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Synecdochical
- adjective - using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech"
Synecphonesis
- - A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.
Synentognathi
- noun - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
Synodic Month
- noun - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
Syntactically
- adverb - with respect to syntax; "syntactically ill-formed"
Syntacticians
- noun - a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
Synthetically
- adverb - by synthesis; in a synthetic manner; "some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically"
Syphilization
- - Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.
Syphilologist
- - One skilled in syphilology.
Syrian Desert
- noun - a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia