| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| Sydney |
a seaport and provincial capital in southeastern Australia. |
| syl- |
together. |
| syli |
the chief monetary unit of Guinea, equaling one hundred cory. |
| syllabary |
a table or list of syllables. [2 definitions] |
| syllabic |
of or consisting of a syllable or syllables. [4 definitions] |
| syllabicate |
to divide (a word) into syllables; syllabify. |
| syllabify |
to divide (a word) into syllables; syllabicate. |
| syllable |
a segment of speech formed with a single uninterrupted pulse of air pressure, usu. consisting of a single vowel or diphthong with or without surrounding consonants. [3 definitions] |
| syllabub |
a beverage or dessertlike dish of cream or milk, sweetened and mixed with wine or liquor and sometimes gelatin. |
| syllabus |
an outline of the contents of a curriculum, lecture series, text, or the like. |
| syllogism |
in logic, a type of deductive reasoning based on a major and a minor premise, whose conclusion must be true if the two premises are true. [2 definitions] |
| sylph |
in myth, any of a group of beings that inhabit the air. [2 definitions] |
| sylvan |
pertaining to or characteristic of woods or forests. [3 definitions] |
| sym- |
together. |
| symbiont |
an organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship with another. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usu. a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| symbol |
something that represents something else, esp. a material sign or object that stands for a complex or abstract concept. [2 definitions] |
| symbolic |
of, relating to, or represented by a symbol. [3 definitions] |
| symbolic logic |
a modern kind of formal logic employing a system of symbols to represent relationships, quantities, or propositions. |
| symbolism |
the practice of expressing things, as in art or literature, by means of symbols. [3 definitions] |