called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle. |
sea goddess |
|
A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea. |
sea gudgeon |
|
The European black goby (Gobius niger). |
sea lamprey |
|
The common lamprey. |
sea leopard |
|
Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal. |
sea lettuce |
|
The green papery fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food. |
sealing wax |
|
A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc. |
sea monster |
|
Any large sea animal. |
seamstressy |
noun |
The business of a seamstress. |
sea poacher |
|
Alt. of Sea poker |
sea pudding |
|
Any large holothurian. |
sea saurian |
noun |
Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera. |
sea serpent |
|
Any marine snake. See Sea snake., A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured. |
seasickness |
noun |
The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel. |
sea surgeon |
|
A surgeon fish. |
sea swallow |
|
The common tern., The storm petrel., The gannet., See Cornish chough, under Chough. |
sea titling |
|
The rock pipit. |
sea trumpet |
|
A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long., Any large marine univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton. |
sea unicorn |
|
The narwhal. |
sea widgeon |
|
The scaup duck., The pintail duck. |
secondarily |
adverb |
In a secondary manner or degree., Secondly; in the second place. |
secondaries |
plural |
of Secondary |
second-rate |
adjective |
Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. |
secretarial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. |
secretariat |
noun |
Alt. of Secretariate |
secretaries |
plural |
of Secretary |
sectionally |
adverb |
In a sectional manner. |
secularized |
imp. & past participle |
of Secularize |
secularness |
noun |
The quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness. |
secundation |
noun |
Prosperity. |
sedentarily |
adverb |
In a sedentary manner. |
sedimentary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. |
seditionary |
noun |
An inciter or promoter of sedition. |
seductively |
adverb |
In a seductive manner. |
seek-sorrow |
noun |
One who contrives to give himself vexation. |
seemingness |
noun |
Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility. |
segregating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Segregate |
segregation |
noun |
The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting., Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process. |
seigneurial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial., Vested with large powers; independent. |
seigniorage |
noun |
Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it., A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent. |
seigniorial |
adjective |
Same as Seigneurial. |
seigniorize |
verb t. |
To lord it over. |
seismograph |
noun |
An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes. |
seismometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions. |
seismometry |
noun |
The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space. |
seismoscope |
noun |
A seismometer. |
selachoidei |
noun pl. |
Same as Selachii. |
selaginella |
noun |
A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories. |
selenhydric |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid. |
selenitical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite. |
selenograph |
noun |
A picture or delineation of the moon’s surface, or of any part of it. |
self-abased |
adjective |
Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame. |
self-acting |
adjective |
Acting of or by one’s self or by itself; — said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press. |
self-action |
noun |
Action by, or originating in, one’s self or itself. |
self-active |
adjective |
Acting of one’s self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents. |
self-deceit |
noun |
The act of deceiving one’s self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception. |
self-denial |
noun |
The denial of one’s self; forbearing to gratify one’s own desires; self-sacrifice. |
self-esteem |
noun |
The holding a good opinion of one’s self; self-complacency. |
selfishness |
noun |
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one’s own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others. |
self-mettle |
noun |
Inborn mettle or courage; one’s own temper. |
self-motion |
noun |
Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion. |
self-moving |
adjective |
Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse. |
self-murder |
adjective |
Suicide. |
self-praise |
noun |
Praise of one’s self. |
self-seeker |
noun |
One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure. |
self-taught |
adjective |
Taught by one’s own efforts. |
self-willed |
adjective |
Governed by one’s own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate. |
seltzo-gene |
noun |
A gazogene. |
semaphorist |
noun |
One who manages or operates a semaphore. |
semiography |
noun |
A description of the signs of disease., Alt. of Semiological |
semiiannual |
adjective |
Half-yearly. |
semiannular |
adjective |
Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. |
semichaotic |
adjective |
Partially chaotic. |
semicircled |
adjective |
Semicircular. |
semicompact |
adjective |
Half compact; imperfectly indurated. |
semicubical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity. |
semidiurnal |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day., Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc. |
semilogical |
adjective |
Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies. |
semimonthly |
adjective |
Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment., Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical., In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month. |
semiopacous |
adjective |
Semiopaque. |
semipalmate |
adjective |
Alt. of Semipalmated |
semisextile |
noun |
An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. |
semispheric |
adjective |
Alt. of Semispherical |
semitangent |
noun |
The tangent of half an arc. |
semitertian |
adjective |
Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent., An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian. |
sempervivum |
noun |
A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species. |
sempiternal |
adjective |
Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end., Without beginning or end; eternal. |
sempstressy |
noun |
Seamstressy. |
senatorious |
adjective |
Senatorial. |
senatorship |
noun |
The office or dignity of a senator. |
senectitude |
noun |
Old age. |
sensational |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves., Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge., Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report. |
sensibility |
noun |
The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive., The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; — often used in the plural., Experience of sensation; actual feeling., That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer. |
sensiferous |
adjective |
Exciting sensation; conveying sensation. |
sensigenous |
adjective |
Causing or exciting sensation. |
sensitivity |
noun |
The quality or state of being sensitive; — used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. |
sensualized |
imp. & past participle |
of Sensualize |
sensualness |
noun |
Sensuality; fleshliness. |
sententiary |
noun |
One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine. |
sententious |
adjective |
Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth., Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. |
sentimental |
adjective |
Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic., Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; — often in a reproachful sense., Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions. |
sentinelled |
|
of Sentinel |
sentineling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sentinel |
separatical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical. |
sepidaceous |
adjective |
Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia. |
septangular |
adjective |
Heptagonal. |
septemberer |
noun |
A Setembrist. |
septembrist |
noun |
An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792. |
septentrial |
adjective |
Septentrional. |
septentrion |
noun |
The north or northern regions., Alt. of Septentrional |
septicaemia |
noun |
A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs. |
septiferous |
adjective |
Bearing a partition; — said of the valves of a capsule., Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter. |
septifluous |
adjective |
Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous. |
septifragal |
adjective |
Breaking from the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis. |
septinsular |
adjective |
Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles. |
