6-letter words starting with si
- signer — a person who signs.
- signet — a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signor — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- signup — a token; indication.
- sigrid — a female given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “victory.”.
- sigurd — the son of Sigmund and Hjordis and the husband of Gudrun. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of Andvari, wins Brynhild for Gunnar, and is finally killed at the behest of Brynhild, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied.
- sikang — a former province in W China, now part of Sichuan.
- sikkim — a kingdom in NE India, in the Himalayas between Nepal and Bhutan. 2740 sq. mi. (7096 sq. km). Capital: Gangtok.
- silage — fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- silane — Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silene — any plant of the large perennial genus Silene, with mostly red or pink flowers; many, esp S. or Agrostemma coeli-rosa, are grown as garden plants: family Carophyllaceae
- sileni — a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- silent — making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
- silic- — silico-
- silica — the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- silken — made of silk.
- silkie — a mythical creature that looks like a seal in water but assumes human form on land.
- siller — silver.
- siloam — a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- siloed — a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silone — Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silted — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silvan — of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
- silver — consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
- silvex — a herbicide that eradicates weeds and woody plants
- silvia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “forest.”.
- simcoe — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- simeon — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- simial — relating to, or characteristic of, apes
- simian — of or relating to an ape or monkey.
- simile — a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”. Compare metaphor.
- simlin — an American variety of the squash plant
- simmel — Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- simmer — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simnel — in England,
- simone — (language) A simulation language by A. Hoare et al. based on Pascal.
- simony — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- simoom — a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
- simorg — a wise, bird-like creature in Persian myth
- simpac — Early simulation language with fixed time steps. "Simpac User's Manual", R.P. Bennett et al, TM-602/000/000, Sys Devel Corp, Apr 1962.
- simpai — a long-tailed monkey native to Sumatra
- simpas — Event scheduling language, implemented as Pascal preprocessor. "SIMPAS - A Simulation Language Based on Pascal", R.M. Bryant in Proc 1980 Winter Sim Conf, T.I Oren et al eds, pp.559-572.
- simper — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- simple — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simply — in a simple manner; clearly and easily.
- simula — (language) SIMUlation LAnguage. See Lund Simula, SIMULA 67, SIMULA I. See also Association for SIMULA Users, C++SIM, FLEX, MODSIM, SIMSCRIPT. A simula-to-C compiler project is underway. E-mail: Harald Thingelstad <[email protected]>.
- sinbad — Sindbad the Sailor.
- sindhi — an inhabitant of Sind.
- sindon — cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.