Symaul
Symaul was a Far Antique Skettic chieftain .

Story

Symaul executed the Ûmeri Emperor Wulta-Ongorean under unknown circumstances . He was in turn murdered by Wulta-Ongorean's daughter Avalunsil , who used a fish knife to kill him . This event led to the creation of the Bardic lays known as Harsunci or "fish knives" .

Symaul

Title(s): Chieftain
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Skettic
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftain
Books: The Unholy Consult (mentioned)

Symaul

Title(s): Chieftain
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Skettic
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftain
Books: The Unholy Consult (mentioned)

Synthese
Synthese are creations of the Inchoroi Tekne which resemble black birds with bald human heads. They were specifically designed as living shells to hold the souls of senior Consult figures.

sy
-saw.

syb
-see sib.

sybarite
-a person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

sybaritic
-alt. of sybaritical

sybaritical
-of or pertaining to the sybarites; resembling the sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.

sybaritism
-luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

sycamine
-see sycamore.

sycamore
-a large tree (ficus sycomorus) allied to the common fig. it is found in egypt and syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of scripture.
-the american plane tree, or buttonwood.
-a large european species of maple (acer pseudo
-platanus).

syce
-a groom.

sycee
-silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. the most common weight is about one pound troy.

sychnocarpous
-having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.

sycite
-a nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.

sycoceric
-of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.

sycoceryl
-a radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an australian species of fig.

sycock
-the missel thrush.

sycones
-a division of calcareous sponges.

syconium
-alt. of syconus

syconus
-a collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

sycophancy
-the character or characteristic of a sycophant.
-false accusation; calumniation; talebearing.
-obsequious flattery; servility.

sycophant
-an informer; a talebearer.
-a base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men.
-to inform against; hence, to calumniate.
-to play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
-to play the sycophant.

sycophantcy
-sycophancy.

sycophantic
-alt. of sycophantical

sycophantical
-of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.

sycophantish
-like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.

sycophantism
-sycophancy.

sycophantize
-to play the sycophant.

sycophantry
-sycophancy.

sycosis
-a pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

syderolite
-a kind of bohemian earthenware resembling the wedgwood ware.

sye
-saw.

syenite
-orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at syene, in upper egypt, and now called granite.
-a granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.

syenitic
-relating to syene; as, syenitic inscriptions.
-relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.

syke
-see sike.

syker
-see sicker.

syle
-a young herring (clupea harengus).

syllabaria
-of syllabarium

syllabarium
-a syllabary.

syllabary
-a table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the japanese and cherokee, instead of letters.

syllabe
-syllable.

syllabi
-of syllabus

syllabic
-alt. of syllabical

syllabical
-of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
-consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.

syllabically
-in a syllabic manner.

syllabicate
-to form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

syllabicated
-of syllabicate

syllabicating
-of syllabicate

syllabication
-the act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. see guide to pron., /275.

syllabification
-same as syllabication.

syllabified
-of syllabify

syllabify
-to form or divide into syllables.

syllabifying
-of syllabify

syllabism
-the expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.

syllabist
-one who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.

syllabize
-to syllabify.

syllable
-an elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. in other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. one of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. see guide to pronunciation, /275.
-in writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. it may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language.
-a small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
-to pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.

syllabub
-same as syllabub.

syllabus
-a compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

syllabuses
-of syllabus

syllepsis
-a figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
-the agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns, with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina beati.

sylleptic
-alt. of sylleptical

sylleptical
-of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.

syllidian
-any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family syllidae.

syllogism
-the regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. the conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration

syllogistic
-alt. of syllogistical

syllogistical
-of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.

syllogistically
-in a syllogistic manner.

syllogization
-a reasoning by syllogisms.

syllogize
-to reason by means of syllogisms.

syllogized
-of syllogize

syllogizer
-one who syllogizes.

syllogizing
-of syllogize

sylph
-an imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
-fig.: a slender, graceful woman.
-any one of several species of very brilliant south american humming birds, having a very long and deeply
-forked tail; as, the blue
-tailed sylph (cynanthus cyanurus).

sylphid
-a little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.