sepulchered |
imp. & past participle |
of Sepulchre |
sepulchring |
|
of Sepulchre |
sequestered |
imp. & past participle |
of Sequester, Retired; secluded. |
sequestrate |
verb t. |
To sequester. |
seraphicism |
noun |
The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness. |
sergeancies |
plural |
of Sergeancy |
sericterium |
noun |
A silk gland, as in the silkworms. |
sericulture |
noun |
The raising of silkworms. |
serio-comic |
adjective |
Alt. of Serio-comical |
sermonizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sermonize |
serpentaria |
adjective |
The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria). |
serpiginous |
adjective |
Creeping; — said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another. |
serrulation |
noun |
The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw., One of the teeth in a serrulate margin. |
sertularian |
noun |
Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidae, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Also used adjectively. |
serviceable |
adjective |
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous., Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent. |
servileness |
noun |
Quality of being servile; servility. |
sesquialter |
adjective |
Sesquialteral., Alt. of Sesquialtera |
sesquibasic |
adjective |
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound. |
sesquioxide |
noun |
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide. |
sesquipedal |
adjective |
Alt. of Sesquipedalian |
settledness |
noun |
The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. |
seventeenth |
adjective |
Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others., Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided., The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others., The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole., An interval of two octaves and a third. |
sevres blue |
|
A very light blue. |
sevres ware |
|
Porcelain manufactured at Sevres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there. |
sexagesimal |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty., A sexagesimal fraction. |
sexdigitism |
noun |
The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot. |
sexdigitist |
noun |
One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot. |
sexennially |
adverb |
Once in six years. |
sextodecimo |
adjective |
Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume., A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; — usually written 16mo, or 16¡. |
shadowiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being shadowy. |
shad-spirit |
noun |
See Shadbird (a) |
shad-waiter |
noun |
A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish. |
shag-haired |
adjective |
Having shaggy hair. |
shallowness |
noun |
Quality or state of being shallow. |
shame-proof |
noun |
Shameless. |
shanghaiing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Shanghai |
shapeliness |
noun |
The quality or state of being shapely. |
shard-borne |
adjective |
Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. |
sharebroker |
noun |
A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities. |
shareholder |
noun |
One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property. |
sheep-faced |
adjective |
Over-bashful; sheepish. |
sheepmaster |
noun |
A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. |
sheep’s-eye |
noun |
A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; — commonly in the plural. |
sheet cable |
|
The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
sheet chain |
|
A chain sheet cable. |
shelterless |
adjective |
Destitute of shelter or protection. |
shepherding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Shepherd |
shepherdess |
noun |
A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. |
shepherdias |
plural |
of Shepherdia |
shepherdish |
noun |
Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. |
shepherdism |
noun |
Pastoral life or occupation. |
sheriffalty |
noun |
Alt. of Sheriffwick |
sheriffship |
noun |
Alt. of Sheriffwick |
sheriffwick |
noun |
The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. |
shielddrake |
noun |
A sheldrake. |
shiningness |
noun |
Brightness. |
shinplaster |
noun |
Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. |
shipbuilder |
noun |
A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright. |
ship-rigged |
adjective |
Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails. |
shipwrecked |
imp. & past participle |
of Shipwreck |
shittlecock |
noun |
A shuttlecock. |
shittleness |
noun |
Instability; inconstancy. |
shiveringly |
adverb |
In a shivering manner. |
shiver-spar |
noun |
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar. |
shoplifting |
noun |
Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop. |
shorlaceous |
adjective |
See Schorl, Schorlaceous. |
shortcoming |
noun |
The act of falling, or coming short, The failure of a crop, or the like., Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty. |
short-dated |
adjective |
Having little time to run from the date. |
shortened / |
imp. & past participle |
of Shorten |
short-lived |
adjective |
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. |
short-wited |
adjective |
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. |
shouldering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Shoulder |
shovelboard |
noun |
A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny., A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; — called also shuffleboard. |
showeriness |
noun |
Quality of being showery. |
shrinkingly |
adverb |
In a shrinking manner. |
shrivelling |
|
of Shrivel |
shroud-laid |
adjective |
Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; — said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage. |
shrubberies |
plural |
of Shrubbery |
shrubbiness |
noun |
Quality of being shrubby. |
shufflewing |
noun |
The hedg sparrow. |
shuttlecock |
noun |
A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself., To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. |
shuttlecork |
noun |
See Shuttlecock. |
shuttlewise |
adverb |
Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle. |
siderealize |
verb t. |
To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize. |
sideromancy |
noun |
Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning. |
sideroscope |
noun |
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles. |
sideroxylon |
noun |
A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood. |
side-taking |
noun |
A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. |
sightliness |
noun |
The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness. |
sigillative |
adjective |
Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. |
sigmoidally |
adverb |
In a sigmoidal manner. |
signalizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Signalize |
signaturist |
noun |
One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities. |
significant |
adjective |
Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look., Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event., That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. |
significate |
noun |
One of several things signified by a common term. |
signiorship |
noun |
State or position of a signior. |
silicifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Silicify |
silicioidea |
noun pl. |
Same as Silicoidea. |
siliqyiform |
adjective |
Having the form of a silique. |
sillimanite |
noun |
Same as Fibrolite. |
silverberry |
noun |
A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. |
silver-gray |
adjective |
Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair. |
silveriness |
noun |
The state of being silvery. |
silverizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Silverize |
silversides |
noun |
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. |
silversmith |
noun |
One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver. |
simperingly |
adverb |
In a simpering manner. |
simplifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Simplify |
sincereness |
noun |
Same as Sincerity. |
single-foot |
noun |
An irregular gait of a horse; — called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. |
singlestick |
noun |
In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword., The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary’s head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling. |
singularist |
noun |
One who affects singularity. |
singularity |
noun |
The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity., Anything singular, rare, or curious., Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction., Celibacy. |
singularize |
verb t. |
To make singular or single; to distinguish. |
sinistrally |
adverb |
Toward the left; in a sinistral manner. |
sinistrorse |
adjective |
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; — the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse. |
