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Singsong
- adjective - a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
- informal group singing of popular songs
- move as if accompanied by a singsong; "The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain"
- speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
- uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking"
Singular
- adjective - being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
- composed of one member, set, or kind
- grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
- the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
- the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions"
- unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"
Sinicism
- - Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarity in manners or customs.
Sinigrin
- - A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
Sinister
- adjective - Dangerous
- on or starting from the wearer's left;
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable;
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
Sinkable
- adjective - capable of being sunk
Sinkhole
- noun - a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Sinkiang
- noun - an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
Sinkings
- noun - a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
- a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"
- a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"