Index of English words, starting with "sy"

(1) - Syriac (n.) The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.
(2) - Syriac (a.) Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch.

(1) - Syriacism (n.) A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.

(1) - Syrian (n.) A native of Syria.
(2) - Syrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.

(1) - Syringa (n.) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
(2) - Syringa (n.) A genus of plants; the lilac.

(1) - Syringe (v. t.) To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
(2) - Syringe (v. t.) To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water into a vein.
(3) - Syringe (n.) A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.