Nouns Starting With SIL

Here's the list of all the 177 Nouns Starting With SIL in the English Language.

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silver
1. a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
2. coins made of silver
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silk
1. a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
2. animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
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silicon
1. a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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silence
1. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
2. the absence of sound
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silly
1. a word used for misbehaving children
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silicone
1. any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation
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silva
1. the forest trees growing in a country or region
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silhouette
1. an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
2. a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
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silica
1. a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
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silt
1. mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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sill
1. structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
2. (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
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silverware
1. tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
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silo
1. a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
2. military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired
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silencer
1. short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
2. a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
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silicate
1. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
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silks
1. the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable
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silage
1. fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
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silliness
1. a ludicrous folly
2. an impulsive scatterbrained manner
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silex
1. a pure form of finely ground silica
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silkscreen
1. a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
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silviculture
1. the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests
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silkworm
1. the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk
2. larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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silesia
1. a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings
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silversmith
1. someone who makes or repairs articles of silver
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silverback
1. an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
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silverfish
1. silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
2. a silvery variety of Carassius auratus
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silicosis
1. a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
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silvan
1. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
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