| single tax |
a tax, as on real estate, that provides the entire revenue of a tax-levying entity. |
| single ticket |
(chiefly British) a ticket that allows a person to travel only outward to a given destination; one-way ticket. |
| singleton |
something that occurs or appears singly. |
| singletree |
a wooden bar that connects a wagon, plow, or the like to an animal's harness; whiffletree. |
| singly |
one by one; individually. |
| singsong |
a regular, repetitive tonal rise and fall of the voice. [3 definitions] |
| singular |
extraordinary or exceptional. [5 definitions] |
| singularity |
the fact or condition of being singular. [2 definitions] |
| singularize |
to make singular or conspicuous. |
| Sinhalese |
of or pertaining to Sri Lanka or its dominant people, culture, language, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| sinister |
threatening or foreshadowing evil, injury, or danger; menacing; ominous. [3 definitions] |
| sinistral |
on or of the left side; left. (Cf. dextral.) [3 definitions] |
| sinistrorse |
growing upward in a spiral from right to left, as the stems of some vines. (Cf. dextrorse.) |
| Sinitic |
a branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages that includes Chinese. [2 definitions] |
| sink |
to fall or drop slowly to another level. [11 definitions] |
| sinkable |
combined form of sink. |
| sinker |
one that sinks. [2 definitions] |
| sinkhole |
a depression or cavity formed in the earth when underlying material collapses. |
| sinking fund |
a fund set aside to pay off the long-term debt of a state or corporation. |
| sinless |
being without or free from sin; innocent. |
| sinner |
a person who sins or does wrong. |