English words: silent mode to sillometer

300 English words, part 95 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.

English words silent mode to sillometer

silent mode noun: A setting available on mobile phones and pagers that, when activated, disables the ringtones and, in some cases, also the vibrating alerts or alarm.
silent movie noun: Synonym of silent film
silent mutation noun: A mutation in DNA that does not have an observable effect on the organism's phenotype.
silent number noun: A telephone number not listed in the directory.
silent partner noun: A partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business.
silent picture noun: Synonym of silent film.
silent policeman noun: A small traffic bollard in the middle of an intersection.
silent rave noun: Synonym of silent disco.
Silent Sam noun /ˌsaɪlənt ˈsæm/: A person who seldom or never speaks; a taciturn or unresponsive individual.
silent service noun: The submarine service.
silent treatment noun: A form of communication refusal where one person deliberately ignores or withholds interaction from another, often in order to express anger, disapproval,...
silent vote noun: The vote of a person whose choice or intention is not publicly known or previously expressed.
silent whistle noun: Synonym of dog whistle (“high-pitched whistle”).
silential adjective: silent
silentiary noun: A person who keeps silent, especially from religious motives.
silentious adjective /saɪˈlɛn.ʃəs/: Habitually taciturn; prone to silence.
silentiously adverb: In a manner marked by silence or laconism
silentiousness noun: The state or condition of being silentious; a tendency to be quiet and uncommunicative.
silentish adjective: Somewhat silent.
silently adverb /ˈsaɪləntli/: In a silent manner; making no noise.
silentness noun: silence
Silenus proper noun /saɪˈliːnəs/: A companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.
Sileo proper noun: A surname.
silepin noun: A seven-membered unsaturated ring molecule containing a silicon atom.
Siler proper noun: A surname.
silesaurid noun: Any extinct reptile in the family Silesauridae.
silesia noun: Silesian textile made of flax or cotton.
Silesian adjective, noun /saɪˈliːzi.ən/: Of or pertaining to Silesia.
Silesian German noun: A nearly extinct West Germanic language (group of Central German dialects), formerly spoken in Silesia, chiefly Lower Silesia (now Poland), and among the...
Silesianness noun: The quality of being Silesian.
siletane noun: A saturated heterocycle having three carbon atoms and one silicon atom; any derivative of this compound
Siletz noun: A Native American tribe from Oregon.
silex noun /ˈsaɪlɛks/: Flint.
silexite noun: Synonym of quartzolite.
silflay noun /ˈsɪlf.leɪ/: The act of eating outdoors.
silgreen noun: Alternative form of sengreen.
Silhillian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Solihull, England.
silhouet noun: Alternative spelling of silhouette.
silhouette noun, verb /ˌsɪlʊˈɛt/: An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece...
silhouettist noun: A person who creates silhouettes.
silhouettograph noun: An instrument for outlining the human body in order to gauge posture etc.
silhydrite noun: An orthorhombic white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
silibinin noun: The major active constituent of silymarin, believed to possess hepatoprotective properties.
silica noun /ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/: Silicon dioxide.
silica gel noun: A granular, porous form of silica made synthetically from sodium silicate and used as a desiccant.
silica glass noun: Any of various types of glass containing primarily silica in amorphous (non-crystalline) form.
silica group noun: A large group of silicate minerals having a silicon to oxygen ratio of 1:2. This group includes many silicates of sodium, potassium, calcium, and aluminum...
silicaceous adjective: Synonym of siliceous.
silicalite noun: A polymorph of silica having a structure analogous to the zeolites
silicane noun: Synonym of silane.
silicasome noun: A tiny container, made from silica, used for drug-delivery in chemotherapy
silicate noun /ˈsɪlɪkət/: Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.
silicate planet noun: A terrestrial planet composed mostly of silicate minerals.
silicated adjective: Containing silicate or silica
silicatein noun: An enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures
silicatian adjective: Containing silicate anions.
silication noun: Any process that adds silicon to a material.
silicatization noun: silicification
silicatize verb: To silicify.
silicene noun: A monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.
