English words: sidepost to sievelike
300 English words, part 92 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.
English words sidepost to sievelike
- sidepost noun: A vertical supporting post beside a door, gate, etc.
- sideproduct noun: Byproduct.
- sidequel noun: A type of sequel which portrays events that occur at the same time as the original work, but with different characters in a different setting
- sidequest noun /ˈsaɪdkwɛst/: In fictional or historical writings about chivalric romances: a quest embarked upon by a knight or other person which is not the main quest.
- sider noun: One who takes a side.
- sideral adjective: Dated form of sidereal.
- sideral time noun: Alternative spelling of sidereal time.
- sideramine noun: Any of a group of fungal amines that bind ferric iron
- sideraphthite noun: An alloy, mostly iron and nickel with lesser amounts of tungsten, aluminum, and copper.
- siderastreid noun: Any stony coral in the family Siderastreidae.
- siderate noun, verb: A plant that is grown alongside a crop in order to improve its growth; A companion crop.
- siderated adjective, verb: planet-struck; blasted.
- sideration noun: The state of being suddenly paralysed; consternation.
- siderazot noun: Alternative form of siderazote.
- siderazote noun: A rare iron-nitrogen mineral, Fe₅N₂, associated with lava.
- sidereal adjective /saɪˈdɪə.ɹi.əl/: Of or relating to the stars.
- sidereal astrology noun: A form of astrology that measures the position of the sun relative to the stars. This compensates for the precession of Earth's axis, which causes the...
- sidereal day noun: One day of sidereal time; the time in which Earth rotates once around its axis, relative to the point of the vernal equinox (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4...
- sidereal month noun: The time in which the moon passes round the ecliptic to the same star: 27.3217 days.
- sidereal orbital period noun: The sidereal year of a planet. (I.e., in the definition for "sidereal year", replace "Earth" by the given planet.)
- sidereal period noun: Sidereal orbital period.
- sidereal rotation period noun: The sidereal day of a planet. (I.e., in the definition for "sidereal day", replace "Earth" by the given planet.)
- sidereal time noun /saɪˈdɪə.ɹiəl taɪm/: Time measured by the apparent diurnal motion of the vernal equinox; approximated by that based on the rotation of planet Earth relative to the seemingly...
- sidereal year noun: The orbital period of the Earth with respect to the fixed stars.
- siderealize verb: To make into a star, or like a star.
- sidereally adverb: In a sidereal manner.
- sideremia noun: The presence of iron in the blood serum (which is always true, in some amount or other).
- sidereous adjective: sidereal (relating to stars)
- Siderian adjective /saɪˈdɪəri.ən: Of a geologic period within the Paleoproterozoic era from about 2500 to 2300 million years ago.
- siderin noun: A coumarin derivative produced by the fungus Aspergillus versicolor.
- Sideris proper noun: A surname from Greek.
- siderism noun: A former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing...
- siderite noun: A widespread brown mineral, FeCO₃, having the structure of calcite.
- sideritic adjective: Containing or relating to siderite.
- sidero- prefix: Related to stars or constellations, as sidereal relationships.
- sideroad noun: A lesser road leading off a main road.
- sideroblast noun: An erythroblast with stainable iron granules in its cytoplasm seen in cases of sideroblastic anaemia.
- sideroblastic adjective: Relating to sideroblasts.
- sideroborine noun: a synonym of lagonite
- siderocalin noun: Any of a family of proteins, produced in the body following bacterial infection, that act against siderophores
- siderocapsaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Siderocapsaceae.
- siderochrome noun: Synonym of siderophore.
- siderocyte noun: An abnormal red blood cell that has iron granules that are not part of the hemoglobin.
- siderod noun: A coupling rod on each side of a locomotive.
- siderodromophobia noun: A morbid fear of railways.
- sideroflexin noun: Any of a family of mitochondrial tricarboxylate carrier proteins
- siderographer noun: Synonym of siderographist.
- siderographic adjective: Of or relating to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel.
- siderographist noun: Someone skilled in siderography.
- siderography noun: A 19th-century process of reproducing steel-engraved designs for printing. The design is engraved on a steel block, then hardened and used to transfer a...
- siderolite noun: An iron meteorite; a siderite.
- siderolithic adjective: Characterized by iron minerals in grains or pisoliths.
- sideromancy noun: divination by studying the burning of straws on heated iron.
