Silva (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
Silva (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Silvan (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
Silvan (n.) See Sylvanium.
Silvanite (n.) See Sylvanite.
Silvas (n. pl.) Alt. of Selvas
Selvas (n. pl.) Vast woodland plains of South America.
Silvate (n.) Same as Sylvate.
Silver (n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.
Silver (n.) Coin made of silver; silver money.
Silver (n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
Silver (n.) The color of silver.
Silver (a.) Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.
Silver (a.) Resembling silver.
Silver (a.) Bright; resplendent; white.
Silver (a.) Precious; costly.
Silver (a.) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.
Silver (a.) Sweet; gentle; peaceful.
Silvered (imp. & p. p.) of Silver
Silvering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silver
Silver (v. t.) To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
Silver (v. t.) To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
Silver (v. t.) To make hoary, or white, like silver.
Silver (v. i.) To acquire a silvery color.
Silverback (n.) The knot.
Silverberry (n.) A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.
Silverbill (n.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.
Silverboom (n.) See Leucadendron.
Silverfin (n.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).
Silverfish (n.) The tarpum.
Silverfish (n.) A white variety of the goldfish.
Silver-gray (a.) Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
Silveriness (n.) The state of being silvery.
Silvering (n.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.
Silverized (imp. & p. p.) of Silverize
Silverizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silverize
Silverize (v. t.) To cover with silver.
Silverless (a.) Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.
Silverling (n.) A small silver coin.
Silverly (adv.) Like silver in appearance or in sound.
Silvern (a.) Made of silver.
Silversides (n.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
Silversmith (n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
Silverspot (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
Silverware (n.) Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
Silverweed (n.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
Silvery (a.) Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
Silvery (a.) Besprinkled or covered with silver.
Silvery (a.) Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.
Silviculture (n.) See Sylviculture.
Sima (n.) A cyma.
Simagre (n.) A grimace.
Simar (n.) A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.
Simarre () See Simar.
Simblot (n.) The harness of a drawloom.
Simia (n.) A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.
Simial (a.) Simian; apelike.
Simian (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.
Simian (n.) Any Old World monkey or ape.
Similar (a.) Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
Similar (a.) Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
Similar (a.) Homogenous; uniform.
Similar (n.) That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
-ties (pl. ) of Similarity
Similarity (n.) The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
Similarly (adv.) In a similar manner.
Similary (a.) Similar.
Similative (a.) Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.
Similes (pl. ) of Simile
Simile (n.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Similiter (n.) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue.
Similitude (n.) The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.
Similitude (n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.
Similitude (n.) That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.
Similitudinary (a.) Involving or expressing similitude.
Similize (v. t.) To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.
Similor (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.
Semious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sim/; monkeylike.
Simitar (n.) See Scimiter.
Simmered (imp. & p. p.) of Simmer
Simmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simmer
Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
Simmer (v. t.) To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Simnel (n.) A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel.
Simnel (n.) A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday.
Simoniac (n.) One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.
Simoniacal (a.) Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.
Simonial (a.) Simoniacal.
Simonian (n.) One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
Simonious (a.) Simoniacal.
Simonist (n.) One who practices simony.
Simony (n.) The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
Simoom (n.) Alt. of Simoon
Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
Simous (a.) Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
Simpai (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.
Simpered (imp. & p. p.) of Simper
Simpering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Simper
Simper (v. i.) To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.
Simper (v. i.) To glimmer; to twinkle.