Index of English words, starting with "si"

(1) - Sir (n.) A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
(2) - Sir (n.) An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
(3) - Sir (n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
(4) - Sir (n.) A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.

(1) - Sirdar (n.) A native chief in Hindostan; a headman.

(1) - Sire (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
(2) - Sire (n.) The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
(3) - Sire (n.) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
(4) - Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
(5) - Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
(6) - Sire (n.) A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.

(1) - Siren (a.) Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
(2) - Siren (n.) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
(3) - Siren (n.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
(4) - Siren (n.) A mermaid.
(5) - Siren (n.) Something which is insidious or deceptive.
(6) - Siren (n.) An enticing, dangerous woman.
(7) - Siren (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.