sinological |
adjective |
Relating to the Chinese language or literature. |
sinuosities |
plural |
of Sinuosity |
siphonopoda |
noun pl. |
A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk. |
siphorhinal |
adjective |
Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels. |
siphuncular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the siphuncle. |
sipunculoid |
adjective |
Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea., One of the Sipunculoidea. |
sisal grass |
|
Alt. of Sisal hemp |
sivatherium |
noun |
A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species. |
six-shooter |
noun |
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. |
skedaddling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skedaddle |
skeletology |
noun |
That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton. |
skeletonize |
verb t. |
To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. |
sketchiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness. |
skilligalee |
noun |
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. |
skimmington |
noun |
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. |
skirmishing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Skirmish |
skittle-dog |
noun |
The piked dogfish. |
slate-color |
|
A dark bluish gray color. |
slaughtered |
imp. & past participle |
of Slaughter |
slaughterer |
noun |
One who slaughters. |
slaveholder |
noun |
One who holds slaves. |
slaveocracy |
noun |
See Slavocracy. |
sleepmarken |
noun |
See 1st Hag, 4. |
sleepwaking |
noun |
The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep. |
sleepwalker |
noun |
One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist. |
sleuthhound |
noun |
A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. |
slightingly |
adverb |
In a slighting manner. |
silkensides |
noun |
Same as Slickensides. |
slipperness |
noun |
Slipperiness. |
slipperwort |
noun |
See Calceolaria. |
slow-witted |
adjective |
Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence. |
sluggardize |
verb t. |
To make lazy. |
slumberless |
adjective |
Without slumber; sleepless. |
smell-feast |
noun |
One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger., A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands. |
smilingness |
noun |
Quality or state of being smiling. |
smithereens |
noun pl. |
Fragments; atoms; smithers. |
smithsonian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports., The Smithsonian Institution. |
smithsonite |
noun |
Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine. |
smock-faced |
adjective |
Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. |
smock frock |
|
A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers. |
smouldering |
|
of Smoulder, Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead. |
snail-paced |
adjective |
Slow-moving, like a snail. |
snatchingly |
adverb |
By snatching; abruptly. |
snowballing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Snowball |
snow-capped |
adjective |
Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains. |
snowshoeing |
noun |
Traveling on snowshoes. |
sociability |
noun |
The quality of being sociable; sociableness. |
socialistic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism. |
societarian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to society; social. |
socinianism |
noun |
The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam’s sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ’s virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally. |
socinianize |
verb t. |
To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism. |
sociologist |
noun |
One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology. |
sockdolager |
noun |
That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like., A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. |
sodomitical |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy. |
soft-finned |
adjective |
Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; — said of certain fishes. |
soft-headed |
adjective |
Weak in intellect. |
soft-spoken |
adjective |
Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable. |
sojournment |
noun |
Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler. |
solanaceous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more. |
solan goose |
|
The common gannet. |
soldierlike |
adjective |
Like a soldier; soldierly. |
soldiership |
noun |
Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. |
soldierwood |
noun |
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens. |
solemnities |
plural |
of Solemnity |
solemnizate |
verb t. |
To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. |
solemnizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Solemnize |
solenaceous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae. |
solenoglyph |
adjective |
Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia., One of the Selenoglypha. |
solenostomi |
noun pl. |
A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch. |
solfeggiare |
verb i. |
To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i. |
soliitation |
noun |
The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity., Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses. |
solicitress |
noun |
A woman who solicits. |
solidifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Solidify |
solidungula |
noun pl. |
A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae. |
soliloquize |
verb i. |
To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one’s self. |
soliloquies |
plural |
of Soliloquy |
solmization |
noun |
The act of sol-faing. |
solubleness |
noun |
Quality or state of being soluble. |
solvability |
noun |
The quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem., The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant. |
somewhither |
adverb |
To some indeterminate place; to some place or other. |
somnambular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic. |
somnambulic |
adjective |
Somnambulistic. |
somniculous |
adjective |
Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy. |
somniferous |
adjective |
Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. |
somnifugous |
adjective |
Driving away sleep. |
sons-in-law |
plural |
of Son-in-law |
soothsaying |
noun |
A true saying; truth., The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions., A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. |
sophistical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound. |
sordiferous |
adjective |
Alt. of Sorediiferous |
soteriology |
noun |
A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health., The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ. |
sound-board |
noun |
A sounding-board. |
southeaster |
noun |
A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast., Toward the southeast. |
southwardly |
adverb |
In a southern direction. |
southwester |
noun |
A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest., A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, — worn in stormy weather. |
sovereignly |
adverb |
In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. |
sovereignty |
noun |
The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. |
spancelling |
|
of Spancel |
spannishing |
noun |
The full blooming of a flower. |
sparkliness |
noun |
Vivacity. |
sparrowwort |
noun |
An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina). |
spasmatical |
adjective |
Spasmodic. |
spasmodical |
adjective |
Same as Spasmodic, a. |
spastically |
adverb |
Spasmodically. |
spathaceous |
adjective |
Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal. |
speakership |
noun |
The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives. |
specialties |
plural |
of Specialty |
specifiable |
adjective |
Admitting specification; capable of being specified. |
specificate |
verb t. |
To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify. |
spectacular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show., Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play., Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes. |
spectatress |
noun |
Alt. of Spectatrix |
spectioneer |
noun |
Same as Specsioneer. |
spectrology |
noun |
The science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relations and applications. |
speculating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Speculate |
speculation |
noun |
The act of speculating., Examination by the eye; view., Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination., The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed., The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets., Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits., A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture., Power of sight., A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes. |
speculatist |
noun |
