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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>SIGHTWOR</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="sightseeing"> sightseeing, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the action of going around to see objects or places of interest. Ex. a weekend of sightseeing. <DD>adj. that goes around to see or show objects or places of interest. Ex. a sightseeing tour, a sightseeing bus. </DL> <A NAME="sightseer"> sightseer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who goes around to see objects or places of interest. </DL> <A NAME="sightworthy"> sightworthy, adjective, -thier, -thiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> worthy of being seen, or of being visited as a sight. </DL> <A NAME="sigil"> sigil, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an occult mark or sign, as in astrology or magic. Ex. Sign and sigil, word of power, From the earth raised keep and tower (Scott). <DD> 2. a seal or signet. </DL> <A NAME="sigill"> sigill.,<DL COMPACT><DD> seal (Latin, sigillum). </DL> <A NAME="sigillary"> sigillary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with seals or signets. </DL> <A NAME="sigillate"> sigillate, transitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to mark with or as with impressions of a seal. <DD> 2. to close by or as by sealing. </DL> <A NAME="sigillatedearth"> sigillated earth,<DL COMPACT><DD> Lemnian earth, so called because it is made into cakes stamped with a seal. </DL> <A NAME="sigillation"> sigillation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of marking or the state of being marked with or as with a seal. <DD> 2. a mark or marking so made. </DL> <A NAME="sigillographer"> sigillographer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is skilled in sigillography. </DL> <A NAME="sigillography"> sigillography, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science or study of seals or signets. </DL> <A NAME="sigma"> sigma, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to the English S, s. <DD> 2. something shaped like the letter S. <DD> 3. something shaped like the letter C (from the shape of the Greek letter in its uncial form). <DD> 4. =sigma factor. <DD> 5. =sigma particle. </DL> <A NAME="sigmafactor"> sigma factor,<DL COMPACT><DD> a protein that stimulates the synthesis of chains of ribonucleic acid. Ex. The function of the sigma factor is to give the core enzyme its specificity to transcribing from a fixed point on a strand of DNA and producing RNA of defined length (Science Journal). </DL> <A NAME="sigmaparticle"> sigma particle,<DL COMPACT><DD> an unstable elementary particle having a mass approximately 2400 times that of the electron. Ex. The heavy sigma particle and the antiproton are produced by allowing beams from the CERN 28-GeV proton accelerator to strike metal targets (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="sigmate"> sigmate, adjective, verb, -mated, -mating.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. S-shaped; having the form of a sigma. <DD> 2. shaped like a C. <DD>v.t. to add a sigma or s to; change by the addition of an s at the end, as upward into upwards. </DL> <A NAME="sigmation"> sigmation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the adding of a sigma or s at the end of a word or a syllable. </DL> <A NAME="sigmatism"> sigmatism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the use or presence of sigma or s; repetition or recurrence of s or of the s-sound. <DD> 2. difficult or defective pronunciation of the sound s. </DL> <A NAME="sigmic"> sigmic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or containing sigma particles. Ex. Kaonic and sigmic atoms tend to go together, since experiments aimed at making kaonic atoms make sigmic ones too (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="sigmoid"> sigmoid, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. shaped like the letter S. Ex. P. F. Verhulst showed in 1838 that the growth of human population followed an S-shaped or sigmoid curve (F. S. Bodenheimer). <DD> 2. (Anatomy.) having to do with the sigmoid flexure of the colon. <DD> 3. shaped like the letter C. </DL> <A NAME="sigmoidal"> sigmoidal, adjective. =sigmoid.</DL> <A NAME="sigmoidflexure"> sigmoid flexure,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Anatomy.) the S-shaped bend of the colon just above the rectum. <DD> 2. (Zoology.) an S-shaped curve. </DL> <A NAME="sigmoidoscope"> sigmoidoscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tube about 10 inches long which is inserted through the anus for the purpose of examining the colon. Ex. ... the use of the sigmoidoscope in routine physical examination to spot cancer of the colon (Frank P. Matthews). </DL> <A NAME="sign"> sign, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an inscribed board, plate, or space serving for advertisement, guidance, or information. Ex. See the sign over the door. The sign reads, "Keep off the grass." The names of streets are on signs at the corners. <DD> 2a. an indication. Ex. There are no signs of life about the house. Careful scrutiny revealed signs that someone had broken in. The ruin is a sign of past grandeur. <DD> b. an indication of a disease. Ex. Fever is often a sign of infection. <DD> 3. an indication of a coming event. Ex. Dawn is the first sign of a new day. The coming of robins is a sign of spring. The star in the east was a sign of Christ's coming. <DD> 4. a trace. Ex. The hunter found signs of deer. <DD> 5a. any mark or thing used to mean, represent, or point out something. Ex. to use an equal sign. Three balls are the sign of a pawnbroker. We lunched at the sign of the Red Lion. <DD> b. (Mathematics.) a mark or symbol used especially to indicate an operation to be performed on a quantity or number or a relation of quantities or numbers. Ex. The four signs of the arithmetic operations are addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (X), division (/). The sign (=) means "equals." The signs (+) and (-) in algebra and higher mathematics define positive and negative numbers. <DD> c. (Music.) a flat, sharp, or other symbol used in notation to give directions, indicate tonality, etc. <DD> 6. a motion or gesture used to mean, represent, or point out something. Ex. The priest made the sign of the cross. A nod is a sign of agreement. We talked to the deaf man by signs. <DD> 7. any one of the twelve divisions of the zodiac, each named for a constellation and each denoted by a special symbol. <DD> 8. a miraculous occurrence. <DD>v.t. 1. to put one's name on. Ex. Sign this letter. He signed the check. <DD> 2. to write. Ex. Sign your initials here. <DD> 3. to designate (oneself) in a signature or signatures. Ex. He signed himself "a constant reader." <DD> 4. to hire by a written agreement. Ex. to sign a new ballplayer, to sign on a new crew. <DD> 5. to mark with a sign. <DD> 6. to mark, protect, or consecrate with the sign of the cross. <DD> 7. to give a signal to; communicate by gesture. Ex. to sign someone to enter, to sign assent. <DD> 8. to indicate; signify; betoken. <DD>v.i. 1. to write one's name to show authority, agreement, or obligation. We sign for telegrams or parcels. Ex. Sign on the dotted line. <DD> 2. to accept employment. Ex. They signed for three years. <DD> 3. to make a sign or signal. expr. sign away, to give by signing one's name. Ex. to sign away one's inheritance. "I promise," he said, with a sense of despair, as though he were signing away the whole future (Graham Greene). expr. sign in, to register one's arrival by signing; check in. Ex. The convention delegates were asked to sign in at the door. expr. sign off, <DD> a. to stop broadcasting after announcing the end of a program. Ex. The show signs off at midnight. <DD> b. to quit, as a job or service. Ex. I shipped out in a tanker, signed off six months later in Honolulu, and went to work in a junkyard (Peter Throckmorton). expr. sign on, <DD> a. to join or enlist by written agreement; sign up. Ex. He signed on as first mate. <DD> b. to begin broadcasting. Ex. The station signs on with the playing of the National Anthem. expr. sign out, to register one's departure by signing. Ex. She had to leave work early and was the first to sign out that day. expr. sign over, to hand over by signing one's name. Ex. He has signed over one of his houses to his brother. expr. sign up, to enlist or join by written agreement. Ex. The new boy in school has signed up as a member of our club. </DL> <A NAME="signable"> signable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that can be signed; requiring a signature. <DD> 2. that can sign. </DL> <A HREF="signal.dic">NEXT</A>