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Traditional English :: syne
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syne.html - adv.,
conj., & prep. Sc. since. [contr. f. ME sithen SINCE] |
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Traditional English :: synecdoche
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syne.html - n. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (e.g. new faces at the meeting; England lost by six wickets). synecdochic adj. [ME f. L f. Gk sunekdokhe (as SYN-, ekdokhe f. ekdekhomai take up)] |
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Traditional English :: synecology
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syne.html - n. the ecological study of plant or animal communities. synecological adj. synecologist n. |
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Traditional English :: syneresis
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syne.html - US var. of SYNAERESIS. |
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Traditional English :: synergism
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syne.html - n. (also synergy) the combined effect of drugs, organs, etc., that exceeds the sum of their individual effects. synergetic adj. synergic adj. synergistic adj. synergistically adv. [Gk sunergos working together (as SYN-, ergon work)] |
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Traditional English :: synergist
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syne.html - n.
a medicine or a bodily organ (e.g. a muscle) that cooperates with another or others. |
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