11-letter words starting with si
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- silk finish — the appearance of paint, fabric etc with regard to its smoothness and light reflecting quality
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
- silk-tassel — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.
- sillimanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in the form of long, slender, and often fibrous crystals.
- silly billy — a clownish person.
- silly money — an absurdly large or, less commonly, small amount of money
- silly putty — a rubbery substance of silicone oil and boric acid, used as a plaything: it stretches, snaps apart into pieces, bounces, shapes easily, etc.
- silly-sider — a left-handed person.
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver beet — a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having large firm green leaves: staple cooked green vegetable in Australia and New Zealand
- silver bell — any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell-shaped flowers.
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
- silver fern — a formalized spray of fern leaf, silver on a black background: the symbol of New Zealand sporting teams, esp the All Blacks
- silver fizz — an alcoholic drink made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and egg white.
- silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- silver gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver vine — a vine, Actinidia polygama, of eastern Asia, having fragrant, white flowers and yellow, edible fruit and, in the male plant, leaves with silvery-white markings.
- silver-gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
- silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
- silver-grey — light grey that resembles silver
- silverberry — a shrub, Elaeagnus commutata (or E. argentea), of north-central North America, having silvery leaves and flowers and silvery, drupelike edible fruit.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- silversides — any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- silversmith — a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silvester i — Saint, died a.d. 335, pope 314–335.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- silvicolous — living or growing in woodlands.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- simi valley — a city in SW California.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- simple pole — a pole of order 1 of a function of a complex variable.
- simple time — a metre in music in which each beat or part divides equally into two
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- simpliciter — simply
- simvastatin — a statin, C 25 H 38 O 5, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.