Syenite (n.) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
Syenitic (a.) Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.
Syenitic (a.) Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
Syke (n. & v.) See Sike.
Syker (a. & adv.) See Sicker.
Syle (n.) A young herring (Clupea harengus).
Syllabaria (pl. ) of Syllabarium
Syllabarium (n.) A syllabary.
Syllabary (n.) A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
Syllabe (n.) Syllable.
Syllabic (a.) Alt. of Syllabical
Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
Syllabical (a.) Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.
Syllabically (adv.) In a syllabic manner.
Syllabicated (imp. & p. p.) of Syllabicate
Syllabicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllabicate
Syllabicate (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
Syllabication (n.) The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275.
Syllabification (n.) Same as Syllabication.
Syllabified (imp. & p. p.) of Syllabify
Syllabifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllabify
Syllabify (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables.
Syllabism (n.) The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.
Syllabist (n.) One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.
Syllabize (v. t.) To syllabify.
Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation, /275.
Syllable (n.) In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language.
Syllable (n.) A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
Syllable (v. t.) To pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.
Syllabub (n.) Same as Syllabub.
Syllabuses (pl. ) of Syllabus
Syllabi (pl. ) of Syllabus
Syllabus (n.) A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
Syllepsis (n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
Syllepsis (n.) The agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.
Sylleptic (a.) Alt. of Sylleptical
Sylleptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
Syllidian (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae.
Syllogism (n.) The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration
Syllogistic (a.) Alt. of Syllogistical
Syllogistical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.
Syllogistically (adv.) In a syllogistic manner.
Syllogization (n.) A reasoning by syllogisms.
Syllogized (imp. & p. p.) of Syllogize
Syllogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Syllogize
Syllogize (v. i.) To reason by means of syllogisms.
Syllogizer (n.) One who syllogizes.
Sylph (n.) An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
Sylph (n.) Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
Sylph (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Sylphine (a.) Like a sylph.
Sylphish (a.) Sylphlike.
Sylphlike (a.) Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
Sylvae (pl. ) of Sylva
Sylva (n.) Same as Silva.
Sylvan (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
Sylvan (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
Sylvan (a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
Sylvan (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
Sylvanite (n.) A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium.
Sylvanium (n.) An old name for tellurium.
Sylvate (n.) A salt of sylvic acid.
Sylvatic (a.) Sylvan.
Sylvestrian (a.) Sylvan.
Sylvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).
Sylvicoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.
Sylviculture (n.) The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
Sylviculturist (n.) One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.
Sylvine (n.) Alt. of Sylvite
Sylvite (n.) Native potassium chloride.
Sym- () See Syn-.
Symar (n.) Alt. of Symarr
Symarr (n.) See Simar.
Symbal (n.) See Cimbal.
Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
Symbol (n.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
Symbol (n.) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
Symbol (n.) Share; allotment.
Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.
Symbol (v. t.) To symbolize.
Symbolic (a.) See Symbolics.
Symbolic (a.) Alt. of Symbolical
Symbolical (a.) Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
Symbolics (n.) The study of ancient symbols
Symbolics (n.) that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.
Symbolism (n.) The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.
Symbolism (n.) A system of symbols or representations.
Symbolism (n.) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
Symbolism (n.) A combining together of parts or ingredients.
Symbolism (n.) The science of creeds; symbolics.
Symbolist (n.) One who employs symbols.
Symbolistic (a.) Alt. of Symbolistical
Symbolistical (a.) Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
Symbolization (n.) The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
Symbolized (imp. & p. p.) of Symbolize
Symbolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Symbolize
Symbolize (v. i.) To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
Symbolize (v. i.) To hold the same faith; to agree.