Syndactylous
Syn‐dac″tyl‐ous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Syndesmography
Syn′des‐mog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. � band, bond + -graphy.] A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.
Syndesmology
Syn′des‐mol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � band, bond + -logy.] That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.
Syndesmosis
‖Syn′des‐mo″sis (?), n.; pl.Syndesmoses (#). (Anat.) An articulation formed by means of ligaments.
Syndetic
{ Syn‐det″ic (?), Syn‐det″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �, from � to bind together; σύν with + � to bind; cf. Asyndetic.] Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; synd...
Syndic
Syn″dic (?), n. [L. syndictus, Gr. � helping in a court of justice, advocate; σύν with + � justice, akin to � to show: cf. F. syndic. See Teach.] 1. An officer of government, in...
Syndic (2)
Syn″dic (?), n.(Civil Law) One appointed to manage an estate, essentially as a trustee, under English law.
Syndical
Syn″dic‐al (?), a. 1. Consisting of, or pert. to, a syndic.2. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, syndicalism.
Syndicalism
Syn″dic‐al‐ism (?), n. [F. syndicalisme.] The theory, plan, or practice of trade-union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Confédération Générale du Trav...
Syndicalist
Syn″dic‐al‐ist, n. One who advocates or practices syndicalism. — Syn′dic‐al‐is″tic (#), a.
Syndicate
Syn″di‐cate (?), n. [Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.] 1. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics. Bp. Burnet.2. An association of persons official...
Syndicate (2)
Syn″di‐cate (?), v. t. [LL. syndicatus, p. p. of syndicare to censure.] To judge; to censure.
Syndicate (3)
Syn″di‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.-cated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.-cating (?).] 1. To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.2. To acquire or control for or by, or to subj...
Syndicate (4)
Syn″di‐cate, v. i. To unite to form a syndicate.
Syndication
Syn′di‐ca″tion (?), n. Act or process of syndicating or forming a syndicate.
Syndrome
‖Syn″dro‐me (?), n. [NL., from Gr. �; σύν with + � a course, a running.] Concurrence. Glanvill.
Syndyasmian
Syn′dy‐as″mi‐an (?), a. [Gr. συνδυασμόσ a pairing, fr. συνδυάζειν to pair.] Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; — said of animals during periods of procreation...
Syne
Syne (?), adv. [See Since.] 1. Afterwards; since; ago. R. of Brunne.2. Late, — as opposed to soon.shall be discovered either soon or syne. W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace).
Syne (2)
Syne, conj. Since; seeing.
Synecdoche
Syn‐ec″do‐che (sĭn‐ĕk″dō̍‐kē̍), n. [L. synecdoche, Gr. συνεκδοχή, fr. to receive jointly; σύν with + � to receive; � out + � to receive.] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a pa...
Synecdochical
Syn′ec‐doch″ic‐al (?), a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for ...
Synecdochically
Syn′ec‐doch″ic‐al‐ly, adv. By synecdoche.
Synechia
‖Syn‐e″chi‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to hold together; σύν with + � to hold.] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of th...
Synecphonesis
‖Syn‐ec′pho‐ne″sis (?), n.(Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.
Synedral
Syn‐e″dral (?), a. [Gr. � sitting with; σύν with + ἕδρα seat.] (Bot.) Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.
Synentognathi
‖Syn′en‐tog″na‐thi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. σύν with + εντὄσ within + γνάθοσ jaw.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, a...
Synepy
Syn″e‐py (?), n. [Gr. �; σύν with + � a word.] (Rhet.) The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.