sylphine
-like a sylph.

sylphish
-sylphlike.

sylphlike
-like a sylph; airy; graceful.

sylva
-same as silva.

sylvae
-of sylva

sylvan
-of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
-abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
-a fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
-a liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood;
-- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.

sylvanite
-a mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel
-gray, silver
-white, or brass
-yellow color. it often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium.

sylvanium
-an old name for tellurium.

sylvate
-a salt of sylvic acid.

sylvatic
-sylvan.

sylvestrian
-sylvan.

sylvic
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from pinus sylvestris, and other species).

sylvicoline
-of or pertaining to the family of warblers (sylvicolidae). see warbler.

sylviculture
-the cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.

sylviculturist
-one who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.

sylvine
-alt. of sylvite

sylvite
-native potassium chloride.

sym
-
-see syn
-.

symar
-alt. of symarr

symarr
-see simar.

symbal
-see cimbal.

symbol
-a visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
-any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
-an abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
-that which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
-share; allotment.
-an abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the latin or new latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, c for carbon, na for sodium (natrium), fe for iron (ferrum), sn for tin (stannum), sb for antimony (stibium), etc. see the list of names and symbols under element.
-to symbolize.

symbolic
-see symbolics.
-alt. of symbolical

symbolical
-of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.

symbolics
-the study of ancient symbols
-that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism;
-- called also symbolic.

symbolism
-the act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.
-a system of symbols or representations.
-the practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
-a combining together of parts or ingredients.
-the science of creeds; symbolics.

symbolist
-one who employs symbols.

symbolistic
-alt. of symbolistical

symbolistical
-characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.

symbolization
-the act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

symbolize
-to have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
-to hold the same faith; to agree.
-to use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
-to make to agree in properties or qualities.
-to make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.
-to represent by a symbol or symbols.

symbolized
-of symbolize

symbolizer
-one who symbolizes.

symbolizing
-of symbolize

symbological
-pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.

symbologist
-one who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.

symbology
-the art of expressing by symbols.

symbranchii
-an order of slender eel
-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. the pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. called also symbranchia.

symmetral
-commensurable; symmetrical.

symmetrian
-one eminently studious of symmetry of parts.

symmetric
-symmetrical.

symmetrical
-involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.
-having the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a symmetry. see symmetry, 2.
-having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs;
-- said of flowers.
-having a likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.
-having a common measure; commensurable.
-having corresponding parts or relations.

symmetrician
-same as symmetrian.

symmetrist
-one eminently studious of symmetry of parts.

symmetrize
-to make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.

symmetrized
-of symmetrize

symmetrizing
-of symmetrize

symmetry
-a due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.
-the law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.
-equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
-likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.

sympathetic
-inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
-produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
-produced by sympathy;
-- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. see sympathy.
-of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.

sympathetical
-sympathetic.

sympathetically
-in a sympathetic manner.

sympathies
-of sympathy

sympathist
-one who sympathizes; a sympathizer.

sympathize
-to have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
-to feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
-to agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
-to experience together.
-to ansew to; to correspond to.

sympathized
-of sympathize

sympathizer
-one who sympathizes.

sympathizing
-of sympathize

sympathy
-feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow
-feeling.
-an agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.
-kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.
-the reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.
-that relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. this is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.
-a tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.
-similarity of function, use office, or the like.

sympetalous
-having the petals united; gamopetalous.

symphonic
-symphonious.
-relating to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of composition.

symphonies
-of symphony

symphonious
-agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious.
-symphonic.

symphonist
-a composer of symphonies.

symphonize
-to agree; to be in harmony.

symphonized
-of symphonize

symphonizing
-of symphonize

symphony
-a consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.
-a stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal.
-an elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. the term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of liszt. the term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.
-an instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.

symphyla
-an order of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. they are, in many respects, intermediate between myriapods and true insects.

symphyseal
-of or pertaining to to symphysis.

symphyseotomy
-the operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor;
-- formerly called the sigualtian section.

symphyses
-of symphysis

symphysis
-an articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
-the union or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the symphysis of the lower jaw. cf. articulation.

