| BASILICA | • basilica n. (Architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex… • basilica n. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope… • basilica n. (Obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held… |
| BASILISK | • basilisk n. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly. • basilisk n. (Science fiction) An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford’s basilisk. • basilisk n. (Heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry. |
| BRASILIN | • brasilin n. Alternative form of brazilin. • BRASILIN n. a dyestuff obtained from brazilwood, also BRASILEIN, BRAZILEIN, BRAZILIN. |
| ENSILING | • ensiling v. Present participle of ensile. • ENSILE v. to store in a silo, also ENSILAGE. |
| FUSILIER | • fusilier n. An infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket. • fusilier n. (Britain) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons. • fusilier n. A fish in family Caesionidae, related to snappers. |
| RESILING | • resiling v. Present participle of resile. • RESILE v. to spring back. |
| RESILINS | • RESILIN n. an elastic substance in the cuticles of many insects. |
| SILICATE | • silicate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates. • SILICATE v. to combine with silica. |
| SILICIDE | • silicide n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any compound of silicon with a more electropositive element. • SILICIDE n. a silicon compound. |
| SILICIFY | • silicify v. (Transitive) to impregnate something with silica. • silicify v. (Intransitive) to be impregnated with, or converted into silica. • SILICIFY v. to convert into silica. |
| SILICIUM | • silicium n. (Obsolete) The non-metallic chemical element silicon. • SILICIUM n. the original name of the element silicon. |
| SILICLES | • silicles n. Plural of silicle. • SILICLE n. a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long, also SILICULA, SILICULE. |
| SILICONE | • silicone n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a… • silicone v. (Transitive) To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product. • silicone v. (Informal, transitive) To enhance or reconstruct (a body part) with a prosthesis containing silicone. |
| SILICONS | • silicons n. Plural of silicon. • SILICON n. a nonmetallic element. |
| SILICULA | • silicula n. (Botany) Alternative spelling of silicle. • SILICULA n. (Latin) a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long, also SILICLE, SILICULE. |
| SILICULE | • silicule n. (Botany) Alternative spelling of silicle. • SILICULE n. a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long, also SILICLE, SILICULA. |
| SILIQUAE | • siliquae n. Plural of siliqua. • SILIQUA n. (Latin) a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition, also SILIQUE. |
| SILIQUAS | • siliquas n. Plural of siliqua. • SILIQUA n. (Latin) a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition, also SILIQUE. |
| SILIQUES | • siliques n. Plural of silique. • SILIQUE n. (Latin) a type of dry fruit consisting of a long pod of two carpels divided by a partition, also SILIQUA. |