<B>sincipital, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the sinciput. </DL>
<A NAME="sinciput">
<B>sinciput, </B>noun, pl. <B>sinciputs,</B> <B>sincipita,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the front part of the head. <DD><B> 2. </B>the upper part of the skull. </DL>
<A NAME="sindbad">
<B>Sindbad, </B>noun. <B>=Sinbad.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sindhi">
<B>Sindhi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dhis</B> or <B>-dhi,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Sind, a province of Pakistan. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Indic language spoken in Sind. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Sind, its people, or their language. </DL>
<A NAME="sindonology">
<B>sindonology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of the shroud of Turin, a cloth bearing the image of a life-size figure of a man thought to be Jesus Christ, kept in a chapel in Turin, Italy, since the 1500's. <BR> <I>Ex. Sindonology is the study of the shroud--a lifelong romance with the paradox--and in particular two questions: what is the image composed of, and by what mysterious if not miraculous process was it formed? Sindonology is the physics of miracles (Rolling Stone).</I> noun <B>sindonologist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sine">
<B>sine</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the length of the side opposite an acute angle in a right triangle divided by the length of the hypotenuse. The sine, secant, and tangent are the three fundamental trigonometric functions. (Abbr:) sin (no period). <DD><B> 2. </B>(originally) a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter which intersects its other extremity. </DL>
<B>sinecure, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an extremely easy job; position requiring little or no work and usually paying well. <BR> <I>Ex. His job has become a profession instead of a drowsy sinecure, as it was in the eighteenth century (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an ecclesiastical benefice without parish duties. </DL>
<A NAME="sinecurism">
<B>sinecurism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of holding or permitting sinecures. </DL>
<A NAME="sinecurist">
<B>sinecurist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who holds or seeks to obtain a sinecure. </DL>
<A NAME="sinecurve">
<B>sine curve,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a curve showing the relationship between the size of an angle and its sine, plotted by using the successive values as coordinates. </DL>
<A NAME="sinedie">
<B>sine die,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> without a day specified, as for another meeting or trial; indefinitely. <BR> <I>Ex. The committee adjourned sine die.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) s.d. </DL>
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<A NAME="sinequanon">
<B>sine qua non,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> something essential; indispensable condition. <BR> <I>Ex. The free exchange of ideas [is] a sine qua non of any distinguished scholarly activity (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sinew">
<B>sinew, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tough, strong band or cord that joins muscle to bone; tendon. <BR> <I>Ex. You can see the sinews between the muscle and bone in a cooked chicken leg.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>strength; energy; force. <BR> <I>Ex. He is well liked, but as a leader he lacks sinew.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a means of strength; source of power. <BR> <I>Ex. Men and money are the sinews of war.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) a nerve. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to furnish or strengthen with sinews. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Ourselves well sinewed to our defence (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sinewave">
<B>sinewave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a simple wave, such as an electromagnetic or sound wave, that can be graphically represented as a sine curve. </DL>
<A NAME="sinewiness">
<B>sinewiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or character of being sinewy. <BR> <I>Ex. They are a deplorable lot, having ... the predatory sinewiness of hunting leopards (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
<B>sinewy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having strong or well-developed sinews; strong; powerful. <BR> <I>Ex. A wrestler has sinewy arms.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) vigorous; forcible. <BR> <I>Ex. a sinewy mind.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>like sinews; tough; stringy. <DD><B> b. </B>furnished with or full of sinews. </DL>
<A NAME="sinfonia">
<B>sinfonia, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nie.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a symphony. <DD><B> 2. </B>(originally) any one of various instrumental pieces, such as a sonata, or an overture or oratorio. <BR> <I>Ex. Haydn and Mozart wrote classic symphonies developed from the earlier sinfonia (Grant Fletcher).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sinfonietta">
<B>sinfonietta, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various short instrumental pieces patterned on the symphony. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small orchestra, especially one consisting entirely or chiefly of strings. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] led the New York Sinfonietta in all-Vivaldi programs (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sinful">
<B>sinful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of sin or sins; wicked; wrong; immoral; evil. <BR> <I>Ex. The sinful man repented.</I> (SYN) depraved. adv. <B>sinfully.</B> noun <B>sinfulness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sing">
