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

swordplay
noun the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

swordsmanship
noun skill in fencing

swordtail
helleri noun freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish

sworn
adjective bound by or stated on oath; `now my sworn friend and then mine enemy`- Shakespeare

swot
grind noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

swung dash
noun a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word

sycamore
noun variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree

sycamore fig
mulberry fig noun thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore

syconium
noun the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets

sycophancy
noun fawning obsequiousness

sycophant
toady noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Sydenham
Thomas Sydenham noun English physician (1624-1689)

Sydenham`s chorea
Saint Vitus dance noun chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever

Sydney Harbor Bridge
noun a steel arch bridge in Sydney, Australia

syllabary
syllabic script noun a writing system whose characters represent syllables

syllabic
adjective consisting of or using a syllabary; `eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing`

syllabically
adverb in or with syllables; `syllabically pronounced`

syllabication
syllabification noun forming or dividing words into syllables

syllabicity
noun the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language

syllable
noun a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; `the word `pocket` has two syllables`

syllabled
adjective pronounced in syllables

syllepsis
noun use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

syllogism
noun deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

syllogist
syllogizer noun logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning

syllogistic
adjective of or relating to or consisting of syllogism; `syllogistic reasoning`

sylvan
silvan adjective relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; `a shady sylvan glade`

sylvanite
graphic tellurium noun a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America

Sylvanus
Silvanus noun (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart

Sylvester II
Gerbert noun French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003)

Sylviidae
family Sylviidae noun in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers

Sylviinae
subfamily Sylviinae noun alternative classification for the Old World warblers

Sylvilagus
genus Sylvilagus noun North American rabbits

sylvite
sylvine noun a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds

Symbion pandora
noun only known species of Cycliophora; lives symbiotically attached to a lobster`s lip by an adhesive disk and feeding by means of a hairy mouth ring; its complex life cycle includes asexual and sexual phases

symbiosis
mutualism noun the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other

symbiotic
adjective used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each

symbiotically
adverb in a symbiotic manner

symbol
symbolization noun something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; `the eagle is a symbol of the United States`

symbolatry
symbololatry noun the worship of symbols

symbolic
symbolical adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; `symbolic logic`; `symbolic operations`; `symbolic thinking`

symbolic logic
mathematical logic noun any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity

symbolic logician
noun a person skilled at symbolic logic

symbolically
adverb in a symbolic manner; `symbolically accepted goals`

symbolism
symbolization noun the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

symbolist
noun a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols

symbolization
symbolisation noun the use of symbols to convey meaning

symbolizing
symbolising noun the act of representing something with a symbol

symbology
noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism

symmetrical
symmetric adjective having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts

symmetrically
adverb in a symmetrical manner; `they were symmetrically arranged`

symmetry
symmetricalness noun (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

Symonds
John Addington Symonds noun English writer (1840-1893)

Symons
Arthur Symons noun English poet (1865-1945)

sympathectomy
noun surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system

sympathetic
adjective of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; `sympathetic neurons`; `sympathetic stimulation`

sympathetic
adjective relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; `sympathetic vibration`

sympathetic nervous system
noun originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels

sympathetic vibration
noun (physics) vibration produced by resonance

sympathetically
adverb with respect to the sympathetic nervous system; `the stimulus acted sympathetically`

sympathetically
adverb in a sympathetic manner; `she listened to him sympathetically`

sympathiser
noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

sympathizer
sympathiser noun someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful

sympathizer
noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

sympathy
fellow feeling noun sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

sympathy card
noun a card expressing sympathy

sympathy strike
sympathetic strike noun a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers` employer

sympatric
adjective (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas

sympatry
noun the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding

Symphalangus
genus Symphalangus noun used in some classifications for the siamangs

symphonic
symphonious adjective harmonious in sound; `the symphonic hum of a million insects`

symphonic poem
tone poem noun an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales

symphonist
noun a composer of symphonies

symphony
symphonic music noun a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra

symphony orchestra
symphony noun a large orchestra; can perform symphonies; `we heard the Vienna symphony`

Symphoricarpos
genus Symphoricarpos noun deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China

Symphyla
class Symphyla noun small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede

symphysion
noun the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible

symphysis
noun a growing together of parts or structures

Symphytum
genus Symphytum noun comfrey

Symplocaceae
family Symplocaceae noun a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales

Symplocarpus
genus Symplocarpus noun one species: skunk cabbage

symploce
noun repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe

Symplocus
genus Symplocus noun type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf

symposiast
noun someone who participates in a symposium

symposium
noun a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

symptom
noun anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X`s existence

symptomatic
adjective relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; `symptomatic relief`; `symptomatic treatment`; `a symptomatic classification of diseases`

symptomatically
adverb by symptoms

synagogue
noun (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

Synagrops
genus Synagrops noun a genus of Serranidae

Synanceja
genus Synanceja noun stonefishes

synapse
noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; `nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters`

synapsid
synapsid reptile noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull

Synapsida
subclass Synapsida noun extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals

synapsis
noun the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis

synaptic
adjective (neuroscience) of or involving synapses

Synaptomys
genus Synaptomys noun bog lemmings

syncarpous
adjective (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels

syncategorem
syncategoreme noun a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition; `logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes`

syncategorematic
adjective of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms; ``or` is a syncategorematic term`