sympatry | (noun) the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding | - |
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symphilid | (noun) minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops | Synonyms: garden centipede, garden symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata |
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symphonist | (noun) a composer of symphonies | - |
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symphony | (noun) a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra | Synonyms: symphonic music |
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(noun) a large orchestra; can perform symphonies | Synonyms: philharmonic, symphony orchestra |
symphysion | (noun) the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible | - |
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symphysis | (noun) a growing together of parts or structures | - |
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(noun) an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures | - |
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 | - |
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symposiarch | (noun) the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet | Synonyms: toastmaster |
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symposiast | (noun) someone who participates in a symposium | - |
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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 | - |
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symptom | (noun) anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence | - |
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(noun) (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | - |
synaeresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: syneresis |
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(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: syneresis |
synaesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synesthesia |
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synagogue | (noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | Synonyms: tabernacle, temple |
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synapse | (noun) the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | - |
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synapsid | (noun) extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull | Synonyms: synapsid reptile |
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synapsis | (noun) the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis | - |
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syncarp | (noun) fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple | Synonyms: aggregate fruit, multiple fruit |
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syncategorem | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategoreme |
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syncategoreme | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategorem |
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synchro | (noun) a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized | Synonyms: selsyn |
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synchrocyclotron | (noun) cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field | - |
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synchroflash | (noun) a device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter | - |
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synchromesh | (noun) an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly | - |
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synchroneity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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synchronicity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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synchronisation | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronization, synchronizing |
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(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing |
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
synchroniser | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchronizer, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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synchronising | (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing |
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synchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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synchronization | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing |
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(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing |
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronizing, synchrony |
synchronizer | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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synchronizing | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization |
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(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization |
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchrony |
synchronoscope | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronizer, synchroscope |
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synchrony | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing |
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synchroscope | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronizer, synchronoscope |
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synchrotron | (noun) cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency | - |
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syncopation | (noun) a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat | - |
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(noun) (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') | Synonyms: syncope |
(noun) music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm | - |
syncopator | (noun) a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band) | - |
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syncope | (noun) (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') | Synonyms: syncopation |
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(noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, faint, swoon |
syncretism | (noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) | - |
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(noun) the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | - |
syncytium | (noun) a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) | - |
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syndactylism | (noun) birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes | Synonyms: syndactyly |
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syndactyly | (noun) birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes | Synonyms: syndactylism |
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syndetikon | (noun) Syndetikon is an all-purpose adhesive manufactured from natural materials. | - |
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syndic | (noun) one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions | - |
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syndicalism | (noun) a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions | - |
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syndicalist | (noun) an advocate of anarchism | Synonyms: anarchist, nihilist |
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syndicate | (noun) an association of companies for some definite purpose | Synonyms: consortium, pool |
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(noun) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | Synonyms: crime syndicate, family, mob |
(noun) a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication | - |
syndication | (noun) organizing into or administering as a syndicate | - |
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(noun) selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time | - |
syndicator | (noun) a businessman who forms a syndicate | - |
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syndrome | (noun) a complex of concurrent things | - |
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(noun) a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | - |
synecdoche | (noun) substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa | - |
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synechia | (noun) adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness | - |
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syneresis | (noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) | Synonyms: synaeresis |
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(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | Synonyms: synaeresis |
synergism | (noun) the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace | - |
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(noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergy |
synergist | (noun) a drug that augments the activity of another drug | - |
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synergy | (noun) the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | Synonyms: synergism |
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synesthesia | (noun) a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | Synonyms: synaesthesia |
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synezesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synizesis |
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synizesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synezesis |
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synod | (noun) a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business | - |
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synonym | (noun) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context | Synonyms: equivalent word |
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synonymist | (noun) a student of synonyms | - |
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synonymity | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymousness, synonymy |
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synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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synonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymousness |
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synopsis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, outline, precis |
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synovia | (noun) viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. | Synonyms: synovial fluid |
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synovitis | (noun) inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling | - |
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synovium | (noun) a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid | Synonyms: synovial membrane |
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synset | (noun) a set of one or more synonyms | - |
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syntactician | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: grammarian |
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syntagm | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagma |
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syntagma | (noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | Synonyms: syntagm |
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syntax | (noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences | - |
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(noun) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences | Synonyms: phrase structure, sentence structure |
(noun) a systematic orderly arrangement | - |
synthesis | (noun) the combination of ideas into a complex whole | Synonyms: synthetic thinking |
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(noun) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | Synonyms: deduction, deductive reasoning |
(noun) the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) | - |
synthesiser | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesizer |
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(noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesist, synthesizer |
synthesist | (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesizer |
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synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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(noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |
synthetic | (noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions | Synonyms: synthetic substance |
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synthetism | (noun) a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas | - |
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syntony | (noun) the state of being normally responsive to and in harmony with the environment. | - |
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syph | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues, lues venerea, pox, syphilis |
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syphilis | (noun) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | Synonyms: lues, lues venerea, pox, syph |
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syphilitic | (noun) a person suffering from syphilis | - |
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syphon | (noun) a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled | Synonyms: siphon |
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(noun) a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube | Synonyms: siphon |
syringa | (noun) large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes | Synonyms: mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius |
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syringe | (noun) a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids | - |
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syringeful | (noun) the quantity that a syringe will hold. | - |
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syrinx | (noun) the vocal organ of a bird | - |
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(noun) a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together | Synonyms: pandean pipe, panpipe |
syrup | (noun) a thick sweet sticky liquid | Synonyms: sirup |
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system | (noun) instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity | - |
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(noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organisation, organization |
(noun) a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts | - |
(noun) the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole | - |
(noun) a complex of methods or rules governing behavior | Synonyms: system of rules |
(noun) a procedure or process for obtaining an objective | - |
(noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organization |
(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | Synonyms: scheme |
(noun) (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium | - |
systematics | (noun) the science of systematic classification | - |
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systematisation | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, rationalization, systematization |
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systematiser | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematist, systematizer, systemiser, systemizer |
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systematism | (noun) the habitual practice of systematization and classification | - |
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systematist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior | Synonyms: taxonomer, taxonomist |
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(noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematizer, systemiser, systemizer |
systematization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, rationalization, systematisation |
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systematizer | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systemiser, systemizer |
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