English dictionary: words starting with s - page 652

Meanings of Syndics:

noun

A government official in various countries.

Usage examples:

The council of syndics of the kaliningrad naval assembly is actively cooperating with the military …

Meanings of Syndiotactic:

adjective

(of a polymer or polymeric structure) in which the repeating units have alternating stereochemical configurations.

Usage examples:

Depending on the location of the side groups and the nature of the starting monomers, linear polyme…

Meanings of Syndrome:

noun

A group of symptoms which consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.

Usage examples:

A rare syndrome in which the production of white blood cells is damaged

A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

Meanings of Syndromes:

noun

A group of symptoms which consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.

Usage examples:

A rare syndrome in which the production of white blood cells is damaged

Meanings of Syne:

adverb

Ago.

Usage examples:

I set out frae hame, about three weeks syne, taking my passage in the steam-boat at ardrossan for g…

noun

A traditional scottish song with words by the poet robert burns, often sung at new year to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year. auld lang syne means "the old days" in scots.

Meanings of Synecdoche:

noun

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in england lost by six wickets (meaning ‘ the english cricket team’).

Meanings of Synecdochism:

noun

Synecdochic style; the use of synecdoche.

Meanings of Synechia:

noun

Adhesion between the iris and the cornea (more fully "anterior synechia") or between the iris and the capsule of the lens (more fully "posterior synechia"); an adhesion of this kind.

Meanings of Synechist:

noun

An adherent of synechism.

Meanings of Synecious:

adjective

Having male and female organs in the same flower or receptacle.

Meanings of Synecologically:

adverb

As regards or with respect to synecology.

Meanings of Synecology:

noun

The ecological study of whole plant or animal communities.

Usage examples:

Additional information on the autecology and synecology of microstegium (and other species ranked h…

Meanings of Synectic:

adjective

Designating an immediate cause coinciding completely in time with its effect.

Meanings of Synectics:

plural noun

(in the us) a problem-solving technique which seeks to promote creative thinking, typically among small groups of people of diverse expertise.

Usage examples:

The learners will be able to use the synectics to jump start the creative process and find ‘fresh’ …

Meanings of Synedrial:

adjective

Of or belonging to a synedrion.

Meanings of Synedrion:

noun

A judicial or representative assembly, a council, a congress; specifically the sanhedrin of ancient israel.

Meanings of Synedrium:

noun

A judicial or representative assembly, a council, a congress; specifically the sanhedrin of ancient israel.

Meanings of Syneidesis:

noun

That part of the conscience which is concerned with evaluating past actions. contrasted with "synteresis".

Meanings of Syneresis:

noun

The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or single vowel.

Meanings of Synergetic:

adjective

Involving the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.

Usage examples:

We will develop a highly synergetic global management platform

Meanings of Synergia:

noun

= "synergy".

Meanings of Synergias:

noun

= "synergy".

Meanings of Synergically:

adverb

In a synergic manner; = "synergistically".

Meanings of Synergid:

noun

Either of two cells which are situated adjacent to the egg cell within the embryo-sac of a flowering plant, and which assist in the process of fertilization. frequently attributive, especially in "synergid cell".

Meanings of Synergidal:

adjective

Of or relating to a synergid.