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Silverfin

A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).

Silverfish

The tarpum. A white variety of the goldfish.

Silvering

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.

Silverite

One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard.

Silverless

Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.

Silverly

Like silver in appearance or in sound.

Silversides

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

One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

Silverspot

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

Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

Silverweed

A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.

Silvery

Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.

Silvics

The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.

Simar

A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.

Simia

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.

Simian

Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike. Any Old World monkey or ape.

Similar

That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Similarity

The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.

Similative

Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.

Simile

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

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

The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.

Similize

To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.

Similor

An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.

Simious

Of or pertaining to the Simi/; monkeylike.

Simmer

To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.

Simnel

A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel.

Simon-pure

Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the /real Simon Pure./

Simoniac

One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.

Simoniacal

Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.

Simonian

One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.

Simony

The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.

Simoon Simoom

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

Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.

Simpai

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.

Simper

A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.

Simple

To gather simples, or medicinal plants.

Simple-minded

Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.

Simpleness

The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.

Simpler

One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.

Simplesse

a trade name for a fat substitute prepared as microparticles of protein from whey. It has little fat, but has a consistency and taste resembling fat, and is thus used to prepare foods low in fat for dietetic purposes.

Simpleton

A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

Simplicity

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

Simplify

To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.

Simplist

One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler.

Simplistic

Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.

Simply

In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

Simulacrum

A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.

Simular

False; specious; counterfeit.

Simulate

To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.

Simulation

The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.

Simulatory

Simulated, or capable of being simulated.

Simultaneity

The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

Simultaneous

Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.

Simulty

Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties.

simvastatin

a chemical substance (C25H38O5) having inhibitory activity on the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, and used in medicine to reduce cholesterol levels in blood.

Sin

To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against.

Sinaitic Sinaic

Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.

Sinalbin

A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Sinamine

A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.

Sinapic

Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.

Sinapine

An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.

Sinapis

A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.

Sinapisin

A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin.

Sinapism

A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.

Sinapoleic

Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.

Sinapoline

A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea.

Since

Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.

Sincere

Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

Sincerely

In a sincere manner. Purely; without alloy. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.

Sincerity

The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

Sinch

To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle.

Sincipital

Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

Sindi

A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock.

Sinecural

Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.

Sinew

To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.

Sinew-shrunk

Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.

Sinewed

Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.

Sinewless

Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.

Sinewy

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

Sinful

Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.

Sing

To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.

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