- sideromelane noun: A basaltic glass often found in palagonite tuff.
- sideromycin noun: Any of a class of siderophore antibiotics produced by Actinomyces organisms.
- sideronatrite noun: A yellow, fibrous mineral composed of a basic, hydrous sulfate of sodium and iron
- sideroom noun: A secondary room adjoining a main one.
- sideropenia noun: Synonym of iron deficiency.
- sideropenic adjective: relating to sideropenia
- siderophage noun: A macrophage that has absorbed iron-containing particles, occurring in victims of certain kinds of heart attacks.
- siderophil noun: Alternative form of siderophile.
- siderophile adjective, noun: In the Goldschmidt classification, an element that forms alloys easily with iron and is concentrated in the Earth's core.
- siderophilia noun: hemochromatosis
- siderophilic adjective: Being or relating to a siderophile.
- siderophilicity noun: The condition of being siderophilic, i.e. having an affinity for iron.
- siderophilin noun: Synonym of transferrin.
- siderophore noun: Any medium-sized molecule that has a high specificity for binding or chelating iron; they are employed by microorganisms to obtain iron from the environment
- siderophoric adjective: Relating to siderophores
- siderophyllite noun: A rare silicate mineral of the mica group.
- siderophyre noun: A form of stony-iron meteorite that contains bronzite and tridymite minerals
- sideroscope noun: An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a delicate assembly of magnetic needles.
- siderosis noun: A form of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of iron dust.
- siderosome noun: A microscopic body containing aggregates of hemosiderin particles bound in a single membrane.
- siderostat noun: A heliostat that may be used with stars as well as the sun.
- siderostatic adjective: Of or relating to the siderostat.
- siderotechny noun: The processing and working of iron.
- siderotic adjective: Relating to siderosis.
- siderotil noun /ˌsɪd.ɚ.əˈtɪl/: An iron sulphide mineral with chemical formula FeSO₄·5H₂O.
- siderotype noun: A photographic print using a pigment based on iron
- siderous adjective: Composed of iron.
- siderovar noun: A variant of an organism that has a specific siderophore population
- sideroxylon noun: Any of the genus Sideroxylon of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
- sideroxylonal noun: Any of a group of aldehydes derived from chromanone present in the leaves of Eucalyptus
- siderurgic adjective: Relating to siderurgy.
- siderurgical adjective: Alternative form of siderurgic.
- siderurgy noun /ˈsaɪdəɹˌɜɹd͡ʒi/: The iron and steel industry.
- sides adverb, noun, preposition, verb /saɪdz/: plural of side.
- sides reversed is phrase: Used to turn semordnilaps into palindromes.
- sidesaddle adverb, noun: A saddle, usually for a woman, in which the rider sits with both legs on the same side of the horse.
- sidescan adjective: That scans sideways rather than straight down
- sidescatter noun: sideways scatter
- sidescraper noun: A Paleolithic stone tool used for scraping.
- sidescreen noun /ˈsaɪdˌskriːn/: A panel or window on the side of a vehicle, such as a car or aircraft, designed to protect occupants from external elements while allowing visibility.
- sidescroller noun: Alternative spelling of side scroller.
- sidescrolling adjective: That scrolls horizontally.
- sideseam noun: A seam running along the side (of a garment, a cigarette, etc.).
- sideshadow verb: To employ references that are not used in the current text.
- sideshadowing noun, verb: A literary technique that uses references not in the current text.
- sideshoot noun, verb: A branch or offshoot on the side of a plant's stem.
- sideshow noun /ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊ/: A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.
- sideshow alley noun: A cluster of attractions that may accompany public events, such as agricultural shows.
- sideshowman noun: A showman who operates a sideshow.
- sideskirt noun: piece of bodywork, attached to the lower edge on the side of the vehicle for aesthetic improvement, performance enhancement or protection.
- sideslip noun, verb: A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
- sideslipper noun: a staff member on a halfpipe who reshapes the slope to keep the halfpipe usable, through sideslipping, shaving on the sides aboard their snowboards
- sidesman noun: An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.
- sidespin noun: Rotation around a vertical axis that makes a ball or other object curve in flight.
- sidesplit noun: A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.
- sidesplitter noun: An exceptionally funny joke, remark, or happening.
- sidesplitting adjective: Exceptionally funny; hilarious.
- sidesplittingly adverb: In a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.
