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- English Word Sylph Definition Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
- English Word Sylphid Definition A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
- English Word Sylphine Definition Like a sylph.
- English Word Sylphish Definition Sylphlike.
- English Word Sylphlike Definition Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
- English Word Sylva Definition Same as Silva.
- English Word Sylvae Definition of Sylva
- English Word Sylvan Definition Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
- English Word Sylvan Definition Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
- English Word Sylvan Definition A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
- English Word Sylvan Definition A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
- English Word Sylvanite Definition A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium.
- English Word Sylvanium Definition An old name for tellurium.
- English Word Sylvate Definition A salt of sylvic acid.
- English Word Sylvatic Definition Sylvan.
- English Word Sylvestrian Definition Sylvan.
- English Word Sylvic Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).
- English Word Sylvicoline Definition Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.
- English Word Sylviculture Definition The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
- English Word Sylviculturist Definition One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.
- English Word Sylvine Definition Alt. of Sylvite
- English Word Sylvite Definition Native potassium chloride.
- English Word Sym- Definition See Syn-.
- English Word Symar Definition Alt. of Symarr
- English Word Symarr Definition See Simar.
- English Word Symbal Definition See Cimbal.
- English Word Symbol Definition A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
- English Word Symbol Definition Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
- English Word Symbol Definition An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
- English Word Symbol Definition That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.