symphysotomy
-symphyseotomy.

symphytism
-coalescence; a growing into one with another word.

sympiesometer
-a sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an elastic gas in the upper part.

symplectic
-plaiting or joining together;
-- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium.
-the symplectic bone.

symploce
-the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, justice came down from heaven to view the earth; justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.

sympode
-a sympodium.

sympodia
-of sympodium

sympodial
-composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem.

sympodium
-an axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.

symposia
-of symposium

symposiac
-of or pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking together; as, symposiac meetings.
-a conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar gathering.

symposiarch
-the master of a feast.

symposiast
-one engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.

symposion
-a drinking together; a symposium.

symposium
-a drinking together; a merry feast.
-a collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic;
-- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the greeks.

symptom
-any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.
-a sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

symptomatic
-alt. of symptomatical

symptomatical
-of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.
-according to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.

symptomatology
-the doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

syn
-
-a prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. syn
- becomes sym
- before p, b, and m, and syl
- before l.

synacme
-alt. of synacmy

synacmy
-same as synanthesis.

synaeresis
-alt. of syneresis

synagogical
-of or pertaining to a synagogue.

synagogue
-a congregation or assembly of jews met for the purpose of worship, or the performance of religious rites.
-the building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the jews.
-the council of, probably, 120 members among the jews, first appointed after the return from the babylonish captivity;
-- called also the great synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the sanhedrin.
-a congregation in the early christian church.
-any assembly of men.

synalepha
-a contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.

synallagmatic
-imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.

synallaxine
-having the outer and middle toes partially united;
-- said of certain birds related to the creepers.

synaloepha
-same as synalepha.

synangia
-of synangium

synangium
-the divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.

synantherous
-having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.

synanthesis
-the simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.

synanthous
-having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time;
-- said of certain plants.

synanthrose
-a variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the jerusalem artichoke (helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other compositae.

synapta
-a genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. see illustration in appendix.

synaptase
-a ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. cf. amygdalin, and emulsin.

synapticula
-one of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.

synapticulae
-of synapticula

synarchy
-joint rule or sovereignity.

synartesis
-a fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union.

synarthrodia
-synarthrosis.

synarthroses
-of synarthrosis

synarthrosis
-immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. it sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. see the note under articulation, n., 1.

synastry
-concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation.

synaxis
-a congregation; also, formerly, the lord's supper.

syncarp
-a kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.

syncarpia
-of syncarpium

syncarpium
-same as syncarp.

syncarpous
-composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.

syncategorematic
-not capable of being used as a term by itself;
-- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

synchondroses
-of synchondrosis

synchondrosis
-an immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.

synchondrotomy
-symphyseotomy.

synchoresis
-a concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

synchronal
-happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous.
-a synchronal thing or event.

synchronical
-happening at the same time; synchronous.

synchronism
-the concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.
-the tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their dates.
-a representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.

synchronistic
-of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, synchronistic tables.

synchronization
-the act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.

synchronize
-to agree in time; to be simultaneous.
-to assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of greek and roman history.
-to cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

synchronized
-of synchronize

synchronizing
-of synchronize

synchronology
-contemporaneous chronology.

synchronous
-happening at the same time; simultaneous.

synchrony
-the concurrence of events in time; synchronism.

synchysis
-a derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye.

syncitia
-of syncytium

synclastic
-curved toward the same side in all directions;
-- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere;
-- opposed to anticlastic.

synclinal
-inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
-formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold;
-- opposed to anticlinal.
-a synclinal fold.

syncline
-a synclinal fold.

synclinical
-synclinal.

synclinoria
-of synclinorium

synclinorium
-a mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.

syncopal
-of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.

syncopate
-to contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "gloster" is a syncopated form of "gloucester."
-to commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.

syncopated
-of syncopate

syncopating
-of syncopate

syncopation
-the act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
-the act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.

syncope
-an elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.
-same as syncopation.
-a fainting, or swooning. see fainting.
-a pause or cessation; suspension.

syncopist
-one who syncopates.

syncopize
-to syncopate.

