| siftings |
that which remains after something has been sifted. [2 definitions] |
| sigh |
to exhale with a long, audible puff of breath, as from sorrow or weariness. [5 definitions] |
| sight |
the ability to see; vision. [11 definitions] |
| sighted |
able to see; having sight. [2 definitions] |
| sight gag |
a comic presentation or action whose effect is achieved by physical means rather than by words. |
| sighting |
an act or instance of seeing, esp. the observation of something unusual or sought after. |
| sightless |
incapable of seeing; blind. |
| sightly |
visually pleasing; attractive. |
| sight-read |
to read or perform (music) on first sight, without practicing beforehand. |
| sightsee |
to tour about for the purpose of sightseeing. |
| sightseeing |
the act or pastime of visiting and viewing various places of interest; touring. [2 definitions] |
| sightseer |
a tourist who visits sights of noted interest. |
| sight word |
in vocabulary learning, a word, usually short and basic, that a reader recognizes visually, without having to decode it phonetically or otherwise. "The," "we," "their," and "have" are typical sight words. |
| sigma |
the name of the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| sigmoid |
having the shape of the letter "C" or "S". [2 definitions] |
| sigmoid flexure |
the final curve of the colon before it reaches the rectum. [2 definitions] |
| sigmoidoscope |
a medical instrument used for visual examination of the rectum and colon. |
| Sigmund Freud |
an Austrian physician and the founder of psychoanalysis (b.1856--d.1939). |
| sign |
anything that indicates the presence or existence of a fact, event, quality, or tendency; indicator; indication. [11 definitions] |
| signal |
a gesture, action, or device used to give information, directions, or warning. [9 definitions] |
| Signal Corps |
the U.S. Army branch that handles communications, weather data, and the like. |