siliceous adjective /sɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/: Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica or silicates.
siliceousness noun: The condition of being siliceous
silici- prefix: silex
silician adjective: Containing silicon (especially when this replaces another element).
silicic adjective: of, related to, or derived from silica
silicic acid noun: any of a range of compounds, being hydrates of silica; they form silicates having complex polymeric structures
silicicalcareous adjective: Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
siliciclastic adjective, noun: Describing clastic rocks that bear quartz or similar silicate minerals
silicicole noun: Any silicicolous organism.
silicicolous adjective: That lives in a siliceous environment
silicidation noun: The formation of a silicide.
silicide noun: Any compound of silicon with a more electropositive element
silicidize verb: To convert into a silicide.
siliciferous adjective: yielding or bearing silica
silicification noun: Impregnation with silica; petrification.
silicified adjective, verb: Combined with silicon.
silicifier noun: A living organism that builds structures from silica.
silicify verb: to impregnate something with silica.
silicious adjective: Alternative spelling of siliceous.
silicisation noun: Alternative spelling of silicization.
silicisponge noun: Any sponge having a silica skeleton
silicited adjective: silicified
silicium noun: The chemical element silicon.
siliciureted adjective: Alternative form of siliciuretted.
siliciuretted adjective: Combined or impregnated with silicon.
silicization noun: the conversion of something into, or the reaction of something with silicon or silica
silicle noun: A short silique, such as the seed capsule (fruit) of shepherd's purse.
silico- prefix: silicon, silicone
silico-borocalcite noun: Synonym of howlite.
silicoaluminate noun: Synonym of aluminosilicate.
silicoaluminophosphate noun: A mixed silicate and aluminophosphate
silicoated adjective: Having undergone the silicoating process.
silicoating noun: A technique for resin-metal bonding in dental prosthetics, involving silicon.
silicocarbonatite noun: A carbonatite that is rich in sodium.
silicochloroform noun: The silicon analog of chloroform SiHCl₃
silicoelastic adjective: elastic and manufactured from silicone
silicoethane noun: The silane SiH₃-SiH₃
silicoflagellate noun: Any of many unicellular heterokont marine algae, of the order Dictyochales, that have a silica skeleton
silicofluoric adjective: Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine.
silicofluoride noun: A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.
silicofluoroform noun: The compound SiHF₃ analogous to fluoroform
silicomanganese noun: An alloy consisting mainly of manganese and silicon.
silicomethane noun: Synonym of monosilane.
silicomolybdate noun: A yellow, complex oxyanion of silicate and molybdate; any salt containing this anion
silicomolybdic adjective: Relating to silicomolybdic acid and its derivatives
silicon noun /ˈsɪlɪkən/: A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
silicon-28 noun: The major stable isotope of silicon, 2814Si, having fourteen protons and fourteen neutrons; it amounts to over 92% of the element in nature
silicon-29 noun: A minor stable isotope of silicon, 2914Si, having fourteen protons and fifteen neutrons; it amounts to almost 5% of the element in nature
silicon-30 noun: A minor stable isotope of silicon, 3014Si, having fourteen protons and sixteen neutrons; it amounts to 3% of the element in nature
silicon alkoxide noun: Any compound of general formula Si(OR)₄, the tetraalkyl orthosilicates; they react with water to for aerogels of silica.
silicon-based adjective: Based on silicon.
silicon bronze noun: A copper alloy composed mainly of copper, and usually 1.5 or 3 percent silicon.
silicon burning noun: the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x10⁹K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn...
silicon carbide noun: A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as...
silicon chip noun: A wafer of silicon on which an integrated circuit has been built; a microchip
silicon-controlled rectifier noun: a form of thyristor
silicon copper noun: An alloy of about two-thirds copper and one-third silicon, used to free molten copper or brass from oxygen.
silicon curtain noun: A legal barrier to the transfer of technology and the sale of advanced computer equipment between China and the West.
silicon dioxide noun: A hard glassy mineral, SiO₂, occurring as quartz, sand, opal etc. Informally known as silica.
silicon disk noun: Synonym of RAM disk.
Silicon Dreams noun: The simple, surreal, or uncanny 3D computer graphics found in digital art, early animations, and video games from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s.
silicon ester noun: Any compound of silicon containing multiple alkoxide groups.
silicon germanide noun: The binary compound, SiGe of silicon and germanium; sometimes considered to be a simple alloy silicon germanium.
silicon germanium noun: An alloy of silicon and germanium used as a semiconductor.
silicon hydride noun: Any hydride of silicon; a silane.
silicon iron noun: Ferrosilicon.
silicon lottery noun: The uncertainty surrounding microprocessors' overclocking potential, which is typically unknown to a consumer (so that, by chance, some get products that...
silicon monoxide noun: A chemical compound with the formula SiO. In the atmosphere it oxidizes quickly into SiO₂, but has been detected in stellar objects and has been described...
silicon nitride noun: An inorganic polymer, of empirical formula Si₃N₄, used in ceramics and some transistors.
silicon oxide noun: silicon dioxide (SiO₂), silica.
silicon oxycarbide noun: Synonym of oxycarbide glass.
silicon oxycarbide glass noun: Synonym of oxycarbide glass.
silicon photonics noun: The technology discipline related to production of optical switching electronic devices using integrated circuit manufacturing technology
silicon planet noun: a silicate planet
silicon rubber noun: Alternative spelling of silicone rubber.
silicon shield noun: The protection from military aggression believed to be afforded to Taiwan by its dominance in the global production of advanced semiconductor chips.
silicon spiegel noun: A compound of iron rich in manganese and silicon, useful in casting steel.
silicon steel noun: An alloy of iron and silicon that has important magnetic properties.
silicon tet noun: silicon tetrachloride
silicon tetrabromide noun: The binary compound of silicon and bromine SiBr₄.
silicon tetrachloride noun: The binary compound of silicon and chlorine SiCl₄.
silicon tetrafluoride noun: The binary compound of silicon and fluorine SiF₄, a colourless, poisonous gas with a pungent odour, used in the production of silicon semiconductors.
silicon wafer noun: A thin slice of silicon used to fabricate semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits.
siliconated adjective: Reacted or treated with elemental silicon
silicone adjective, noun, verb /ˈsɪlɪkəʊn/: Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used...
silicone grease noun: A waterproof grease made by combining a silicone oil with a thickener.
silicone rubber noun: A variety of synthetic polymeric silicones having physical properties similar to natural rubber but increased chemical stability
silicone spray noun: A type of clear, self-drying spray that reduces friction between materials.
silicones noun, verb: plural of silicone
siliconise verb: Alternative spelling of siliconize.
siliconised adjective, verb: Alternative form of siliconized.
Siliconite noun: A person who lives or works in Silicon Valley.
siliconization noun: The process of siliconizing.
siliconize verb: To treat or coat with silicone.
siliconized adjective, verb: Treated or coated with silicone.
siliconlike adjective: Resembling silicon.
silicononane noun: Silicon tetraethyl.
siliconosis noun: An illness caused by silicone gel.
silicophilous adjective: That lives in an environment rich in silicate rocks
silicophosphate noun: Synonym of phosphosilicate.
silicosiderosis noun: A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of mixed dust containing silica and iron.
silicosis noun: A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
silicotic adjective, noun: Of, relating to, or affected with silicosis.
silicotuberculosis noun: silicosis-related tuberculosis.
silicotuberculotic adjective: Of or pertaining to silicotuberculosis.
silicotungstate noun: Any salt or ester of silicotungstic acid.
silicotungstic adjective: Relating to the silicotungstic acids
silicotungstic acid noun: The most commonly encountered heteropoly acid, widely used in heterogeneous catalysts.
silicristin noun: A particular flavonoid and hepatoprotective.
silicula noun: Alternative spelling of silicle.
silicular adjective: Relating to a silicle.
silicule noun: Alternative spelling of silicle.
siliculose adjective: Bearing silicles.
silicum noun: silicon
silicyne noun: an allotrope of silicon, consisting of a long chain of silicon atoms linked together with either (1) disilene units [ ...=Si=Si=Si=...] or (2) disilyne units
silidianin noun: A flavonolignan found in milk thistle.
silification noun: Alternative form of silicification.
