| ASSAYINGS | • assayings n. Plural of assaying. • ASSAYING n. the act of testing. |
| ASYNAPSIS | • asynapsis n. (Biochemistry) The failure of synapsis during meiosis. • ASYNAPSIS n. a failure of the pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis. |
| BUSINESSY | • businessy adj. (Informal) Businesslike, or related to business. • BUSINESSY adj. relating to business. |
| SANNYASIS | • sannyasis n. Plural of sannyasi. • SANNYASI n. (Hindi) a Hindu ascetic or hermit who lives by begging, also SANNYASIN, SANYASI. |
| SINLESSLY | • sinlessly adv. In a sinless way; without sin. • SINLESS adv. without sin. |
| SISSYNESS | • SISSYNESS n. the state of being sissy, also SISSINESS. |
| SYNAPSIDS | • synapsids n. Plural of synapsid. • SYNAPSID n. one of a group of extinct reptiles. |
| SYNCHYSIS | • synchysis n. (Poetics) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil… • synchysis n. (Rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence. • synchysis n. A confused mixture. |
| SYNERESIS | • syneresis n. Alternative spelling of synaeresis. • SYNERESIS n. the running together of vowels into a diphthong, also SYNAERESIS. |
| SYNESISES | • SYNESIS n. a construction in which a form differs in number but agrees in meaning with the word governing it, e. g. if anyone arrives, tell them to wait. |
| SYNIZESES | • synizeses n. Plural of synizesis. • SYNIZESIS n. a stage of meiosis in some species in which all the chromosomes contract together. |
| SYNIZESIS | • synizesis n. (Poetry) A poetic figure of speech in which two consecutive vowel sounds in the same word are pronounced… • synizesis n. (Prosody) The pronunciation of two separate vowels as a single one. • synizesis n. (Medicine) An obliteration of the pupil of the eye. |
| SYNOPSISE | • synopsise v. Alternative form of synopsize. • SYNOPSISE v. to make a synopsis of, also SYNOPSIZE. |
| SYNTHESIS | • synthesis n. The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things. • synthesis n. (Signal processing) Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms. • synthesis n. (Chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds. |
| SYSADMINS | • sysadmins n. Plural of sysadmin. • SYSADMIN n. a computer system administrator. |