- sidestake noun: The stake for which a side bet is made.
- sidestall noun: A stall, usually located out of the main way or to the side of another primary stall.
- sidestep noun, verb /ˈsaɪdˌstɛp/: A step to the side.
- sidestepper noun: One who sidesteps.
- sidestepping noun, verb: The act of taking a (physical or figurative) sidestep.
- sidestick noun: A control joystick located beside the seat of the pilot.
- sidestream noun: A stream of fluid taken from an intermediate point in a process such as distillation.
- sidestream smoke noun: Smoke which travels into the air directly from a burning cigarette, cigar, or tobacco pipe.
- sidestreet noun: Alternative form of side street.
- sidestroke noun, verb: A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
- sideswept adjective: Swept to the side.
- sideswipe noun, verb: A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
- sideswiper noun: One who sideswipes.
- sidetable noun: Alternative form of side table.
- Sidetan adjective, noun: Of, from, or relating to Side, an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Anatolia (modern Turkey).
- Sidetic adjective /ˌsiːˈdɛ.tɪk/: related to the Sidetic language.
- sidetone noun: The effect of sound that is picked up by the telephone's mouthpiece and introduced (at low level) into the earpiece of the same handset, acting as feedback;...
- sidetrack noun, verb /ˈsaɪdˌtɹæk/: A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for...
- sidetracker noun: One who sidetracks something.
- sidetrail noun: A trail that branches off from the main trail.
- sidetrip noun: A short trip that one takes interrupting or as a break from a larger trip
- sideview adjective: As viewed from the side
- sidewalk noun /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/: A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.
- sidewalk artist noun: Synonym of pavement artist (“one who draws on the pavement”).
- sidewalk cafe noun: An outdoor portion of a restaurant, coffeehouse or cafe.
- sidewalk chalk noun: A colored chalklike substance, made from paint, plaster of Paris, etc., used for drawing on sidewalks or cement.
- sidewalk elevator noun: A kind of freight elevator used to move materials between a basement and a ground-level area, often the sidewalk just outside the building.
- sidewalk library noun: Synonym of public bookcase.
- sidewalk shed noun: A temporary structure or scaffolding installed over a sidewalk.
- sidewalk superintendent noun: A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
- sidewall noun: The side of a tire.
- sideward adjective, adverb: Toward a side.
- sidewardly adverb: In a sideward direction.
- sidewards adjective, adverb: Toward a side.
- sideway adjective, adverb, noun: A footpath near a road.
- sideways adjective, adverb, noun /ˈsaɪdweɪz/: Moving or directed toward one side.
- sideways-on adjective: Of a stance in which something is positioned at right angles to its expected orientation.
- sidewheel noun: One of a pair of paddle wheels positioned one each side of a vessel
- sidewheeler noun: A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a pair of paddle wheels positioned one on each side
- sidewhiskered adjective: Alternative form of side-whiskered.
- sidewhiskers noun: Alternative form of side whiskers.
- sidewind noun, verb: To move sideways, especially in a series of S-shaped curves.
- sidewinder noun, verb /ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚ/: A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts.
- sidewise adverb: sideways
- sidewoman noun: A female sideman.
- sidework noun: Work done by a waiter or a bartender in a restaurant other than actually serving customers, such as stacking plates, rolling silverware, or preparing...
- sidewound noun, verb: A wound (injury) on someone's side.
- sidey adjective: Exhibiting side, or unjustified self-importance; arrogant.
- sideyard noun: A yard at the side of a building.
- sideyways adverb: Sideways.
- Sidgwick proper noun /ˈsɪdʒwɪk/: A surname
- Sidgwickian adjective: Relating to Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English utilitarian philosopher and economist.
- sidh noun: Alternative form of sidhe.
- sidha noun: Alternative form of siddha.
- sidhe noun /ʃiː/: Alternative letter-case form of sidhe (“fairy”)
- Sidhi proper noun: A district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Sidhu proper noun: A surname from Punjabi.
- Sidhuism noun: A characteristic one-liner spoken by the Indian cricket commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 1963).
- Sidibe proper noun: A surname from Fula.
- sidies noun: sideburns
- sidiki noun: Alternative form of sadiki.
- siding noun, verb /ˈsaɪdɪŋ/: A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
- sidinged adjective: Having a specified kind of siding.
- sidiqi noun: Alternative form of sadiki.
- Sidique proper noun: A male given name.
