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Sepal
  • (n.) A leaf or division of the calyx.

    Separable
  • (a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided

    Separate
  • (p. a.) Disunited from the body
  • (v. i.) To part
  • (v. t.) To come between

    Separation
  • (n.) Chemical analysis.

    Separatist
  • (n.) One who withdraws or separates himself

    Separative
  • (a.) Causing, or being to cause, separation.

    Separator
  • (n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.

    Sepia
  • (a.) Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition
  • (n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species.

    Sepiolite
  • (n.) Meerschaum.

    Sepoy
  • (n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain

    Sepsis
  • (n.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

    Sept
  • (n.) A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor

    Sepulchral
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead

    Sepulchre
  • (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose
  • (v. t.) To bury

    Sepulture
  • (n.) A sepulcher

    Sequacious
  • (a.) Having or observing logical sequence

    Sequel
  • (n.) Conclusion

    Sequence
  • (n.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name

    Sequent
  • (a.) Following
  • (n.) A follower.

    Sequester
  • (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy
  • (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
  • (v. t.) To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration

    Sequestrate
  • (v. t.) To sequester.

    Sequestrum
  • (n.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.

    Sequin
  • (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey

    Sequoia
  • (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S

    Serac
  • (n.) A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier

    Seraglio
  • (n.) A harem

    Serape
  • (n.) A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.

    Seraph
  • (n.) One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels

    Sere
  • (a.)
  • (n.) Claw

    Serf
  • (v. t.) A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia

    Serge
  • (n.) A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

    Serial
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a series
  • (n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part

    Seriate
  • (a.) Arranged in a series or succession

    Seriatim
  • (adv.) In regular order

    Sericeous
  • (a.) Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface

    Sericin
  • (n.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water

    Sericulture
  • (n.) The raising of silkworms.

    Seriema
  • (n.) A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated

    Series
  • (n.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current

    Serigraph
  • (n.) An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk.

    Serin
  • (n.) A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.

    Serious
  • (a.) Grave in manner or disposition

    Sermon
  • (n.) A discourse or address
  • (v. i.) To speak
  • (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

    Serotine
  • (n.) The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).

    Serotinous
  • (a.) Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.

    Serous
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to serum

    Serpens
  • (n.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

    Serpent
  • (n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra
  • (v. i.) To wind like a serpent
  • (v. t.) To wind

    Serrated
  • (a.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards

    Serration
  • (n.) Condition of being serrate

    Serried
  • (a.) Crowded

    Serrulation
  • (n.) One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.

    Serum
  • (n.) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum

    Serval
  • (n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length

    Servant
  • (n.) A professed lover or suitor
  • (v. t.) To subject.

    Serve
  • (v. i.) To be a servant or a slave
  • (v. t.) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating

    Service
  • (n.) Act of serving or covering.

    Serviette
  • (n.) A table napkin.

    Servile
  • (a.) Held in subjection
  • (n.) An element which forms no part of the original root

    Servitude
  • (n.) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right

    Sesame
  • (n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed

    Sesamoid
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages
  • (n.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.

    Sesquipedalian
  • (a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half

    Sess
  • (n.) A tax
  • (v. t.) To lay a tax upon

    Sesterce
  • (n.) A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses

    Sestet
  • (n.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments

    Set
  • (a.) Adjusted
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Set
  • (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal
  • (v. i.) To apply one's self
  • (v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

    Seta
  • (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part

    Setback
  • (n.) A backset

    Setiferous
  • (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles.

    Setiform
  • (a.) Having the form or structure of setae.

    Setigerous
  • (a.) Covered with bristles

    Settee
  • (n.) A long seat with a back

    Setter
  • (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer
  • (v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.

    Setting
  • (n.) Something set in, or inserted.

    Settle
  • (n.) A bench
  • (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts

    Seven
  • (a.) One more than six
  • (n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

    Sever
  • (v. i.) To make a separation or distinction
  • (v. t.) To cut or break open or apart

    Sew
  • (n.) Juice
  • (v. i.) To practice sewing
  • (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing

    Sewage
  • (n.) Sewerage, 2.

    Sewellel
  • (n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States

    Sewer
  • (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground

    Sewing
  • (n.) That which is sewed with the needle.

    Sex
  • (n.) One of the groups founded on this distinction.

    Sexagenarian
  • (n.) A person who is sixty years old.

    Sexagesima
  • (n.) The second Sunday before Lent

    Sexed
  • (a.) Belonging to sex

    Sexennial
  • (a.) Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.
  • (n.) A sexennial event.

    Sexivalent
  • (a.) Hexavalent.

    Sexless
  • (a.) Having no sex.

    Sext
  • (n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.

    Sexual
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes

    Sfumato
  • (a.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance

    Sgraffito
  • (a.) Scratched

    Shabby
  • (n.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.

    Shack
  • (n.) A shiftless fellow
  • (v. i.) A hut
  • (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.

    Shad
  • (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish

    Shaft
  • (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.