<B>sing, </B>verb, <B>sang</B> or (sometimes) <B>sung,</B> <B>sung,</B> <B>singing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make music with the voice. <BR> <I>Ex. to sing in a choir, to sing while working. He sings on the radio.</I> (SYN) carol, warble, croon. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make pleasant musical sounds. <BR> <I>Ex. Birds sing.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to tell in song or poetry. <BR> <I>Ex. The poet sang of heroes. Homer sang of Troy. Thus have I sung of fields, and flocks, and trees (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to admit of being sung. <BR> <I>Ex. The words of the verse sing well.</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>to make a ringing, murmuring, whistling, humming, or buzzing sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The teakettle sang n the stove.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to move with such a sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The stone sang past my head (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to have a sensation of a ringing, buzzing, or humming sound; tingle. <BR> <I>Ex. A bad cold made my ears sing.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) to inform; tell all. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] hopes to get consideration on his twelve-year jail sentence in return for singing in public (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to utter musically. <BR> <I>Ex. to sing a song. He almost seemed to sing his lines from the play.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to chant; intone. <BR> <I>Ex. The priest sings Mass.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to tell of in song or poetry. <BR> <I>Ex. The poet sang the deeds of heroes.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to proclaim. <BR> <I>Ex. to sing a person's praises.</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>to bring, send, or put with or by singing. <BR> <I>Ex. Sing the baby to sleep.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to escort or wait upon with singing. <BR> <I>Ex. to sing the old year out.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a singing, ringing, or whistling sound. <BR> <I>Ex. the sing of a bullet in flight.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of singing, especially in a group. <BR><I>expr. <B>sing out,</B> </I>to call loudly; shout. <BR> <I>Ex. Suddenly a scout sang out that a party was in sight (Disraeli).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>sing small,</B> </I>to change to a humble tone or manner. <BR> <I>Ex. Sir R. Peel endorsed the remonstrance and I had to sing small (William E. Gladstone).</I> adj. <B>singable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sing">
<B>sing.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> singular. </DL>
<A NAME="singalong">
<B>sing-along, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an entertainment in which the audience joins in the singing of familiar songs. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a sing-along with a trio of Texas folk singers (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a phonograph recording of such an act or of songs used in such an act. </DL>
<A NAME="singe">
<B>singe, </B>verb, <B>singed,</B> <B>singeing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to burn a little. <BR> <I>Ex. The chicken was singed to remove the fine hairs.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to burn the ends or edges of. <BR> <I>Ex. The barber singed my hair after he cut it.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to remove by slight burning. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother singed the feathers from the chicken.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to injure slightly; harm. <BR> <I>Ex. A scandal singed the mayor's reputation.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a slight burn; scorch. </DL>
<A NAME="singer">
<B>singer</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who sings. <BR> <I>Ex. You can hear famous singers on the radio.</I> (SYN) chorister, vocalist, songster. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bird that sings; songbird. <BR> <I>Ex. Our canary is a fine singer.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="singer">
<B>singer</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that singes. </DL>
<A NAME="singhalese">
<B>Singhalese, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lese,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the principal native people of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), an island country in the Indian Ocean. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Indic language of this people; Sinhala. <DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with Ceylon (Sri Lanka), its principal native people, or their language. Also, <B>Sinhalese.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="singharanut">
<B>Singhara nut,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the large, sweet nut of a tree related and similar to the water chestnut, native to India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). </DL>
<A NAME="singin">
<B>sing-in, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a musical act or event in which the audience serves as a chorus or joins in the singing. </DL>
<A NAME="singing">
<B>singing, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the sound made by one that sings. <BR> <I>Ex. Her singing was wildly applauded.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a ringing in the ears. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>that sings. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or like singing; musical. </DL>
<A NAME="singingbird">
<B>singing bird,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a songbird; oscine bird. </DL>
<A NAME="singingflame">
<B>singing flame,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flame, such as a gas jet, which, when burned in a tube of proper length, produces a clear, musical note. </DL>
<A NAME="singingschool">
<B>singing school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school in which singing and the fundamentals of music are taught. </DL>
<A NAME="singingvoice">
<B>singing voice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the voice as used in singing. <BR> <I>Ex. Her singing voice was small, but true and clear (Harper's).</I> </DL>
