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Traditional English :: sciagraphy
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sciance.html - n. (also skiagraphy) the art of shading in drawing etc. sciagram n. sciagraph n. & v.tr. sciagraphic adj. [F sciagraphie f. L sciagraphia f. Gk skiagraphia f. skia shadow] |
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Traditional English :: sciamachy
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sciance.html - n.
(also skiamachy) formal 1 fighting with shadows.
2 imaginary or futile combat. [Gk skiamakhia (as SCIAGRAPHY, -makhia -fighting)] |
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Traditional English :: sciatic
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sciance.html - adj. 1 of the hip. 2 of or affecting the sciatic nerve. 3 suffering from or liable to sciatica. sciatic nerve the largest nerve in the human body, running from the pelvis to the thigh. sciatically adv. [F sciatique f. LL sciaticus f. L ischiadicus f. Gk iskhiadikos subject to sciatica f. iskhion hip-joint] |
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Traditional English :: sciatica
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sciance.html - n. neuralgia of the hip and thigh; a pain in the sciatic nerve. [ME f. LL sciatica (passio) fem. of sciaticus: see SCIATIC] |
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Traditional English :: sci-fi
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sciance.html - n.
(often attrib.) colloq. science fiction. [abbr.: cf. HI-FI] |
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Traditional English :: sciagraphy
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sciance.html - n. (also skiagraphy) the art of shading in drawing etc. sciagram n. sciagraph n. & v.tr. sciagraphic adj. [F sciagraphie f. L sciagraphia f. Gk skiagraphia f. skia shadow] |
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