Siliguri proper noun /ˈsɪliˌɡʊəɹi/: A large city in northern West Bengal, India.
silinaite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
silinane noun: A saturated heterocycle that has five carbon atoms and a silicon atom
siline noun: Synonym of silabenzene
siling labuyo noun: A small chili pepper cultivar that developed in the Philippines after the Columbian Exchange, belonging to the species Capsicum frutescens and characterized...
silipide noun /ˈsɪlɪpaɪd/: A complex of silymarin and phosphatidylcholine, approximately ten times more bioavailable than silymarin.
siliqua noun: Alternative form of silique.
siliquaceous adjective: Having siliques.
siliquariid noun: Any of the family Siliquariidae of sea snails.
silique noun /ˈsɪlɪk/: A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.
siliquiferous adjective: Bearing a silique.
siliquiform adjective: Having the form of a silique.
siliquose adjective: Bearing siliques.
siliquous adjective: siliquose
Silistra proper noun: A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
silite noun: a clear RTV silicone sealant, used for bonding, sealing and caulking
silk noun, verb /sɪlk/: A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
silk-cotton tree noun: Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
silk elevator noun: A parachute.
silk hat noun: A top hat made of silk.
silk moss noun: A moss of genus Plagiothecium.
silk oak noun: Alternative form of silky oak.
silk paper noun: tissue paper
silk press noun: A method of straightening hair using heat.
Silk Road disease noun: Synonym of Behçet's disease.
silk screen noun: Alternative form of silkscreen.
silk screen effect noun: A visual phenomenon in which a viewer of a rear projection television screen sees the texture of the screen in front of the televised image.
silk-screen printing noun: A method of reproducing coloured artwork using a cut stencil attached to a stretched, fine-meshed silk screen
silk shag noun: A coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.
silk-stocking milk tea noun: A Hong Kong drink of strong Ceylon black tea with evaporated milk or condensed milk.
silk tree noun: an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizia julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of...
silkaline noun: A soft light cotton fabric resembling silk.
silken adjective, verb /ˈsɪlkən/: Made of silk.
silken tofu noun: A soft, moist form of tofu that has not been drained or pressed.
Silken Windhound noun: A sighthound bred in the United States.
silkenly adverb: In a silken manner.
silker noun: Someone who works with silk such as an embroiderer.
silkette noun: A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk.
silkgrass noun: The flowering plant Yucca filamentosa.
silkgrower noun: A grower of silk.
silkgrowing noun: The (commercial) growing of silk.
silkie noun /ˈsɪlki/: A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four).
silkies noun: Silky lingerie.
silkily adverb: In a silky manner.
Silkin proper noun: A surname.
silkiness noun: The property of being silky.
silkless adjective: Lacking silk.
silklessness noun: Absence of silk.
silklike adjective: Synonym of silky, like silk.
silklined adjective: Having a lining made of silk.
silkman noun: A male dealer in silk.
silkmapin noun: A protein found in Hyriopsis cumingii and involved in nacre formation.
silkmoth noun: Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae...
silkness noun: silkiness
silkoline noun: Alternative form of silkaline.
silkpost noun, verb: A social media post, typically on Reddit, intended to, often humorously, deceive the reader about the Metroidvania video game Hollow Knight: Silksong (2025).
silkpunk noun /ˈsɪlk.pʌŋk/: A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with East Asian aesthetics and philosophy.
silkscreen noun, verb /ˈsɪlkˌskɹin/: A sheet of material (originally silk but now synthetic) with areas that are porous to ink and others that are non-porous to allow printing of images, such...
silkstone noun: binghamite
silktail noun: A bird of the genus Lamprolia endemic to Fiji, closely related to the fantails (Rhipidura).
silktassel noun: Any of the plants in the family Garryaceae: evergreen shrubs or small trees with opposite, simple leaves.
silktree noun: Alternative form of silk tree.
silkvine noun: Periploca graeca, a vine of Europe and the Middle East with fuzzy purple flowers.
silkware noun: Articles made from silk.
silkwear noun: Clothing made of silk.
silkweed noun: Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
silkwoman noun: A female dealer in silk.