    Shag
  • (a.) Hairy
  • (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
  • (v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy

    Shah
  • (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.

    Shake
  • (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
  • (v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion

    Shako
  • (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.

    Shaky
  • (superl.) Easily shaken

    Shale
  • (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
  • (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of

    Shall
  • (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking

    Sham
  • (a.) False
  • (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  • (v. i.) To make false pretenses
  • (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of

    Shandygaff
  • (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

    Shanghai
  • (n.) A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.
  • (v. t.) To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

    Shank
  • (v.) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
  • (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk

    Shanny
  • (n.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head

    Shanty
  • (a.) Jaunty
  • (n.) A small, mean dwelling
  • (v. i.) To inhabit a shanty.

    Shape
  • (n.) A model
  • (v. i.) To suit

    Shard
  • (n.) A boundary

    Share
  • (n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow
  • (v.) A certain quantity
  • (v. i.) To have part
  • (v. t.) To cut

    Shark
  • (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
  • (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
  • (v. t. & i.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas

    Sharp
  • (adv.) Precisely
  • (n.) An expert.
  • (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor
  • (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining
  • (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch

    Shastra
  • (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos

    Shatter
  • (n.) A fragment of anything shattered
  • (v. i.) To be broken into fragments
  • (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces

    Shave
  • (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard
  • (v. t.) A cutting of the beard

    Shaving
  • (n.) That which is shaved off

    Shaw
  • (n.) A thicket

    She
  • (obj.) A woman

    Sheaf
  • (n.) Any collection of things bound together
  • (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like
  • (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf

    Shear
  • (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact
  • (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact

    Sheath
  • (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument

    Sheave
  • (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like
  • (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves

    Shebang
  • (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.

    Shebeen
  • (n.) A low public house

    Shed
  • (n.) A covered structure for housing aircraft
  • (v. i.) To fall in drops
  • (v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating

    Sheen
  • (n.) Brightness
  • (v. i.) To shine
  • (v. t.) Bright

    Sheep
  • (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia

    Sheer
  • (adv.) Clean
  • (n.) A turn or change in a course.
  • (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be
  • (v. t.) To shear.

    Sheet
  • (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance

    Sheik
  • (n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe

    Shekel
  • (n.) A jocose term for money.

    Sheldrake
  • (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species

    Shelf
  • (v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament

    Shell
  • (n.) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air
  • (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk
  • (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk

    Shelter
  • (n.) One who protects
  • (v. i.) To take shelter.
  • (v. t.) To be a shelter for

    Shelve
  • (v. i.) To incline gradually
  • (v. t.) To furnish with shelves

    Shelving
  • (a.) Sloping gradually
  • (n.) Material for shelves

    Sheol
  • (n.) The place of departed spirits

    Shepherd
  • (n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
  • (v. t.) To tend as a shepherd

    Sherbet
  • (n.) A flavored water ice.

    Sherd
  • (n.) A fragment

    Sherif
  • (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima

    Sherry
  • (n.) A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down

    Shew
  • (n.) Show.

    Shibboleth
  • (n.) Also in an extended sense.

    Shield
  • (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm

    Shieling
  • (n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers.

    Shift
  • (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam

    Shikari
  • (n.) A sportsman

    Shill
  • (v. t.) To put under cover

    Shim
  • (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.

    Shin
  • (n.) A fish plate for rails.
  • (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like
  • (v. t.) To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

    Ship
  • (n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
  • (v. i.) To embark on a ship.
  • (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance

    Shiraz
  • (n.) A kind of Persian wine

    Shire
  • (n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships

    Shirk
  • (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks
  • (v. i.) To evade an obligation
  • (v. t.) To avoid

    Shirr
  • (n.) A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings

    Shirt
  • (n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material
  • (v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.

    Shittim wood
  • (n.) The wood of the shittah tree.

    Shive
  • (n.) A slice

    Shoal
  • (a.) Having little depth
  • (n.) A great multitude assembled
  • (v. i.) To assemble in a multitude
  • (v. t.) To cause to become more shallow

    Shoat
  • (n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.

    Shock
  • (a.) Bushy
  • (n.) A dog with long hair or shag
  • (v.) To give a shock to
  • (v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.
  • (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks

    Shod
  • (imp. & p. p.) f Shoe.

    Shoe
  • (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow

    Shogun
  • (n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan

    Shone
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Shine

    Shoo
  • (interj.) Begone

    Shop
  • (n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work
  • (v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

    Shore
  • (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure
  • (v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

    Shoring
  • (n.) A system of props

    Short
  • (adv.) In a short manner
  • (n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
  • (superl.) Abrupt
  • (v. i.) To fail
  • (v. t.) To shorten.

