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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

signboard
noun structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; `the highway was lined with signboards`

signed
adjective having a handwritten signature; `a signed letter`

signer
signatory noun someone who signs and is bound by a document

signet
noun a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)

signet ring
seal ring noun a ring bearing a signet

significance
noun the quality of being significant; `do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power`

significance
implication noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; `the significance of his remark became clear only later`; `the expectation was spread both by word and by implication`

significant
substantial adjective fairly large; `won by a substantial margin`

significant digit
significant figure noun any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value); `he calculated the answer to four significant figures`

signify
verb denote or connote; ``maison` means `house` in French`; `An example sentence would show what this word means`

signor
signior noun used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately

Signora
noun an Italian title or form of address for a married woman

signore
noun an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir`; used separately (not prefixed to his name)

Signorina
noun an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman

signpost
guidepost noun a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way

Sigurd
noun (Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart

Sigyn
noun (Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison

Sihasapa
noun a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

Sikh
adjective of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs

Sikhism
noun the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

Sikkim
noun a geographical area and former kingdom in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan

silage
ensilage noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

sild
noun any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway

sildenafil
sildenafil citrate noun virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men

silence
noun the absence of sound; `he needed silence in order to sleep`; `the street was quiet`

silenced
adjective reduced to silence; `the silenced crowd waited expectantly`

silencer
noun a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise

silene
campion noun any plant of the genus Silene

Silene caroliniana
noun perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters

Silene uniflora
Silene vulgaris noun perennial of arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx

silent
soundless adjective marked by absence of sound; `a silent house`; `soundless footsteps on the grass`; `the night was still`

silent
adjective not made to sound; `the silent `h` at the beginning of `honor``; `in French certain letters are often unsounded`

silent butler
noun a small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for collecting crumbs or ashes

silent movie
silent picture noun a movie without a soundtrack

silent partner
sleeping partner noun a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge

silent person
noun a person who does not talk

silent treatment
noun an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know

Silenus
noun the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey

silesia
noun a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings

Silex
noun a vacuum coffee maker

silhouette
noun a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color

silica
silicon oxide noun a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth`s crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechartelierite

silica gel
noun a porous form of silica that is highly absorbent

silicate
noun a salt or ester derived from silicic acid

siliceous
silicious adjective relating to or containing or resembling silica; `gritrock is siliceous sandstone`

silicic acid
noun a jellylike substance (hydrated silica)

silicide
noun any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical

silicle
noun short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants

silicon
Si noun a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth`s crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

silicon bronze
noun a bronze with 2-3% silicon that is resistant to corrosion

silicon carbide
noun an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors

Silicon Valley
noun a region in California south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries

silicone
silicone polymer noun any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation

silicone resin
noun a polymeric silicone compound

silicone rubber
noun made from silicone elastomers; retains flexibility resilience and tensile strength over a wide temperature range

silicosis
noun a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate

silique
siliqua noun narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae

silk
noun a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

silk gland
serictery noun silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders

silk oak
noun any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering

Silk Road
noun an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay

silk tree
Albizia julibrissin noun attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens

silk vine
Periploca graeca noun deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor

silk-lined
adjective having a silk lining

silkily
adverb in a silky manner; `the young wheat shone silkily`; ``Darling,` she said silkily`

silkiness
sleekness noun the smooth feel of silk fabric

silks
noun the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable

silkscreen
silk screen print noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil

silkworm
wild wilkworm noun larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon

silkworm seed
noun eggs of a silkworm

silky anteater
two-toed anteater noun squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur

silky cornel
silky dogwood 2 Cornus amomum noun shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit

silky dogwood
noun shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel

silky oak
Grevillea robusta noun medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia

silky pocket mouse
Perognathus flavus noun small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico

silky tamarin
Leontocebus rosalia noun golden South American monkey with long soft hair forming a mane

silky terrier
Sydney silky noun Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coat

silky wisteria
Wisteria venusta noun a wisteria of China having white flowers

silky-haired
adjective having hair that resembles silk

silky-leaved
silky-leafed adjective having glossy leaves

sill
noun structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

Sillaginidae
family Sillaginidae noun small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia

Sillago
genus Sillago noun type genus of the Sillaginidae

silly
noun a word used for misbehaving children; `don`t be a silly`

silly season
noun a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news

silo
noun a cylindrical tower used for storing silage

siloxane
noun any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms

Silphium
genus Silphium noun tall North American perennial herbs

Silphium laciniatum
noun North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers

silt
noun mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake

siltstone
noun a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt

silty
adjective full of silt; `silty soil`

Silurian
Silurian period noun from 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals

silurid
silurid fish noun Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin

Siluridae
family Siluridae noun Old World catfishes

siluriform fish
noun any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

Siluriformes
order Siluriformes noun an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes

Silurus
genus Silurus noun type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes

silva
sylva noun the forest trees growing in a country or region

silver
silvern adjective having the white lustrous sheen of silver; `a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap`; `repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen`