Words starting with silic
6 letter words starting with silic
- silic- — silico-
- silica — the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- silica gel — a highly adsorbent gelatinous form of silica, used chiefly as a dehumidifying and dehydrating agent.
- silica glass — a very clear, strong glass produced when pure silica is fused at high temperature, used as in optical instruments
7 letter words starting with silic
- silici- — indicating silica or silicon
- silicic — containing silicon.
- silicle — a short silique.
- silico- — silicon, silica
- silicon — a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
8 letter words starting with silic
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- silicide — a compound of two elements, one of which is silicon.
- silicify — to convert or be converted into silica
- silicium — silicon.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
9 letter words starting with silic
- silicates — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- siliceous — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
- silicious — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
- silicosis — a disease of the lungs caused by the inhaling of siliceous particles, as by stonecutters.
- silicotic — a person suffering from silicosis
10 letter words starting with silic
- siliculose — bearing silicles.
- silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
11 letter words starting with silic
- siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
12 letter words starting with silic
- silicicolous — thriving in siliceous soil
- siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
18 letter words starting with silic
- silicon-controlled rectifier — a semiconductor rectifier whose forward current between two electrodes, the anode and cathode, is initiated by means of a signal applied to a third electrode, the gate. The current subsequently becomes independent of the signal. It is a type of thyristor
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