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  • silver book — (publication)   Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
  • silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
  • silver fern — a formalized spray of fern leaf, silver on a black background: the symbol of New Zealand sporting teams, esp the All Blacks
  • silver fizz — an alcoholic drink made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and egg white.
  • silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
  • silver gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
  • silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
  • silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
  • silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
  • silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
  • silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
  • silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • silver vine — a vine, Actinidia polygama, of eastern Asia, having fragrant, white flowers and yellow, edible fruit and, in the male plant, leaves with silvery-white markings.
  • silver-gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
  • silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
  • silver-grey — light grey that resembles silver
  • silverberry — a shrub, Elaeagnus commutata (or E. argentea), of north-central North America, having silvery leaves and flowers and silvery, drupelike edible fruit.
  • silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
  • silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
  • silversides — any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • silversmith — a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.
  • silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • silvester iSaint, died a.d. 335, pope 314–335.
  • silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
  • slave river — a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.
  • slaveringly — in a slavering manner
  • snail fever — schistosomiasis.
  • sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • springville — a town in central Utah.
  • subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supervirile — highly virile
  • supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
  • surveillant — exercising surveillance.
  • surveilling — to place under surveillance.
  • sylvester iSaint, died a.d. 335, pope 314–335.
  • sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
  • translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • ultra vires — beyond the legal power or authority of a person, corporation, agent, etc
  • universally — in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.
  • varicellous — of or relating to varicella or chicken pox
  • vascularize — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
  • vellus hair — short fine unpigmented hair covering the human body
  • ventriculus — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
  • veraciously — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
  • verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
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