Silkwood proper noun: A surname.
silkwork noun: Goods or products manufactured from silk
silkworks noun: A silk manufactory.
silkworm noun /ˈsɪlkwɜːm/: Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
silkworm moth noun: A domestic silk moth, of species Bombyx mori
silky adjective, noun /ˈsɪlki/: Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
silky ant noun: Any member of the species Formica fusca of black ants commonly found throughout Europe as well as parts of southern Asia and Africa.
silky anteater noun: Any species of anteater in the genus Cyclopes.
silky beech noun: Any member of the species Citronella moorei of rainforest tree of eastern Australia.
silky-flycatcher noun: Any member of the family Ptiliogonatidae of passerine birds.
silky-haired adjective: Having hair that resembles silk.
silky lacewing noun: Any insect of the family Psychopsidae.
silky mama noun: Silky mom.
silky mom noun: A mother who prefers a style of parenting that utilises modern technology and parenting conveniences, such as modern medicine, infant formula and disposable...
silky oak noun: Any of various trees and large shrubs in the family Proteaceae, especially Grevillea robusta or Cardwellia sublimis.
silky smooth adjective: Extremely smooth
silky soft adjective: Synonym of soft as silk.
Silky Terrier noun: A small, short-legged breed of dog of the terrier type, with a long silky grey and white or blue and tan coat.
silky willow noun: Any member of the species Salix sericea of shrubs of eastern North America bearing white silky hairs.
silky wisteria noun: Any member of the species Wisteria brachybotrys of fabaceous flowering plants of Japan.
silkyscale noun: A grass of the genus Anthaenantia, native to the Americas.
sill adjective, noun /sɪl/: A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
Silla proper noun: An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of...
silladar noun: A member of a troop of irregular cavalry.
sillage noun: The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume.
sillaginid noun: Any in the family Sillaginidae of fishes.
sillago noun: Any fish of the genus Sillago.
sillahdar noun: Alternative form of silladar.
Sillan adjective: Of or relating to Silla.
Sillars proper noun: A surname.
sillcock noun: A faucet designed to be installed horizontally on the outside wall of a building, typically to attach a garden hose.
sillcock key noun: A key (wrench) used to operate the type of sillcock that is built without a handle so as to discourage casual unauthorized use or misuse.
silled adjective: Furnished with a sill.
silledar noun: Alternative form of silladar.
Sillem's rosefinch noun: A species of fringilline finch, Carpodacus sillemi, of remote western China.
sillenite noun: A cubic mineral with the chemical formula Bi₁₂SiO₂₀, typically found in association with bismuthite.
Siller proper noun: A surname.
Sillery noun: A kind of champagne produced near Reims.
sillgreen noun: Alternative form of sengreen.
sillies noun: plural of silly
sillification noun: The process of making something silly.
sillikin noun: Alternative form of sillykin.
sillily adverb /ˈsɪlɪli/: In a silly manner; foolishly.
Silliman proper noun: A surname.
sillimanite noun: A fibrous neosilicate mineral, polymorphic with andalusite and kyanite, with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₅.
sillimanitic adjective: Relating to a sillimanite.
silliness noun /ˈsɪlinɪs/: That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
sillion noun /ˈsɪlɪən/: The thick, voluminous, and shiny soil turned over by a plow.
Sillitoe proper noun: A surname.
Sillman proper noun: A surname from German.
sillock noun /ˈsɪ.lək/: A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.
sillograph noun: A satirist.
sillographer noun: Synonym of sillograph (“satirist”).
sillographist noun: Synonym of sillograph (“satirist”).
Sillok noun: An ethnic group of Sudan, living in Blue Nile state.
sillometer noun: A 19th-century device for measuring the speed of a ship without using a log-line.

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.