Words Starting With SIL
Here's the list of all the 248 Words Starting With SIL in the English Language.
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| silver | 1. coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam 2. make silver in color More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silent | 1. marked by absence of sound 2. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silence | 1. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) 2. the absence of sound More Definitions → |
| silly | 1. a word used for misbehaving children 2. ludicrous, foolish More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silva | 1. the forest trees growing in a country or region More Definitions → |
| silhouette | 1. project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette 2. represent by a silhouette More Definitions → |
| silky | 1. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silently | 1. without speaking More Definitions → |
| silt | 1. become chocked with silt 2. mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silverware | 1. tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silenced | 1. reduced to silence More Definitions → |
| silvery | 1. resembling or reminiscent of silver 2. having the white lustrous sheen of silver More Definitions → |
| silicate | 1. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid More Definitions → |
| silks | 1. the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable More Definitions → |
| silage | 1. fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo More Definitions → |
| silliness | 1. a ludicrous folly 2. an impulsive scatterbrained manner More Definitions → |
| silken | 1. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk More Definitions → |
| silty | 1. full of silt More Definitions → |
| silex | 1. a pure form of finely ground silica More Definitions → |
| silkscreen | 1. print by silkscreen 2. 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 More Definitions → |
| silviculture | 1. the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests More Definitions → |
| siliceous | 1. relating to or containing or resembling silica More Definitions → |
| 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 More Definitions → |
| silesia | 1. a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings More Definitions → |
| silversmith | 1. someone who makes or repairs articles of silver More Definitions → |
| silverback | 1. an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back More Definitions → |
| silverfish | 1. silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing 2. a silvery variety of Carassius auratus More Definitions → |
| silicosis | 1. a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate More Definitions → |
| silvan | 1. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods 2. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions More Definitions → |
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