silica | (noun) a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite | Synonyms: silicon dioxide, silicon oxide |
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silicate | (noun) a salt or ester derived from silicic acid | - |
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silicide | (noun) any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical | - |
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silicle | (noun) short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants | - |
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silicon | (noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors | Synonyms: atomic number 14, Si |
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silicone | (noun) any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation | Synonyms: silicone polymer |
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silicosis | (noun) a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate | - |
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siliqua | (noun) narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: silique |
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silique | (noun) narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: siliqua |
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