First Names Rhyming SILVESTER
English Words Rhyming SILVESTER
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SÝLVESTER AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SÝLVESTER (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (ilvester) - English Words That Ends with ilvester:
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (lvester) - English Words That Ends with lvester:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (vester) - English Words That Ends with vester:
harvester | noun (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper. |
| noun (n.) A harvesting ant. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (ester) - English Words That Ends with ester:
arbalester | noun (n.) Alt. of Arbalister |
arrester | noun (n.) One who arrests. |
| noun (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. |
attester | noun (n.) Alt. of Attestor |
chidester | noun (n.) A female scold. |
detester | noun (n.) One who detes// |
digester | noun (n.) One who digests. |
| noun (n.) A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power. |
| noun (n.) A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them. |
ester | noun (n.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc. |
fester | noun (n.) To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. |
| noun (n.) To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. |
| noun (n.) A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. |
| noun (n.) A festering or rankling. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to fester or rankle. |
forester | noun (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. |
| noun (n.) An inhabitant of a forest. |
| noun (n.) A forest tree. |
| noun (n.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. |
gamester | noun (n.) A merry, frolicsome person. |
| noun (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games. |
| noun (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet. |
infester | noun (n.) One who, or that which, infests. |
jester | noun (n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. |
| noun (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. |
lester | noun (n.) A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands. |
mester | noun (n.) See Mister, a trade. |
molester | noun (n.) One who molests. |
northwester | noun (n.) A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind. |
orchester | noun (n.) See Orchestra. |
quester | noun (n.) One who seeks; a seeker. |
| noun (n.) One who seeks; a seeker. |
prester | noun (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. |
| noun (n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. |
| noun (n.) A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. |
protester | noun (n.) One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. |
| noun (n.) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note. |
requester | noun (n.) One who requests; a petitioner. |
rhymester | noun (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. |
semester | noun (n.) A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms. |
sequester | noun (n.) Sequestration; separation. |
| noun (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee. |
| noun (n.) Same as Sequestrum. |
| verb (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. |
| verb (v. t.) To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively. |
| verb (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire. |
| verb (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. |
southwester | noun (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest. |
| noun (n.) A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather. |
suggester | noun (n.) One who suggests. |
tappester | noun (n.) A female tapster. |
tester | noun (n.) A headpiece; a helmet. |
| noun (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. |
| noun (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts. |
| noun (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. |
tolsester | noun (n.) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale. |
tombester | noun (n.) A female dancer. |
tonguester | noun (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. |
trimester | noun (n.) A term or period of three months. |
yester | adjective (a.) Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. |
whitester | noun (n.) A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster. |
wrester | noun (n.) One who wrests. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ster) - English Words That Ends with ster:
adelaster | noun (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. |
adjuster | noun (n.) One who, or that which, adjusts. |
administer | noun (n.) Administrator. |
| verb (v. t.) To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. |
| verb (v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. |
| verb (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. |
| verb (v. t.) To tender, as an oath. |
| verb (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. |
| verb (v. i.) To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. |
| verb (v. i.) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. |
agister | noun (n.) Alt. of Agistor |
alabaster | noun (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. |
| noun (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. |
| noun (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. |
aletaster | noun (n.) See Aleconner. |
amphiaster | noun (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle. |
arbalister | noun (n.) A crossbowman. |
arcubalister | noun (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. |
assister | noun (n.) An assistant; a helper. |
aster | noun (n.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy. |
| noun (n.) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers. |
| noun (n.) A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis. |
auster | noun (n.) The south wind. |
axminster | noun (n.) An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng. |
| () Alt. of Axminster carpet |
backster | noun (n.) A backer. |
balister | noun (n.) A crossbow. |
ballister | noun (n.) A crossbow. |
baluster | noun (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade. |
bandmaster | noun (n.) The conductor of a musical band. |
banister | noun (n.) A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands. |
barmaster | noun (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote. |
barrister | noun (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. |
beemaster | noun (n.) One who keeps bees. |
bergmaster | noun (n.) See Barmaster. |
billposter | noun (n.) Alt. of Billsticker |
bister | noun (n.) Alt. of Bistre |
blaster | noun (n.) One who, or that which, blasts or destroys. |
blister | noun (n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. |
| noun (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. |
| noun (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. |
| verb (v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. |
| verb (v. t.) To raise a blister or blisters upon. |
| verb (v. t.) To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. |
bluster | noun (n.) Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. |
| noun (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. |
| verb (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. |
| verb (v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. |
| verb (v. t.) To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. |
boaster | noun (n.) One who boasts; a braggart. |
| noun (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel. |
bolster | noun (n.) A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. |
| noun (n.) A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. |
| noun (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. |
| noun (n.) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. |
| noun (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. |