- siditty adjective: Alternative form of saditty.
- sidle noun, verb /ˈsaɪdl/: To (cause something to) move sideways.
- sidler noun: One who sidles.
- Sidley proper noun: A suburban village and ward on the northern outskirts of Bexhill, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7309).
- sidling adjective, adverb, noun, verb: Alternative spelling of sideling.
- sidlingly adverb: With a sidling motion.
- Sidman proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Sidmouth proper noun /ˈsɪdməθ/: A locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- siDNA noun: A class of short modified double-stranded DNA molecules, 8–64 base pairs in length.
- Sidney proper noun /ˈsɪdni/: An English habitational surname.
- Sidneyan adjective: Of or relating to Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), English poet and scholar.
- Sidon proper noun /ˈsaɪ.dən/: Former name of Saïda: a city in Lebanon; a former city-state in Phoenicia.
- sidonglobophobia noun: Sensory phobia of cotton or cotton balls.
- Sidonia proper noun /saɪ̯ˈdəʊ̯.ni.ə/: A female given name.
- Sidonian noun /saɪˈdəʊnɪ.ən/: A native or inhabitant of Sidon.
- Sidor proper noun: A surname.
- sidorenkite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic light pink mineral containing carbon, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
- Sidoti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- sidpietersite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
- sids noun: Acronym of sudden infant death syndrome.
- sidth noun /sɪdθ/: Depth or length, especially used of things hanging low, draping, or trailing
- Sidwell proper noun: A surname.
- sidwillite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.
- sie noun, pronoun, suffix, verb /saɪ/: To sink; fall; drop.
- Sieben proper noun: A surname from German.
- siebenbein noun: Synonym of heptad.
- Siebenbürgen Saxon noun: A Transylvanian Saxon.
- Siebenbürger Saxon noun: A Transylvanian Saxon.
- Sieber proper noun: A surname.
- Siebert proper noun: A surname.
- Siebold proper noun: A surname from German.
- Siebold's beech noun: Synonym of Japanese beech (“the tree Fagus crenata”).
- sieboldin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- Siefert proper noun: A surname.
- Sieg proper noun: A surname from German.
- Sieg Heil interjection, noun, verb: The greeting Sieg Heil, used by the Nazis, and by neo-Nazis and people comparing others to Nazis today.
- Sieg Heil salute noun: Synonym of Nazi salute.
- Siegal proper noun: A surname.
- Siegbahn unit noun: Synonym of x unit.
- siege noun, verb /siːd͡ʒ/: A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- siege engine noun /ˈsiːd͡ʒ ˌɛnd͡ʒɪn/: A large weapon of war used during ancient and medieval times to batter fortifications, settlements, etc.; specifically, a trebuchet or other type of catapult.
- siege house noun: Alternative form of siegehouse: an outhouse.
- siege mentality noun: A collective feeling of victimization and defensiveness, in which a group of people believe themselves to be constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated in...
- siege piece noun: Synonym of obsidional coin (“a piece of gold or silver stamped as provisional legal tender in a besieged area”)
- siege tower noun: A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
- siege train noun: The materials carried by an army for the purpose of laying siege to a place.
- siege warfare noun: Warfare in which the defender is trapped in a position (such as a fort or castle) while the attacker bombards and/or barricades them from outside.
- siege weapon noun: A weapon (usually very large) used by the aggressor in siege warfare. Examples include trebuchets, catapults, cannon, etc.
- siegecraft noun: The science of besieging; warcraft of sieges.
- siegehouse noun: An outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
- Siegel proper noun: A surname from German.
- Siegel disc noun: A connected component in the Fatou set where the dynamics is analytically conjugate to an irrational rotation.
- Siegel disk noun: Alternative form of Siegel disc.
- Siegel zero noun: A type of potential counterexample to the generalized Riemann hypothesis, on the zeros of Dirichlet L-function.
- siegeless adjective: Without a siege.
- siegelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a siege.
- Siegen proper noun: A city, the administrative seat of Siegen-Wittgenstein district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- siegenite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing cobalt, nickel, and sulfur.
- Siegenthaler proper noun: A surname from German.
- sieger noun: A besieger.
- Siegert proper noun: A surname.
- siegework noun: A temporary fort where siege guns were mounted.
- Siegfried proper noun /ˈsɪɡ.fɹiːd/: A hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.
