English words starting with sy

Meanings of Sybarite:

noun

A person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.

Usage examples:

I've encountered people who lived as self-involved sybarites for years but assumed a new christian …

Meanings of Sybarites:

noun

A person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.

Usage examples:

I've encountered people who lived as self-involved sybarites for years but assumed a new christian …

Meanings of Sybaritic:

adjective

Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.

Usage examples:

Their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle

Meanings of Sycamine:

noun

(in biblical use) the black mulberry tree (see luke 17:6; in modern versions translated as ‘mulberry tree’).

Usage examples:

Now we have to ask the question, has anyone seen any mountains or sycamine trees on the move lately?

Meanings of Sycamines:

noun

(in biblical use) the black mulberry tree (see luke 17:6; in modern versions translated as ‘mulberry tree’).

Usage examples:

Now we have to ask the question, has anyone seen any mountains or sycamine trees on the move lately?

Meanings of Sycamore:

noun

A large eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern europe. it is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees.

Usage examples:

Indigenous oak, elm, birch and ash forests are no longer under threat from development but from the…

Meanings of Sycamores:

noun

A large eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern europe. it is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees.

Usage examples:

Indigenous oak, elm, birch and ash forests are no longer under threat from development but from the…

Meanings of Syce:

noun

(especially in india) a person who takes care of horses; a groom.

Usage examples:

One of the first evidences that the authorities were hospitably inclined was the arrival of a smart…

Meanings of Syces:

noun

(especially in india) a person who takes care of horses; a groom.

Usage examples:

One of the first evidences that the authorities were hospitably inclined was the arrival of a smart…

Meanings of Sycomore:

noun

A large eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern europe. it is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees.

Usage examples:

Indigenous oak, elm, birch and ash forests are no longer under threat from development but from the…

Meanings of Sycomores:

noun

A large eurasian maple with winged fruits, native to central and southern europe. it is planted as a fast-growing ornamental but tends to displace native trees.

Usage examples:

Indigenous oak, elm, birch and ash forests are no longer under threat from development but from the…

Meanings of Sycon:

noun

A sponge of a grade of structure showing some folding of the body wall, with choanocytes only lining radial canals.

Usage examples:

Ascon, sycon, and leucon are levels of complexity that grade one into the other.

Meanings of Syconia:

noun

A fleshy hollow receptacle that develops into a multiple fruit, as in the fig.

Usage examples:

Figs (or, more properly, syconia) are hollow multiple receptacles lined with numerous male and fema…

Meanings of Syconium:

noun

A fleshy hollow receptacle that develops into a multiple fruit, as in the fig.

Usage examples:

Figs (or, more properly, syconia) are hollow multiple receptacles lined with numerous male and fema…

Meanings of Sycophancy:

noun

Obsequious behaviour towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

Usage examples:

Your fawning sycophancy is nauseating

Meanings of Sycophant:

noun

A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

Usage examples:

Because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants

Meanings of Sycophantic:

adjective

Behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.

Usage examples:

A sycophantic interview

Meanings of Sycophants:

noun

A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

Usage examples:

Because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants

Meanings of Sycosis:

noun

Inflammation of the hair follicles in the bearded part of a man's face, caused by bacterial infection.

Usage examples:

The following case is an example of a person with an inherited case of sycosis that was activated b…

Meanings of Syd:

noun

Abbreviation for sum of the years' digits method

Meanings of Sydney:

proper noun

The capital of new south wales in south-eastern australia; population 4,399,722 (2008). it was the first british settlement in australia and is the country's largest city and chief port. it has a fine natural harbour, crossed by the sydney harbour bridge (opened 1932), and a striking opera house (opened 1973).

noun

A large city in southeastern australia that is the capital of the state of new south wales

Meanings of Syed:

noun

A muslim claiming descent from muhammad, especially through husayn, the prophet's younger grandson.

Usage examples:

Sayyids possessed spiritual blessing or holiness

Meanings of Syenite:

noun

A coarse-grained grey igneous rock composed mainly of alkali feldspar and ferromagnesian minerals such as hornblende.

Usage examples:

The southern zomba area consists mainly of syenite surrounded by a periphery of alkaline granite.

Meanings of Syenites:

noun

A coarse-grained grey igneous rock composed mainly of alkali feldspar and ferromagnesian minerals such as hornblende.

Usage examples:

The southern zomba area consists mainly of syenite surrounded by a periphery of alkaline granite.

Meanings of Syl:

prefix

Variant spelling of syn- assimilated before l (as in syllogism ).