| noun (n.) Anything used to prevent chafing. |
| noun (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment. |
| noun (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. |
| noun (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. |
| noun (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. |
| noun (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. |
| noun (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. |
| noun (n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. |
| noun (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. |
| verb (v. t.) To support with a bolster or pillow. |
| verb (v. t.) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. |
boroughmaster | noun (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough. |
burghermaster | noun (n.) See Burgomaster. |
burghmaster | noun (n.) A burgomaster. |
| noun (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. |
burgomaster | noun (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster. |
| noun (n.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions. |
burster | noun (n.) One that bursts. |
buster | noun (n.) Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. |
booster | noun (n.) An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to "boost", or raise, the pressure in the circuit. |
cadaster | noun (n.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property. |
canaster | noun (n.) A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America. |
candlewaster | noun (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. |
canister | noun (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. |
| noun (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. |
| noun (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot. |
capellmeister | noun (n.) The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master. |
caster | noun (n.) One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts. |
| noun (n.) A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters. |
| noun (n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets. |
| noun (n.) A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved. |
chepster | noun (n.) The European starling. |
chorister | noun (n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. |
| noun (n.) One who leads a choir in church music. |
cluster | noun (n.) A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. |
| noun (n.) A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. |
| noun (n.) A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. |
| verb (v. i.) To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. |
| verb (v. t.) To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. |
clyster | noun (n.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema. |
coaster | noun (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade. |
| noun (n.) One who sails near the shore. |
cockmaster | noun (n.) One who breeds gamecocks. |
concertmeister | noun (n.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ter) - English Words That Ends with ter:
abater | noun (n.) One who, or that which, abates. |
abetter | noun (n.) Alt. of Abettor |
absenter | noun (n.) One who absents one's self. |
abstracter | noun (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract. |
abutter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river. |
acater | noun (n.) See Caterer. |
accelerometer | noun (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder. |
accepter | noun (n.) A person who accepts; a taker. |
| noun (n.) A respecter; a viewer with partiality. |
| noun (n.) An acceptor. |
accipiter | noun (n.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores. |
| noun (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. |
acetimeter | noun (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid. |
acetometer | noun (n.) Same as Acetimeter. |
acidimeter | noun (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. |
acoumeter | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing. |
acquitter | noun (n.) One who acquits or releases. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SÝLVESTER (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (silveste) - Words That Begins with silveste:
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (silvest) - Words That Begins with silvest:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (silves) - Words That Begins with silves:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (silve) - Words That Begins with silve:
silver | noun (n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. |
| noun (n.) Coin made of silver; silver money. |
| noun (n.) Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. |
| noun (n.) The color of silver. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. |
| adjective (a.) Resembling silver. |
| adjective (a.) Bright; resplendent; white. |
| adjective (a.) Precious; costly. |
| adjective (a.) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. |
| adjective (a.) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury. |
| verb (v. t.) To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. |
| verb (v. t.) To make hoary, or white, like silver. |
| verb (v. i.) To acquire a silvery color. |
silvering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silver |
| noun (n.) 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. |
silverback | noun (n.) The knot. |
silverberry | noun (n.) A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. |
silverbill | noun (n.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa. |
silverboom | noun (n.) See Leucadendron. |
silverfin | noun (n.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei). |
silverfish | noun (n.) The tarpum. |
| noun (n.) A white variety of the goldfish. |
silveriness | noun (n.) The state of being silvery. |
silverizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silverize |
silverless | adjective (a.) Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. |
silverling | noun (n.) A small silver coin. |
silvern | adjective (a.) Made of silver. |
silversides | noun (n.) 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 | noun (n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver. |
silverspot | noun (n.) 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 | noun (n.) Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver. |
silverweed | noun (n.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath. |
silvery | adjective (a.) Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright. |
| adjective (a.) Besprinkled or covered with silver. |
| adjective (a.) Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh. |
silverite | noun (n.) One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (silv) - Words That Begins with silv:
silva | noun (n.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. |
| noun (n.) A description or history of the forest trees of a country. |
silvan | noun (n.) See Sylvanium. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. |
silvanite | noun (n.) See Sylvanite. |
silvas | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Selvas |
| (pl. ) of Silva |
silvate | noun (n.) Same as Sylvate. |
silviculture | noun (n.) See Sylviculture. |
silvics | noun (n.) The science treating of the life of trees in the forest. |
| noun (n.) Habit or behavior of a forest tree. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sil) - Words That Begins with sil:
silage | noun (n. & v.) Short for Ensilage. |
sile | noun (n.) A sieve with fine meshes. |
| noun (n.) Filth; sediment. |
| noun (n.) A young or small herring. |
| verb (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk. |
| verb (v. i.) To drop; to flow; to fall. |
silence | noun (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. |
| noun (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness. |
| noun (n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence. |
| noun (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence. |