- Siegle proper noun: An Ashkenazi surname from German of Bavarian origin, a less common spelling of Siegel
- Siegler proper noun: A surname.
- Siegrist proper noun: A surname.
- Sieh proper noun: A surname.
- sieidi noun: Among the Sami people, a special site where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits.
- Siekopai noun: Synonym of Secoya.
- sieleckiite noun: A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- SIEM noun: Initialism of security information and event management.
- siemens noun /ˈsiːmənz/: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical conductance; the electric conductance in a body that has a resistance of one ohm.
- Siemens-Martin steel noun: open-hearth steel
- Siemens star noun: A radial, sunburst-like test target used to measure the resolution and image quality of optical instruments, cameras, scanners, and printers.
- Siemer proper noun: A surname.
- Siemon proper noun: A surname from German.
- Siena proper noun /siˈɛnə/: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
- Sienese adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
- sienite noun: Alternative form of syenite.
- sienitic adjective: Alternative form of syenitic.
- Sienkiewicz proper noun: A surname.
- sienna adjective, noun /siˈɛn.ə/: A form of clay containing iron and manganese.
- Siennese adjective: Alternative spelling of Sienese.
- SIer noun /ɛsˈaɪə(ɹ)/: A systems integrator.
- sierolomorphid noun: Any wasp in the family Sierolomorphidae.
- sierozem noun: A kind of brownish-grey desert soil.
- Sierpinski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Sierpinski carpet noun: A plane fractal, a generalization of the Cantor set to two dimensions, formed by repeated subdivision of a square.
- Sierpinski cube noun: Synonym of Sierpinski sponge.
- Sierpinski curve noun: Any of a recursively defined sequence of continuous closed plane fractal curves which, in the limit n→∞, completely fill the unit square.
- Sierpinski gasket noun: The Sierpinski triangle.
- Sierpinski number noun: An odd natural number k such that k×2ⁿ+1 is composite for all natural numbers n.
- Sierpinski space noun: A two-point Alexandrov-discrete space.
- Sierpinski sponge noun: The three-dimensional extension of the Sierpinski carpet.
- Sierpinski triangle noun: A fractal consisting of three copies of itself, shrunk to half size, arranged in a triangular shape without rotating.
- sierra noun /siˈɛɹə/: A rugged range of mountains.
- Sierra Leone peach noun: Synonym of African peach.
- Sierra Leonean adjective, noun: From or of Sierra Leone.
- Sierra Leonian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Sierra Leonean.
- Sierra Miwok noun: The linguistic divisions of Miwok people who resided in the western foothills Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (often sub-divided on maps as Northern...
- Sierra Nevada brushfinch noun: Arremon basilicus, a species of brushfinch.
- Sierra plum noun: A shrub or small tree native to northern California and southern Oregon, Prunus subcordata, sometimes grown for its edible fruit.
- Sierra shrew noun: The shrew Sorex madrensis.
- Sierran adjective, noun: Of or relating to Sierra Nevada.
- Sierre proper noun: A municipality and district in Valais canton, Switzerland.
- sies interjection, noun, suffix, verb /ziz/: Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
- siesta noun, verb /siˈɛstə/: A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.
- sieva noun: A small variety of lima bean.
- sieva bean noun: Synonym of lima bean (“the fruit of this plant”)
- sievable adjective: Suitable for sieving.
- sieve noun, verb /sɪv/: A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid...
- sieve cell noun: One of the long, slender, conducting cells of the phloem that do not form a constituent element of a sieve tube, but which are provided with relatively...
- sieve element noun: Synonym of sieve-tube element.
- sieve number noun: Synonym of mesh number.
- sieve out verb: Synonym of sift out.
- sieve plate noun: A structure of tiny apertures present in adjacent sieve walls that enable the movement of fluids inside the phloem.
- sieve set noun: A device consisting of a stack of sieves of increasing fineness, shaken to sort gems by size.
- sieve theory noun: A set of general techniques for computing or estimating the size of sifted sets of integers.
- sieve-tube element noun: A type of sclerenchyma cell located in the phloem that is involved in the movement of carbohydrates.
- sieveable adjective: Alternative form of sievable.
- sieved adjective, verb: Passed through a sieve.
- sieveful noun: As much as a sieve can hold.
- sieveless adjective: Without a sieve.
- sievelike adjective: Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass
Part 91 · Part 93 · English words: S
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.