One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist. |
speculative |
adjective |
Given to speculation; contemplative., Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration., Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious., Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise. |
speculatory |
adjective |
Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight., Exercising speculation; speculative. |
speechifier |
noun |
One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer. |
speechified |
imp. & past participle |
of Speechify |
speechmaker |
noun |
One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly. |
speiskobalt |
noun |
Smaltite. |
spendthrift |
noun |
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively., Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. |
spermaphore |
noun |
That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta. |
spermatheca |
noun |
A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa. |
spermatical |
adjective |
Spermatic. |
spermatozoa |
plural |
of Spermatozoon |
spermoblast |
noun |
One of the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast. |
spermophile |
noun |
Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher. |
spermophore |
noun |
A spermatophore. |
spermophyta |
noun pl. |
Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom. |
spermophyte |
noun |
Any plant which produces true seeds; — a term recently proposed to replace ph/nogam. |
spermospore |
noun |
The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore. |
sperm whale |
|
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. |
spessartite |
noun |
A manganesian variety of garnet. |
sphacelated |
imp. & past participle |
of Spacelate, Affected with gangrene; mortified. |
sphaeridium |
noun |
A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ. |
sphaerulite |
noun |
Same as Spherulite. |
spheroconic |
noun |
A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone. |
spherograph |
noun |
An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection. |
spheroidity |
noun |
The quality or state of being spheroidal. |
spherometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc. |
spherulitic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites. |
sphygmogram |
noun |
A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph. |
sphyraenoid |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes including the barracudas. |
spiciferous |
adjective |
Bearing ears, or spikes; spicate. |
spiculiform |
adjective |
Having the shape of a spicule. |
spindlelegs |
noun |
A spindleshanks. |
spindletail |
noun |
The pintail duck. |
spindleworm |
noun |
The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment. |
spiniferous |
adjective |
Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny. |
spinigerous |
adjective |
Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing. |
spiritually |
adverb |
In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit. |
spiritualty |
noun |
An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality. |
spiritielle |
adjective |
Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal. |
spirochaeta |
noun |
Alt. of Spirochaete |
spirochaete |
noun |
A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever. |
spitalhouse |
noun |
A hospital. |
spitscocked |
adjective |
Spitchcocked. |
splashboard |
noun |
A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse’s heels; — in the United States commonly called dashboard. |
splayfooted |
adjective |
Having a splayfoot or splayfeet. |
splaymouths |
plural |
of Splaymouth |
splendidous |
adjective |
Splendid. |
splendorous |
adjective |
Splendid. |
splenetical |
adjective |
Splenetic. |
splintering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Splinter |
spluttering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Splutter |
spodomantic |
adjective |
Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes. |
spongiolite |
noun |
One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints. |
spongoblast |
noun |
One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers. |
sponsorship |
noun |
State of being a sponsor. |
spontaneity |
noun |
The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force., The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment., The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment. |
spontaneous |
adjective |
Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion., Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth., Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. |
sporiferous |
adjective |
Bearing or producing spores. |
sporophoric |
adjective |
Having the nature of a sporophore. |
sporulation |
noun |
The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b. |
spottedness |
noun |
State or quality of being spotted. |
spreadingly |
adverb |
Increasingly. |
sprightless |
adjective |
Destitute of life; dull; sluggish. |
springboard |
noun |
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. |
springiness |
noun |
The state or quality of being springly. |
spritefully |
adjective |
Alt. of Spritely |
spumescence |
noun |
The state of being foamy; frothiness. |
spumiferous |
adjective |
Producing foam. |
spurn-water |
noun |
A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. |
spur-winged |
adjective |
Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. |
squab-chick |
noun |
A young chicken before it is fully fledged. |
squalidness |
noun |
Quality or state of being squalid. |
squamaceous |
adjective |
Squamose. |
squamellate |
adjective |
Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose. |
squandering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Squander |
square-toed |
noun |
Having the toe square. |
square-toes |
noun |
A precise person; — used contemptuously or jocularly. |
squarrulose |
adjective |
Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. |
squashiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being squashy, or soft. |
squeakingly |
adverb |
In a squeaking manner. |
squeasiness |
noun |
Queasiness. |
squint-eyed |
adjective |
Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed., Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy. |
squintifego |
adjective |
Squinting. |
stabiliment |
adjective |
The act of making firm; firm support; establishment. |
stabilitate |
verb t. |
To make stable; to establish. |
stabulation |
noun |
The act of stabling or housing beasts., A place for lodging beasts; a stable. |
stack-guard |
noun |
A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack. |
stadtholder |
noun |
Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province. |
stageplayer |
noun |
An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer. |
staggerbush |
noun |
An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves. |
staggerwort |
noun |
A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea). |
stag-horned |
adjective |
Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; — said of certain beetles. |
stahlianism |
noun |
The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul. |
stainlessly |
adverb |
In a stainless manner. |
stakeholder |
noun |
The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid. |
staktometer |
noun |
A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. |
stalactical |
adjective |
Stalactic. |
stalactites |
plural |
of Stalactite, A stalactite. |
stalactitic |
adjective |
Alt. of Stalactitical |
stalagmitic |
adjective |
Alt. of Stalagmitical |
staminodium |
noun |
An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen. |
standardize |
verb t. |
To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis. |
staphylinid |
noun |
Any rove beetle. |
startlingly |
adverb |
In a startling manner. |
statarianly |
adverb |
Fixedly; steadly. |
stateliness |
noun |
The quality or state of being stately. |
statemonger |
noun |
One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs. |
stateprison |
|
See under State, n. |
statesmanly |
adjective |
Becoming a statesman. |
stateswomen |
plural |
of Stateswoman |
stateswoman |
noun |
A woman concerned in public affairs. |
statistical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation. |
statuminate |
verb t. |
To prop or support. |
staunchness |
|
See Stanch, Stanchly, etc. |
staurolitic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite. |
stauroscope |
noun |
An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals. |
steadfastly |
adverb |
In a steadfast manner; firmly. |
stealthlike |
adjective |
Stealthy; sly. |
stearoptene |
noun |
The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; — contrasted with elaeoptene. |
steerageway |
noun |
A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm. |
stegosauria |
noun pl. |
An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies. |
stegosaurus |
noun |
A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines. |
stelleridan |
noun |
Alt. of Stelleridean |
stellionate |
noun |
Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; — chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one’s own which belongs to another, etc. |
stelography |
noun |
The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. |
stem-winder |
noun |
A stem-winding watch. |
stencilling |
|
of Stencil |
stenography |
noun |
The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand. |
stentorious |
adjective |
Stentorian. |
stentoronic |
adjective |
Stentorian. |
stepbrother |
noun |
A brother by the marriage of one’s father with the mother of another, or of one’s mother with the father of another. |
stephanotis |
noun |
A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes., A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda. |
stercobilin |
noun |
A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, — identical with hydrobilirubin. |
stereograph |
noun |
Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography. |
stereometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer., An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids. |
stereometry |
noun |
The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; — distinguished from planimetry. |
stereoplasm |
noun |
The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm. |
stereoscope |
noun |
An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer. |
stereoscopy |
noun |
The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it. |
stereotomic |
adjective |
Alt. of Stereotomical |
stereotyped |
imp. & past participle |
of Stereotype, Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates., Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. |
stereotyper |
noun |
One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry. |
stereotypic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates. |
sterilizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sterilize |
sternohyoid |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage. |
stern-wheel |
adjective |
Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer. |
sterrometal |
noun |
Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made. |
stertorious |
adjective |
Stertorous. |
stethograph |
noun |
See Pneumatograph. |
stethometer |
noun |
An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; — also called thoracometer. |
stethoscope |
noun |
An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax., To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. |
stethoscopy |
noun |
The art or process of examination by the stethoscope. |
stewardship |
noun |
The office of a steward. |
stibiconite |
noun |
A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color. |
stichomancy |
noun |
Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. |
stichometry |
noun |
Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain., Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, — a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted. |
stickleback |
verb t. |
Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback. |
stick-tight |
noun |
Beggar’s ticks. |
stigmatical |
adjective |
Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character., Impressing with infamy or reproach., Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. |
stigmatized |
imp. & past participle |
of Stigmatize |
stilettoing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Stiletto |
stimulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Stimulate |
stimulation |
noun |
The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated., The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation. |
stimulative |
adjective |
Having the quality of stimulating., That which stimulates. |
stintedness |
noun |
The state of being stinted. |
stipendiary |
adjective |
Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation., One who receives a stipend. |
stipendiate |
verb t. |
To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay. |
stipendless |
adjective |
Having no stipend. |
stipitiform |
adjective |
Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike. |
stipulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Stipulate |
stipulation |
noun |
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement., That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops., A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain., The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules. |
stock-blind |
adjective |
Blind as a stock; wholly blind. |
stockbroker |
noun |
A broker who deals in stocks. |
stockholder |
noun |
One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company. |
stockjobber |
noun |
One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers. |
stock-still |
adjective |
Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. |
stomachical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels., Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial. |
stomachless |
adjective |
Being without a stomach., Having no appetite. |
stomatopoda |
noun pl. |
Same as Stomapoda. |
stone-blind |
adjective |
As blind as a stone; completely blind. |
stonecutter |
noun |
One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone. |
stone-horse |
noun |
Stallion. |
stonerunner |
noun |
The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel., The dotterel. |
stone-still |
adjective |
As still as a stone. |
storekeeper |
noun |
A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper., One who keeps a “store;” a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3. |
straighting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Straighten |
straightway |
adverb |
Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. |
straitening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Straiten |
stramineous |
adjective |
Strawy; consisting of straw., Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. |
strangeness |
noun |
The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective). |
strangulate |
adjective |
Strangulated. |
strappadoes |
plural |
of Strappado |
strategetic |
adjective |
Alt. of Strategetical |
strategical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. |
stratifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Stratify |
stratocracy |
noun |
A military government; government by military chiefs and an army. |
streaminess |
noun |
The state of being streamy; a trailing. |
strengthful |
adjective |
Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. |
strengthing |
noun |
A stronghold. |
strengthner |
noun |
See Strengthener. |
strepitores |
noun pl. |
A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs. |
strepsipter |
noun |
Alt. of Strepsipteran |
stridulator |
noun |
That which stridulates. |
strigillose |
adjective |
Set with stiff, slender bristles. |
stringboard |
noun |
Same as Stringpiece. |
stringiness |
noun |
Quality of being stringy. |
stringpiece |
noun |
A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:, One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs. |
stroboscope |
noun |
An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted., An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. |
strongyloid |
adjective |
Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious., A strongyloid worm. |
structurist |
noun |
One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. |
struthiones |
plural |
of Struthio, A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches., In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae. |
stubbedness |
noun |
The quality or state of being stubbed. |
studentship |
noun |
The state of being a student. |
stultifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Stultify |
stultiloquy |
noun |
Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling. |
stumblingly |
adverb |
In a stumbling manner. |
styliferous |
adjective |
Bearing one or more styles. |
stylography |
noun |
A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets. |
stylopodium |
noun |
An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. |
subacromial |
adjective |
Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula. |
subaduncate |
adjective |
Somewhat hooked or curved. |
subadvocate |
noun |
An under or subordinate advocate. |
subapennine |
adjective |
Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; — applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period. |
subarcuated |
adjective |
Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched. |
subarration |
noun |
The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman. |
subaudition |
noun |
The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied. |
subaxillary |
adjective |
Situated under the axilla, or armpit., Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch. |
subbrachial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the subbrachians. |
subbrachian |
noun |
One of the Subbrachiales. |
subcircular |
adjective |
Nearly circular. |
subcolumnar |
adjective |
Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure. |