syncotyledonous
-having united cotyledonous.

syncretic
-uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.

syncretism
-attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

syncretist
-one who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance;
-an adherent of george calixtus and other germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the protestant sects with each other and with the roman catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the lutheran church.

syncretistic
-pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of jehovah and the worship of idols.
-of or pertaining to syncretists.

syncrisis
-a figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.

syncytium
-tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.
-the ectoderm of a sponge.

syndactyle
-any bird having syndactilous feet.

syndactylic
-syndactilous.

syndactylous
-having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.

syndesmography
-a description of the ligaments; syndesmology.

syndesmology
-that part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.

syndesmoses
-of syndesmosis

syndesmosis
-an articulation formed by means of ligaments.

syndetic
-alt. of syndetical

syndetical
-connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in a dictionary.

syndic
-an officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.
-an agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.

syndicate
-the office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
-an association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.
-to judge; to censure.

syndrome
-concurrence.
-a group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.

syndyasmian
-pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually;
-- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.

syne
-afterwards; since; ago.
-late,
-- as opposed to soon.
-since; seeing.

synecdoche
-a figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.

synecdochical
-expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

synecdochically
-by synecdoche.

synechia
-a disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.

synecphonesis
-a contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.

synedral
-growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of selaginella.

synentognathi
-an order of fishes, resembling the physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. it includes the true flying fishes.

synepy
-the interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.

syneresis
-the union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis;
-- the opposite of diaeresis.
-same as synaeresis.

synergetic
-working together; cooperating; as, synergetic muscles.

synergism
-the doctrine or theory, attributed to melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of god and of man.

synergist
-one who holds the doctrine of synergism.
-a remedy which has an action similar to that of another remedy, and hence increases the efficiency of that remedy when combined with it.

synergistic
-of or pertaining to synergism.
-cooperating; synergetic.

synergy
-combined action
-the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.
-an effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately. also synergism.

syngenesia
-a linnaean class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.

syngenesian
-alt. of syngenesious

syngenesious
-having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the syngenesia.

syngenesis
-a theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations;
-- the opposite of epigenesis.

syngnathi
-a suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. the pipefishes and sea horses are examples.

syngraph
-a writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.

synizesis
-an obliteration of the pupil of the eye.
-a contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.

synneorosis
-syndesmosis.

synneuroses
-of synneorosis

synocha
-see synochus.

synochal
-of or pertaining to synocha; like synocha.

synochus
-a continuous fever.

synocil
-a sense organ found in certain sponges. it consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.

synod
-an ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
-an assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
-a conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.

synodal
-synodical.
-a tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration.
-a constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.

synodic
-alt. of synodical

synodical
-of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.
-pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see lunar month, under month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet.

synodically
-in a synodical manner; in a synod; by the authority of a synod.

synodist
-an adherent to a synod.

synoecious
-having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.

synomocy
-sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient greece nearly resembling a modern political club.

synonym
-one of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. see under synonymous.

synonyma
-synonyms.

synonymal
-synonymous.

synonymally
-synonymously.

synonyme
-same as synonym.

synonymic
-the science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.
-alt. of synonymical

synonymical
-of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.

synonymicon
-a dictionary of synonyms.

synonymist
-one who collects or explains synonyms.

synonymize
-to express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.

synonymized
-of synonymize

synonymizing
-of synonymize

synonymous
-having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.

synonyms
-of synonym

synonymy
-the quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
-a system of synonyms.
-a figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.

synopses
-of synopsis

synopsis
-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.

synoptic
-alt. of synoptical
-one of the first three gospels of the new testament. see synoptist.

synoptical
-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.

synoptist
-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.

synosteology
-that part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.

synosteoses
-of synosteosis

synosteosis
-union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.

synostosis
-same as synosteosis.

synovia
-a transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.

synovial
-of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.

synovitis
-inflammation of the synovial membrane.

synpelmous
-having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.

synsepalous
-having united sepals; gamosepalous.

syntactic
-alt. of syntactical

syntactical
-of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction.

syntax
-connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
-that part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

syntaxis
-syntax.

