| SYLLABARY | • syllabary n. (Orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables. • syllabary n. (Orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable. • SYLLABARY n. a system of writing composed of a set of symbols representing syllables. |
| SYLLABICS | • syllabics n. Plural of syllabic. • SYLLABIC n. a syllabic sound; a unit of sound capable by itself of forming a syllable. |
| SYLLABIFY | • syllabify v. To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize. • SYLLABIFY v. to divide into syllables. |
| SYLLABISE | • syllabise v. Alternative form of syllabize. • SYLLABISE v. to form or divide into syllables, also SYLLABIZE. |
| SYLLABISM | • syllabism n. (Linguistics) The expression of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or… • SYLLABISM n. use of a writing system consisting of characters for syllables rather than for individual sounds or whole words. |
| SYLLABIZE | • syllabize v. (Transitive) To syllabify. • SYLLABIZE v. to form or divide into syllables, also SYLLABISE. |
| SYLLABLED | • syllabled v. Simple past tense and past participle of syllable. • syllabled adj. Having a specified number of syllables. • SYLLABLE v. to pronounce units of spoken language. |
| SYLLABLES | • syllables n. Plural of syllable. • syllables v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of syllable. • SYLLABLE v. to pronounce units of spoken language. |
| SYLLABUBS | • syllabubs n. Plural of syllabub. • SYLLABUB n. a frothy dish of cream curdled with wine, also SILLABUB, SILLIBUB. |
| SYLLEPSES | • syllepses n. Plural of syllepsis. • SYLLEPSIS n. (Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'. |
| SYLLEPSIS | • syllepsis n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such… • syllepsis n. (Botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of… • SYLLEPSIS n. (Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'. |
| SYLLEPTIC | • sylleptic adj. Of or pertaining to syllepsis. • SYLLEPTIC adj. relating to syllepsis, a construction in which a word governs two or more other words, also SYLLEPTICAL. |
| SYLLOGISE | • syllogise v. Alternative form of syllogize. • SYLLOGISE v. to reason by syllogisms, also SYLLOGIZE. |
| SYLLOGISM | • syllogism n. (Logic) An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that… • syllogism n. (Obsolete) A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism. • SYLLOGISM n. an argument in which two premises lead to a logical conclusion. |
| SYLLOGIST | • syllogist n. A logician who produces syllogisms. • syllogist n. An author of syllogai. • SYLLOGIST n. one who reasons by syllogisms. |
| SYLLOGIZE | • syllogize v. (Intransitive) To reason by means of syllogisms. • syllogize v. (Transitive) To deduce consequences from. • SYLLOGIZE v. to reason by syllogisms, also SYLLOGISE. |