| basileus | (noun) a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire | - |
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| ensile | (verb) store in a silo | - |
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| expansile | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansible |
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| extensile | (adjective) capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out | Synonyms: extensible |
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| fissile | (adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain | - |
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| (adjective) capable of undergoing nuclear fission | Synonyms: fissionable |
| missile | (noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: projectile |
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| (noun) a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control | - |
| nonextensile | (adjective) not extensile | Synonyms: inextensible, nonprotractile |
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| nonfissile | (adjective) not fissile | - |
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| nonprehensile | (adjective) not prehensile | - |
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| prehensile | (adjective) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object | - |
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| (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy |
| (adjective) having a keen intellect | - |
| protrusile | (adjective) capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue | Synonyms: protrusible |
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| resile | (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | - |
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| (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | - |
| sessile | (adjective) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk | Synonyms: stalkless |
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| (adjective) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about | - |
| silence | (noun) the absence of sound | Synonyms: quiet |
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| (noun) a refusal to speak when expected | Synonyms: muteness |
| (noun) the trait of keeping things secret | Synonyms: secrecy, secretiveness |
| (noun) the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) | - |
| (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
| (verb) keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | - |
| silenced | (adjective) reduced to silence | - |
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| silencer | (noun) a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise | Synonyms: muffler |
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| (noun) short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing | - |
| silene | (noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: campion, catchfly |
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| silent | (adjective) implied by or inferred from actions or statements | Synonyms: tacit, understood |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | Synonyms: dumb, mute |
| (adjective) having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility | - |
| (adjective) marked by absence of sound | Synonyms: soundless, still |
| (adjective) failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to | Synonyms: mum |
| (adjective) not made to sound | Synonyms: unsounded |
| (adjective) expressed without speech | Synonyms: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless |
| silently | (adverb) without speaking | Synonyms: mutely, taciturnly, wordlessly |
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| silents | (noun) a movie without a soundtrack | Synonyms: silent movie, silent picture |
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| silenus | (noun) any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs) | - |
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| silesia | (noun) a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings | - |
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| silex | (noun) a pure form of finely ground silica | - |
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| tensile | (adjective) of or relating to tension | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tractile |
| unsilenced | (adjective) not silenced | - |
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