subcontract |
noun |
A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract. |
subcontrary |
adjective |
Contrary in an inferior degree., Having, or being in, a contrary order; — said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel., Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false., A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree. |
subcoracoid |
adjective |
Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus. |
subcorneous |
adjective |
Situated under a horny part or layer., Partially horny. |
subcultrate |
adjective |
Alt. of Subcultrated |
subdeaconry |
noun |
Alt. of Subdeaconship |
subdelegate |
noun |
A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers., To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete. |
subdividing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subdivide |
subdivision |
noun |
The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts., A part of a thing made by subdividing. |
subdominant |
noun |
The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; — so called as being under the dominant. |
subelongate |
adjective |
Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated. |
subglobular |
adjective |
Nearly globular. |
subgovernor |
noun |
A subordinate or assistant governor. |
subgranular |
adjective |
Somewhat granular. |
subhumerate |
verb t. |
To place the shoulders under; to bear. |
subhyoidean |
adjective |
Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy. |
subindicate |
verb t. |
To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly. |
subitaneous |
adjective |
Sudden; hasty. |
subjectless |
adjective |
Having no subject. |
subjectness |
noun |
Quality of being subject. |
subjugating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subjugate |
subjugation |
noun |
The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated. |
subjunction |
noun |
Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined., Something subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence. |
subjunctive |
adjective |
Subjoined or added to something before said or written., The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood. |
sublevation |
noun |
The act of raising on high; elevation., An uprising; an insurrection. |
subligation |
noun |
The act of binding underneath. |
sublimating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sublimate |
sublimation |
noun |
The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed., The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification., That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. |
sublimatory |
adjective |
Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels., A vessel used for sublimation. |
sublimeness |
noun |
The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity. |
sublimities |
plural |
of Sublimity |
sublittoral |
adjective |
Under the shore. |
subluxation |
noun |
An incomplete or partial dislocation. |
submergence |
noun |
The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion. |
submetallic |
adjective |
Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster. |
subminister |
verb t. |
To supply; to afford., To be subservient; to be useful. |
submissness |
noun |
Submissiveness. |
submonition |
noun |
Suggestion; prompting. |
submultiple |
noun |
A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times., Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio. |
submuscular |
adjective |
Situated underneath a muscle or muscles. |
subnarcotic |
adjective |
Moderately narcotic. |
subnotation |
noun |
A rescript. |
subordinacy |
noun |
The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason. |
subordinary |
noun |
One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary. |
subordinate |
adjective |
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position., Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like., One who stands in order or rank below another; — distinguished from a principal., To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another., To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason. |
subornation |
noun |
The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury., The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion. |
subpellucid |
adjective |
Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid. |
subpetiolar |
adjective |
Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree. |
subpoenaing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subpoena |
subpyriform |
adjective |
Somewhat pyriform. |
subquadrate |
adjective |
Nearly or approximately square; almost square. |
subreligion |
noun |
A secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasi religious veneration. |
subrogation |
noun |
The act of subrogating., The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor. |
subscapular |
adjective |
Alt. of Subscapulary |
subscribing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subscribe |
subsecutive |
adjective |
Following in a train or succession. |
subsemitone |
noun |
The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic. |
subsensible |
adjective |
Deeper than the reach of the senses. |
subseptuple |
adjective |
Having the ratio of one to seven. |
subsequence |
noun |
Alt. of Subsequency |
subsequency |
noun |
The act or state of following; — opposed to precedence. |
subservient |
adjective |
Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. |
subsextuple |
adjective |
Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion. |
subsidizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subsidize |
subsilicate |
noun |
A basic silicate. |
subsistence |
noun |
Real being; existence., Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies., That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence., Same as Hypostasis, 2. |
subsistency |
noun |
Subsistence. |
substantial |
adjective |
Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life., Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable., Corporeal; material; firm., Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall., Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. |
substantive |
adjective |
Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be., Depending on itself; independent., Enduring; solid; firm; substantial., Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive., A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives., To substantivize. |
substituent |
noun |
Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed. |
substituted |
imp. & past participle |
of Substitute, Exchanged; put in the place of another., Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. |
substractor |
noun |
One who subtracts., A detractor; a slanderer. |
subsulphate |
noun |
A sulphate with an excess of the base. |
subsulphide |
noun |
A nonacid compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and more than one equivalent of some other body, as a metal. |
subsumption |
noun |
The act of subsuming, or of including under another., That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism. |
subsumptive |
adjective |
Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. |
subtectacle |
noun |
A space under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling. |
subthalamic |
adjective |
Situated under the optic thalamus. |
subtilizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subtilize |
subtracting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subtract |
subtraction |
noun |
The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part., The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities., The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law. |
subtractive |
adjective |
Tending, or having power, to subtract., Having the negative sign, or sign minus. |
subtreasury |
noun |
A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York. |
subtropical |
adjective |
Nearly tropical. |
subumbrella |
noun |
The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish. |
subundation |
noun |
A flood; a deluge. |
suburbicary |
adjective |
Being in the suburbs; — applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. |
suburethral |
adjective |
Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice. |
subvertible |
adjective |
That may be subverted. |
succedaneum |
noun |
One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute, a remedy used as a substitute for another. |
successless |
adjective |
Having no success. |
succiferous |
adjective |
Producing or conveying sap. |
succinamate |
noun |
A salt of succinamic acid. |
succinimide |
noun |
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido. |
succinurate |
noun |
A salt of succinuric acid. |
succoteague |
noun |
The squeteague. |
succulently |
adverb |
In a succulent manner. |
sufficience |
noun |
Sufficiently. |
sufficiency |
noun |