synteresis
-prophylaxis.
-conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.

synteretic
-preserving health; prophylactic.

synteretics
-that department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.

synthermal
-having the same degree of heat.

syntheses
-of synthesis

synthesis
-composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.
-the art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis.
-the combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems;
-- the opposite of analysis.

synthesist
-one who employs synthesis, or who follows synthetic methods.

synthesize
-to combine by synthesis; to unite.
-to produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.

synthetic
-alt. of synthetical

synthetical
-of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.
-artificial. cf. synthesis, 2.
-comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups;
-- said of species, genera, and higher groups. see the note under comprehensive, 3.

synthetically
-in a synthetic manner.

synthetize
-to combine; to unite in regular structure.

syntomy
-brevity; conciseness.

syntonin
-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.

syphering
-the lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.

syphilide
-a cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.

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.

syphilitic
-of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.
-a syphilitic patient.

syphilitically
-in a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease.

syphilization
-inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.

syphilize
-to inoculate with syphilis.

syphiloderm
-a cutaneous affection due to syphilis.

syphilodermatous
-of or pertaining to the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis.

syphiloid
-resembling syphilis.

syphilologist
-one skilled in syphilology.

syphilology
-that branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.

syphon
-see syphon.

syracuse
-a red wine of italy.

syren
-see siren.

syriac
-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.

syriacism
-a syrian idiom; a syrianism.

syrian
-of or pertaining to syria; syriac.
-a native of syria.

syrianism
-a syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the syrian language; a syriacism.

syriasm
-a syrian idiom; a syrianism; a syriacism.

syringa
-a genus of plants; the lilac.
-the mock orange;
-- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.

syringe
-a kind of small hand
-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. it consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube;
-- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.
-to inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
-to wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

syringeal
-of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.

syringed
-of syringe

syringes
-of syrinx

syringin
-a glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (syringa) and extracted as a white crystalline substance;
-- formerly called also lilacin.

syringing
-of syringe

syringocoele
-the central canal of the spinal cord.

syringotome
-a small blunt
-pointed bistoury,
-- used in syringotomy.

syringotomy
-the operation of cutting for anal fistula.

syrinx
-a wind instrument made of reeds tied together;
-- called also pandean pipes.
-the lower larynx in birds.

syrma
-a long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in greek and roman theaters.

syrphian
-of or pertaining to the syrphus flies.
-a syrphus fly.

syrphus fly
-any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus syrphus and allied genera. they are usually bright
-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. the larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.

syrt
-a quicksand; a bog.

syrtes
-of syrtis

syrtic
-of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand.

syrtis
-a quicksand.

syrup
-a thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
-a thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
-alt. of syrupy

syruped
-moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

syrupy
-like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.
-same as sirup, sirupy.

syssarcosis
-the junction of bones by intervening muscles.

systaltic
-capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.

systasis
-a political union, confederation, or league.

system
-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.
-hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
-regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
-the collection of staves which form a full score. see score, n.
-an assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
-one of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.

systematic
-alt. of systematical

systematical
-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.
-proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
-pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
-affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.

systematically
-in a systematic manner; methodically.

systematism
-the reduction of facts or principles to a system.

systematist
-one who forms a system, or reduces to system.
-one who adheres to a system.

systematization
-the act or operation of systematizing.

systematize
-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.

systematized
-of systematize

systematizer
-one who systematizes.

systematizing
-of systematize

systematology
-the doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems.

systemic
-of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
-of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases.

systemization
-the act or process of systematizing; systematization.

systemize
-to reduce to system; to systematize.

systemized
-of systemize

systemizer
-one who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.

systemizing
-of systemize

systemless
-being without system.
-not agreeing with some artificial system of classification.
-not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless.

systole
-the shortening of the long syllable.
-the contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up;
-- correlative to diastole.

systolic
-of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.

systyle
-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.

syth
-alt. of sythe

sythe
-see sith, sithe.
-scythe.

syzygial
-pertaining to a syzygy.

syzygies
-of syzygy

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 coupling together of different feet; as, in greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
-any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side.
-the immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.