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

single-shelled
adjective univalve

single-spaced
adjective (of type or print) not having a blank space between lines; `business letters are usually single-spaced`

single-spacing
noun typing that does not leave lines blank

single-stranded
adjective having a single strand; `single-stranded RNA`

single(a)
undivided adjective not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; `judging a contest with a single eye`; `a single devotion to duty`; `undivided affection`; `gained their exclusive attention`

singles
noun tennis played with one person on each side

singlestick
fencing stick noun a stick used instead of a sword for fencing

singlet
vest noun a collarless men`s undergarment for the upper part of the body

singleton
noun the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt

singly
adverb one by one; one at a time; `they were arranged singly`

singsong
noun a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation

singular
unique adjective the single one of its kind; `a singular example`; `the unique existing example of Donne`s handwriting`; `a unique copy of an ancient manuscript`; `certain types of problems have unique solutions`

singular matrix
noun a square matrix whose determinant is zero

singularity
noun the quality of being one of a kind; `that singularity distinguished him from all his companions`

singularly
adverb in a singular manner or to a singular degree; `Lord T. was considered singularly licentious even for the courts of Russia and Portugal; he acquired three wives and fourteen children during his Portuguese embassy alone`

Sinhala
adjective of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; `the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana`

Sinhalese
Singhalese noun the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka

sinister
adjective on or starting from the wearer`s left; `bar sinister`

sinistral
adjective preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; `sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye`

sinistrorse
sinistrorsal adjective spiraling upward from right to left; `sinistrorse vines`

Sinitic
adjective of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture; `Sinitic dialects`

sink
noun plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

sink
verb fall or drop to a lower place or level; `He sank to his knees`

sinkable
adjective capable of being sunk

sinker
noun a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

sinkhole
sink noun a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

sinking
sinking feeling noun a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; `with a sinking heart`; `a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach`

sinking fund
noun a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities

sinking spell
noun a temporary decline in health or value

sinlessness
innocence 1 whiteness noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

Sinn Fein
noun an Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army

sinner
evildoer noun a person who sins (without repenting)

sinning
adjective transgressing a moral or divine law; `if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive`- Shakespeare

Sinningia
genus Sinningia noun genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America

Sino-Tibetan
Sino-Tibetan language noun the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia

Sinologist
noun a student of Chinese history and language and culture

Sinology
noun the study of Chinese history and language and culture

sinopis
sinopia noun a red ocher formerly used as a pigment

Sinornis
noun sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds

sintered
adjective formed into a mass by heat and pressure

sinuate
sinuous adjective curved or curving in and out; `wiggly lines`

sinuosity
sinuousness noun having curves; `he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads`

sinuously
adverb in a sinuous manner

sinus headache
noun a headache resulting from congestion or infection in the paranasal sinuses

sinusitis
noun inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses

sinusoid
noun tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ

sinusoidal
adjective having a succession of waves or curves

sinusoidal projection
Sanson-Flamsteed projection noun an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes

sinusoidally
adverb in a sinusoidal manner

Siouan
adjective of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

Siouan-speaking
adjective able to communicate in a Siouan language

Sioux
Siouan noun a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Sioux City
noun a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri

Sipah-e-Sahaba
noun a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan

siphon
syphon noun a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

Siphonaptera
order Siphonaptera noun fleas

Siphonophora
order Siphonophora noun marine colonial hydrozoans

siphonophore
noun a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored

sipper
noun a drinker who sips

Sipuncula
phylum Sipuncula noun peanut worms

Siqueiros
David Siqueiros noun Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974)

sir
noun term of address for a man

Sir Angus Wilson
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson noun English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)

Sir Barton
noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1919

Sir Bernanrd Williams
Bernanrd Arthur Owen Williams noun English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003)

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
noun English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)

Sir Henry Wood
Sir Henry Joseph Wood noun English conductor (1869-1944)

Sir Isaac Pitman
noun English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)

Sir John Suckling
noun English poet and courtier (1609-1642)

Sir Leonard Hutton
noun English cricketer (1916-1990)

Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler noun Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)

Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton noun English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

Sir Ronald Ross
noun British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

Sir Thomas Lawrence
noun English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)

Sir William Wallace
noun Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)

Siraj-ud-daula
noun Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)

sirdar
noun an important person in India

sire
noun male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

siren
noun eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

siren call
siren song noun the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous; `he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness`

Sirenia
order Sirenia noun an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller`s sea cow

Sirenidae
family Sirenidae noun sirens

siris
siris tree noun large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind

Sirius
Dog Star noun the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major

sirloin
noun the portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump

sirloin steak
noun a cut of beef from the sirloin

sirloin tip
noun a cut of beef from the upper end of the sirloin

sirrah
noun formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger

sisal
sisal hemp noun a plant fiber used for making rope

siskin
Carduelis spinus noun small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

siskin-like
adjective resembling a siskin

siskiyou lewisia
Lewisia cotyledon noun evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California

Sison
genus Sison noun genus including stone parsley

Sison amomum
noun a slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds

sissoo
sissu noun East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties

sissy
pantywaist noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

sister
sis noun a female person who has the same parents as another person; `my sister married a musician`

sister ship
noun a ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time

sister-in-law
noun the sister of your spouse

sisterhood
noun a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)