The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy., Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity., Adequate substance or means; competence., Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund., Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. |
suffocating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suffocate, a. & n. from Suffocate, v. |
suffocation |
noun |
The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking. |
suffocative |
adjective |
Tending or able to choke or stifle. |
suffragated |
imp. & past participle |
of Suffragate |
suffragator |
noun |
One who assists or favors by his vote. |
sufragette. |
noun |
A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist. |
suffumigate |
verb t. |
To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part. |
sugar-house |
noun |
A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory. |
suggestment |
noun |
Suggestion. |
suggestress |
noun |
A woman who suggests. |
sui generis |
|
Of his or its own kind. |
suitability |
noun |
The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness. |
suleah fish |
|
A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah. |
sulphanilic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. |
sulphaurate |
noun |
A salt of sulphauric acid. |
sulphionide |
noun |
A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H/SO/, is a sulphionide. |
sulphovinic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid. |
sulphurated |
imp. & past participle |
of Sulphurate |
sulphurator |
noun |
An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur. |
sulphureity |
noun |
The quality or state of being sulphureous. |
sulphureous |
adjective |
Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. |
sulphureted |
adjective |
Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized. |
sulphurwort |
noun |
The hog’s fennel. See under Fennel. |
sulphydrate |
noun |
A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur. |
summerhouse |
noun |
A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer. |
summersault |
noun |
Alt. of Summerset |
sumptuosity |
noun |
Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness. |
superabound |
verb i. |
To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn. |
superadding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Superadd |
supercarpal |
adjective |
Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus. |
supercharge |
verb t. |
To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess., A bearing charged upon another bearing. |
supercilium |
noun |
The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows. |
superfamily |
noun |
A group intermediate between a family and a suborder. |
superfetate |
verb i. |
To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. |
superficial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage., Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; — said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. |
superficies |
noun |
The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing., Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc., A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil. |
superfluity |
noun |
A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth., The state or quality of being superfluous; excess., Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury. |
superfluous |
adjective |
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. |
superheated |
imp. & past participle |
of Superheat |
superheater |
noun |
An apparatus for superheating steam. |
superimpose |
verb t. |
To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum. |
superinduce |
verb t. |
To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something. |
superinfuse |
verb t. |
To infuse over. |
superintend |
verb t. |
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. |
superioress |
noun |
A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior. |
superiority |
noun |
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. |
superjacent |
adjective |
Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks. |
superlation |
noun |
Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety. |
superlative |
adjective |
Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character., Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright., That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree., The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives. |
superlunary |
adjective |
Being above the moon; not belonging to this world; — opposed to sublunary. |
supermedial |
adjective |
Above the middle. |
supernatant |
adjective |
Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water., The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet. |
superplease |
verb t. |
To please exceedingly. |
superposing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Superpose |
superpraise |
verb t. |
To praise to excess. |
superreward |
verb t. |
To reward to an excessive degree. |
supersacral |
adjective |
Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum. |
superscribe |
verb t. |
To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter. |
superscript |
noun |
Superscription. |
superseding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Supersede |
supersedeas |
noun |
A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. |
supersedure |
noun |
The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. |
superstrain |
verb t. |
To overstrain. |
superstrata |
plural |
of Superstatum |
superstatum |
noun |
A stratum, or layer, above another. |
superstruct |
verb t. |
To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation. |
supersubtle |
adjective |
To subtle. |
supervening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Supervene |
supervising |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Supervise |
supervision |
noun |
The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight. |
supervisive |
adjective |
Supervisory. |
supervisory |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers. |
supervolute |
adjective |
Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory. |
supparasite |
verb t. |
To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. |
suppeditate |
verb t. |
To supply; to furnish. |
supplanting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Supplant |
supple-jack |
noun |
A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem., A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. |
supplicancy |
noun |
Supplication. |
supplicated |
imp. & past participle |
of Supplicate |
supplicator |
noun |
One who supplicates; a supplicant. |
supportable |
adjective |
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. |
supportance |
noun |
Support. |
supportless |
adjective |
Having no support. |
supportment |
noun |
Support. |
supportress |
noun |
A female supporter. |
supposition |
noun |
The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved., That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. |
suppositive |
adjective |
Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed., A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc. |
suppository |
noun |
A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter. |
suppressing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suppress |
suppression |
noun |
The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like., Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; — used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion., Omission; as, the suppression of a word. |
suppressive |
adjective |
Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing. |
suppurating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suppurate |
suppuration |
noun |
The act or process of suppurating., The matter produced by suppuration; pus. |
suppurative |
adjective |
Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration., A suppurative medicine. |
supputation |
noun |
Reckoning; account. |
supracostal |
adjective |
Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs. |
supraglotic |
adjective |
Situated above the glottis; — applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords. |
supra-ilium |
noun |
The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals. |
supralunary |
adjective |
Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty. |
supraocular |
adjective |
Above the eyes; — said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles. |
suprapubian |
adjective |
Alt. of Suprapubic |
supraspinal |
adjective |
Situated above the vertebral column., Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous. |
supravision |
noun |
Supervision. |
supravulgar |
adjective |
Being above the vulgar or common people. |
suraddition |
noun |
Something added or appended, as to a name. |
surcharging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surcharge |
surculation |
noun |
Act of purning. |
sure-footed |
adjective |
Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse. |
surmounting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surmount |
surpassable |
adjective |
That may be surpassed. |
surquedrous |
adjective |
Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent. |
surrendered |
imp. & past participle |
of Surrender |
surrenderee |
noun |
The person to whom a surrender is made. |
surrenderer |
noun |
One who surrenders. |
surrenderor |
noun |
One who makes a surrender, as of an estate. |
surrogation |
noun |
The act of substituting one person in the place of another. |
surrounding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surround, Inclosing; encircling., An encompassing., The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions. |
surturbrand |
noun |
A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood. |
surveillant |
noun |
One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor., Overseeing; watchful. |
susceptible |
adjective |
Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration., Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. |
suscipiency |
noun |
Admission. |
suscitating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suscitate |
suscitation |
noun |
The act of raising or exciting. |
suspectable |
adjective |
That may be suspected. |
suspectless |
adjective |
Not suspecting; having no suspicion., Not suspected; not mistrusted. |
suspensible |
adjective |
Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking. |
suspensoria |
plural |
of Suspensorium |
suspiciency |
verb t. |
Suspiciousness; suspicion. |
suspiration |
noun |
The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh. |
sustainable |
adjective |
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. |
sustainment |
noun |
The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. |
sustentacle |
noun |
Sustenance. |
susurration |
noun |
A whispering; a soft murmur. |
susurringly |
adverb |
In the manner of a whisper. |
swaddlebill |
noun |
The shoveler. |
swallowfish |
noun |
The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins. |
swallowtail |
noun |
A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail., A species of willow., An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; — so called from its form. Called also priestcap., A swallow-tailed coat., An arrow., Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe. |
swallowwort |
noun |
See Celandine., A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; — also called white swallowwort. |
swan’s-down |
noun |
Alt. of Swans-down |
swan-upping |
noun |
A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; — called also swan-hopping. |
swarthiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness. |
sway-backed |
adjective |
Having the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or weakness; — said of horses and other animals. |
sweepstakes |
noun |
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake., The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed., A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. |
sweepwasher |
noun |
One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used. |
swingletail |
noun |
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher. |
swingletree |
verb i. |
A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree. |
swivel-eyed |
adjective |
Squint-eyed. |
swordplayer |
noun |
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword. |
sybaritical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate. |
sycophantcy |
noun |
Sycophancy. |
sycophantic |
adjective |
Alt. of Sycophantical |
sycophantry |
noun |
Sycophancy. |
syllabarium |
noun |
A syllabary. |
syllabicate |
verb t. |
To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify. |
syllabified |
imp. & past participle |
of Syllabify |
sylleptical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. |
syllogistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Syllogistical |
syllogizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Syllogize |
sylvestrian |
adjective |
Sylvan. |
sylvicoline |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler. |
symbolistic |
adjective |
Alt. of Symbolistical |
symbolizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Symbolize |
symbologist |
noun |
One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology. |
symbranchii |
noun pl. |
An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia. |
symmetrical |
adjective |
Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building., Having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. See Symmetry, 2., Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; — said of flowers., Having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular., Having a common measure; commensurable., Having corresponding parts or relations. |
symmetrized |
imp. & past participle |
of Symmetrize |
sympathetic |
adjective |
Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing., Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy., Produced by sympathy; — applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy., Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber. |
sympathized |
imp. & past participle |
of Sympathize |
sympathizer |
noun |
One who sympathizes. |
sympetalous |
adjective |
Having the petals united; gamopetalous. |
symphonious |
adjective |
Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious., Symphonic. |
symphonized |
imp. & past participle |
of Symphonize |
symposiarch |
noun |
The master of a feast. |
symptomatic |
adjective |
Alt. of Symptomatical |
synagogical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a synagogue. |
synallaxine |
adjective |
Having the outer and middle toes partially united; — said of certain birds related to the creepers. |
synanthesis |
noun |
The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom. |
synanthrose |
noun |
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae. |
synapticula |
noun |
One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals. |
synchoresis |
noun |
A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force. |
synchronism |
noun |
The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness., The tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates., A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times. |
synchronize |
verb i. |
To agree in time; to be simultaneous., To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history., To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks. |
synchronous |
adjective |
Happening at the same time; simultaneous. |
synclinical |
adjective |
Synclinal. |
synclinoria |
plural |
of Synclinorium |
syncopating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Syncopate |
syncopation |
noun |
The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope., The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows. |
syndactylic |
adjective |
Syndactilous. |
syndesmoses |
plural |
of Syndesmosis |
syndesmosis |
noun |
An articulation formed by means of ligaments. |
syndyasmian |
adjective |
Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; — said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring. |
synergistic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to synergism., Cooperating; synergetic. |
syngenesian |
adjective |
Alt. of Syngenesious |
synneuroses |
plural |
of Synneorosis |
synneorosis |
noun |
Syndesmosis. |
synodically |
adverb |
In a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod. |
synonymally |
adverb |
Synonymously. |
synonymical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous. |
synonymicon |
noun |
A dictionary of synonyms. |
synonymized |
imp. & past participle |
of Synonymize |
synosteoses |
plural |
of Synosteosis |
synosteosis |
noun |
Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures. |
synsepalous |
adjective |
Having united sepals; gamosepalous. |
syntactical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction. |
synteretics |
noun |
That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis. |
synthetical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical., Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2., Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; — said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3. |
syphiloderm |
noun |
A cutaneous affection due to syphilis. |
syphilology |
noun |
That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis. |
syringotome |
noun |
A small blunt-pointed bistoury, — used in syringotomy. |
syringotomy |
noun |
The operation of cutting for anal fistula. |
syrphus fly |
|
Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture. |
syssarcosis |
noun |
The junction of bones by intervening muscles. |
systematism |
noun |
The reduction of facts or principles to a system. |
systematist |
noun |
One who forms a system, or reduces to system., One who adheres to a system. |
systematize |
verb t. |
To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one’s work; to systematize one’s ideas. |
systemizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Systemize |