| noun (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion. |
| verb (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. |
| verb (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet. |
| verb (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy. |
| (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence. |
silencing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silence |
silene | noun (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. |
silent | noun (n.) That which is silent; a time of silence. |
| adjective (a.) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. |
| adjective (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. |
| adjective (a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. |
| adjective (a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable." |
| adjective (a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. |
silentiary | noun (n.) One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state. |
silentious | adjective (a.) Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. |
silentness | noun (n.) State of being silent; silence. |
silenus | noun (n.) See Wanderoo. |
silesia | noun (n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia. |
| noun (n.) A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings. |
silesian | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Silesia. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Silesia. |
silex | noun (n.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic. |
silhouette | noun (n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. |
| verb (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. |
silica | noun (n.) Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder. |
silicate | noun (n.) A salt of silicic acid. |
silicated | adjective (a.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks. |
silicatization | noun (n.) Silicification. |
silicea | noun (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea. |
siliceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. |
silicic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid. |
silicicalcareous | adjective (a.) Consisting of silica and calcareous matter. |
silicide | noun (n.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. |
siliciferous | adjective (a.) Producing silica; united with silica. |
silicification | noun (n.) Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood. |
silicified | adjective (a.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Silicify |
silicifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Silicify |
silicioidea | noun (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea. |
silicious | adjective (a.) See Siliceous. |
silicispongiae | noun (n. pl.) Same as Silicoidea. |
silicited | adjective (a.) Silicified. |
silicium | noun (n.) See Silicon. |
siliciureted | adjective (a.) Combined or impregnated with silicon. |
silicle | noun (n.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique. |
silicofluoric | adjective (a.) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides. |
silicofluoride | noun (n.) A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid. |
silicoidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules. |
silicon | noun (n.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium. |
silicotungstic | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates). |
silicula | noun (n.) A silicle. |
silicule | noun (n.) A silicle. |
siliculose | adjective (a.) Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles. |
| adjective (a.) Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky. |
siliginose | adjective (a.) Made of fine wheat. |
siliqua | noun (n.) Same as Silique. |
| noun (n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold. |
silique | noun (n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it. |
siliqyiform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a silique. |
siliquosa | noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques. |
siliquose | adjective (a.) Alt. of Siliquous |
siliquous | adjective (a.) Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules. |
silk | noun (n.) The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori. |
| noun (n.) Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. |
| noun (n.) That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SÝLVESTER:
English Words which starts with 'silv' and ends with 'ster':
English Words which starts with 'sil' and ends with 'ter':
English Words which starts with 'si' and ends with 'er':
sicer | noun (n.) A strong drink; cider. |
sicker | adjective (a.) Alt. of Siker |
| verb (v. i.) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. |
| adverb (adv.) Alt. of Siker |
siker | noun (n.) Alt. of Sikerness |
| adjective (a.) Sure; certain; trusty. |
| adverb (adv.) Surely; certainly. |
sickler | noun (n.) One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper. |
sider | noun (n.) One who takes a side. |
| noun (n.) Cider. |
sidewinder | noun (n.) See Horned rattler, under Horned. |
| noun (n.) A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. |
sifter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, sifts. |
| noun (n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak. |
sigher | noun (n.) One who sighs. |
signer | noun (n.) One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers. |
signifer | adjective (a.) Bearing signs. |
similiter | noun (n.) 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. |
simper | noun (n.) A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk. |
| verb (v. i.) To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner. |
| verb (v. i.) To glimmer; to twinkle. |
simperer | noun (n.) One who simpers. |
simpler | noun (n.) One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist. |
simulacher | noun (n.) Alt. of Simulachre |
singer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, singes. |
| noun (n.) One employed to singe cloth. |
| noun (n.) A machine for singeing cloth. |
| noun (n.) One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing. |
singster | noun (n.) A songstress. |
sinister | adjective (a.) On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right. |
| adjective (a.) Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences. |
| adjective (a.) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims. |
| adjective (a.) Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance. |
sinker | noun (n.) One who, or that which, sinks. |
| noun (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. |
| noun (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. |
sinner | noun (n.) One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God. |
| verb (v. i.) To act as a sinner. |
sinoper | noun (n.) Sinople. |
sinter | noun (n.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. |
siphonifer | noun (n.) Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell. |
sipper | noun (n.) One whi sips. |
siraskier | noun (n.) See Seraskier. |
sirkeer | noun (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee). |
siser | noun (n.) Cider. See Sicer. |
sismometer | noun (n.) See Seismometer. |
sister | noun (n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. |
| noun (n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community. |
| noun (n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. |
| verb (v. t.) To be sister to; to resemble closely. |
sitter | noun (n.) One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust. |
| noun (n.) A bird that sits or incubates. |
sizer | noun (n.) See Sizar. |
| noun (n.) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. |
| noun (n.) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size. |
silencer | noun (n.) One that silences; |
| noun (n.) The muffler of an internal-combustion engine. |
| noun (n.) Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires. |
| noun (n.) A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases. |