5-letter words starting with si
- sinal — of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- sinan — 1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- since — from then till now (often preceded by ever): He was elected in 1978 and has been president ever since.
- sinew — a tendon.
- singe — to burn superficially or slightly; scorch.
- singh — a title assumed by a Sikh when he becomes a full member of the community
- sinky — not firm underfoot
- sino- — Sino- is added to adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe relations between China and another country.
- sinon — a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- sinus — a curve; bend.
- sioux — Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- siped — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- siper — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sipid — having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- siple — Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sir's — a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir.
- sirds — Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
- sired — the male parent of a quadruped.
- siree — (used as an intensive with no or yes): Will I go there again? No, sirree!
- siren — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siret — a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- siris — lebbek (def 1).
- sirts — Single Image Random Text Stereogram. (Or ASCII stereogram).
- sirup — to bring to the form or consistency of syrup.
- sisal — Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sises — sister.
- sissy — Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate boy or man.
- sitar — a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sited — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- sites — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- sithe — to sigh
- sitka — a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- sito- — food
- situs — position; situation.
- sivan — the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- sivas — Shiva.
- sixer — a cardinal number, five plus one.
- sixmo — a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into six leaves or twelve pages, each one sixth the size of the sheet
- sixte — the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- sixth — next after the fifth; being the ordinal number for six.
- sixty — a cardinal number, ten times six.
- sizar — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- sized — having size as specified (often used in combination): middle-sized.
- sizer — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.