    Shot
  • (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Shoot
  • (n.) A cast of a net.
  • (v. t.) A share or proportion

    Should
  • (imp.) of Shall

    Shout
  • (n.) A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like
  • (v. i.) To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously
  • (v. t.) To treat (one) to something

    Shove
  • (n.) The act of shoving
  • (v. i.) To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat
  • (v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength

    Show
  • (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor
  • (v. i.) To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself
  • (v. t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person)

    Shrank
  • (imp.) of Shrink

    Shrapnel
  • (a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army
  • (n.) A shrapnel shell

    Shred
  • (n.) A long, narrow piece cut or torn off

    Shrewd
  • (superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs

    Shrewish
  • (a.) having the qualities of a shrew

    Shriek
  • (n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream
  • (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts
  • (v. t.) To utter sharply and shrilly

    Shrieve
  • (n.) A sheriff.
  • (v. t.) To shrive

    Shrift
  • (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.

    Shrike
  • (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip

    Shrill
  • (n.) A shrill sound.
  • (v. i.) Acute
  • (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone

    Shrimp
  • (v.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs
  • (v. t.) To contract

    Shrine
  • (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint
  • (v. t.) To enshrine

    Shrink
  • (n.) The act shrinking
  • (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it
  • (v. t.) To cause to contract or shrink

    Shrive
  • (v. i.) To receive confessions, as a priest
  • (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution

    Shroff
  • (n.) A banker, or changer of money.

    Shropshire
  • (n.) An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world

    Shroud
  • (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den
  • (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.
  • (v. t.) To lop.

    Shrove
  • (v. i.) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide

    Shrub
  • (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it
  • (v. t.) To lop

    Shrug
  • (n.) A drawing up of the shoulders
  • (v. i.) To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like

    Shrunk
  • (p. p.) of Shrink

    Shuck
  • (n.) A shell, husk, or pod
  • (v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks

    Shudder
  • (n.) The act of shuddering, as with fear.
  • (v. i.) To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion

    Shuffle
  • (n.) A trick
  • (v. i.) To change one's position
  • (v. t.) To mix by pushing or shoving

    Shun
  • (v. t.) To avoid

    Shut
  • (a.) Closed or fastened
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Shut
  • (n.) A door or cover
  • (v. i.) To close itself
  • (v. t.) To close so as to hinder ingress or egress

    Shy
  • (a.) Inadequately supplied
  • (n.) A side throw
  • (superl.) Cautious
  • (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk

    Sialogogue
  • (n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.

    Siamang
  • (n.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web

    Siamese
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.
  • (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Siam

    Sib
  • (a.) Related by blood
  • (n.) A blood relation.

    Sibilant
  • (a.) Making a hissing sound
  • (n.) A sibiliant letter.

    Sibilate
  • (v. t. & i.) To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s

    Sibyl
  • (n.) A female fortune teller

    Sic
  • (a.) Such.
  • (adv.) Thus.

    Siccative
  • (a.) Drying
  • (n.) That which promotes drying.

    Sice
  • (n.) The number six at dice.

    Siciliano
  • (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure

    Sick
  • (n.) Sickness.
  • (superl.) Affected with, or attended by, nausea
  • (v. i.) To fall sick

    Side
  • (a.) Hence, indirect
  • (n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another
  • (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party
  • (v. t.) To be or stand at the side of

    Siding
  • (n.) A side track, as a railroad
  • (p. pr.& vb. n.) of Side

    Sidle
  • (v. t.) To go or move with one side foremost

    Siege
  • (n.) A seat
  • (v. t.) To besiege

    Sienna
  • (n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment

    Sierra
  • (n.) A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline

    Siesta
  • (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner

    Sieve
  • (n.) A kind of coarse basket.

    Sift
  • (v. t.) To examine critically or minutely

    Sig
  • (v. t.) Urine.

    Sigh
  • (v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved
  • (v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

    Sigil
  • (n.) A seal

    Sigma
  • (n.) The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.

    Sign
  • (n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them
  • (v. i.) To be a sign or omen.

    Sike
  • (a.) Such.
  • (n.) A gutter
  • (v. i.) To sigh.

    Silage
  • (n. & v.) Short for Ensilage.

    Silence
  • (interj.) Be silent
  • (n.) Absence of mention
  • (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade

    Silent
  • (a.) Free from sound or noise
  • (n.) That which is silent

    Silesia
  • (n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

    Silex
  • (n.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones.

    Silhouette
  • (n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color
  • (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette

    Silica
  • (n.) Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder

    Siliceous
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to silica

    Silicic
  • (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica

    Silicide
  • (n.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.

    Siliciferous
  • (a.) Producing silica

    Silicify
  • (v. i.) To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
  • (v. t.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.

    Silicle
  • (n.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long.

    Silicon
  • (n.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster

    Silicula
  • (n.) A silicle.

    Silique
  • (n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin

    Silk
  • (n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.

    Sill
  • (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

    Silo
  • (n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture

    Silt
  • (n.) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • (v. i.) To flow through crevices
  • (v. t.) To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.

    Silurian
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures
  • (n.) The Silurian age.

    Silva
  • (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.

    Silver
  • (a.) Bright
  • (n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
  • (v. i.) To acquire a silvery color.
  • (v. t.) To cover with silver


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