To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.
Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.
Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.
That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.
Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.
Same as Synosteosis.
A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.
Inflammation of the synovial membrane.
Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.
Having united sepals; gamosepalous.
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.
Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
Syntax.
Prophylaxis.
Preserving health; prophylactic.
That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
Having the same degree of heat.
Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.
One who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.
To combine by synthesis; to unite.
Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.
In a synthetic manner.
To combine; to unite in regular structure.
Brevity; conciseness.
Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another.
A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.
To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other.
One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antennae in wireless telegraphy (called also syntonizing coil).
State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy.
The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.
The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.
Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis. A syphilitic patient.
In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.
Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.
To inoculate with syphilis.
A cutaneous affection due to syphilis.
Of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.
Resembling syphilis.
One skilled in syphilology.
That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.
See Syphon.
A red wine of Italy.
See Siren.
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. A native of Syria.
A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism.
A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism.
A genus of plants; the lilac. The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.
A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also lilacin.
The central canal of the spinal cord.
A small blunt-pointed bistoury, -- used in syringotomy.
The operation of cutting for anal fistula.
A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.
A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.
Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies. A syrphus fly.
A quicksand; a bog.
Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand.
A quicksand.
A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.
Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.
Same as Sirup, Sirupy.
The junction of bones by intervening muscles.
Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
A political union, confederation, or league.
An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.
Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study.
In a systematic manner; methodically.
The reduction of facts or principles to a system.
One who forms a system, or reduces to system.
The act or operation of systematizing.
To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.
One who systematizes.
The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems.
Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
The act or process of systematizing; systematization.
To reduce to system; to systematize.
One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.
Being without system.
The shortening of the long syllable.
Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.
Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation. A systyle temple or other edifice.
Scythe.
See Sith, Sithe.
Pertaining to a syzygy.
The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural.
The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter T, chiefly used as a connection for passing transformers. When the three free ends are connected to a source of three-phase current, two-phase current may be derived from the secondary circuits. The reverse arrangement may be used to transform from two-phase.
To take.
p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken.
A heap. See Tas.
The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Tobacco.
A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.
One who wears a tabard.
A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.
A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases.
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
Same as Tabor.
See Tabard.
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle.
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well-marked local symptoms.
Withering, or wasting away.
Of or pertaining to tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes; tabid. One affected with tabes.
Affected by tabes; tabetic.
Producing tabes; wasting; tabefying.
See Tabbinet.