Webster's Dictionary 1913

5050

Silex

Si″lex (?), n.(Min.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.

5051

Silhouette

Sil′hou‐ette″ (?), n. [F.; — so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartme...

5052

Silhouette (2)

Sil′hou‐ette″, v. t. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. The Century.

5053

Silica

Sil″i‐ca (?), n. [NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.] (Chem.) Silicon dioxide, SiO�. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a...

5054

Silicate

Sil″i‐cate (?), n.[Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.) A salt of silicic acid.☞ In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic...

5055

Silicated

Sil″i‐ca′ted (?), a.(Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.Silicated soap, a hard soap containing silicate of soda.

5056

Silicatization

Sil′i‐ca‐ti‐za″tion (?), n. Silicification.

5057

Silicea

‖Si‐lic″e‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Silicoidea.

5058

Siliceous

Si‐li″ceous (?), a. [L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint.] Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. [Written also silisious.]

5059

Silicic

Si‐lic″ic (?), a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F. silicique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as,...

5060

Silicicalcareous

Si‐lic′i‐cal‐ca″re‐ous (?), a. Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.

5061

Silicide

Sil″i‐cide (?), n.(Chem.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.Hydrogen silicide(Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artificall...

5062

Siliciferous

Sil′i‐cif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -ferous.] Producing silica; united with silica.

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Silicification

Si‐lic′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [See Silicify.] (Chem.) Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, t...

5064

Silicified

Si‐lic″i‐fied (?), a.(Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.

5065

Silicify

Si‐lic″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Silicified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Silicifying (?).] [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.) To convert into, or to impreg...

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Silicify (2)

Si‐lic″i‐fy, v. i. To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.

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Silicioidea

‖Sil′i‐ci‐oi″de‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Silicoidea.

5068

Silicious

Si‐li″cious (?), a. See Siliceous.

5069

Silicispongiæ

‖Sil′i‐ci‐spon″gi‐æ (?), n. pl. [NL. See Silex, and Sponge.] (Zoöl.) Same as Silicoidea.

5070

Silicited

Si‐lic″it‐ed (?), a. Silicified.

5071

Silicium

Si‐lic″i‐um (?), n. See Silicon.

5072

Siliciureted

Si‐lic″i‐u‐ret′ed (?), a. [Written also siliciuretted.] (Old. Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon.Siliciureted hydrogen. (Chem.) Hydrogen silicide.

5073

Silicle

Sil″i‐cle (?), n. [L. silicula, dim. of siliqua a pod or husk: cf. F. silicule.] (Bot.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.

5074

Silico-

Sil″i‐co– (?). (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc.

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Silicofluoric

Sil′i‐co‐flu‐or″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides.Silicofluoric acid(Chem.), a compou...

5076

Silicofluoride

Sil′i‐co‐flu″or‐ide (?), n.(Chem.) A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.