BASIN | • basin n. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall. • basin n. (Obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food. • basin n. A depression, natural or artificial, containing water. |
ELSIN | • elsin n. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A shoemaker’s awl. • ELSIN n. (Scots) an awl, also ELSHIN. |
EOSIN | • eosin n. (Organic chemistry) A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains. • EOSIN n. a red dye, also EOSINE. |
LYSIN | • lysin n. Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc. • LYSIN n. a substance capable of disintegrating bacteria. |
OPSIN | • opsin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. • OPSIN n. a protein which forms part of the visual pigment rhodopsin. |
RESIN | • resin n. A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees. • resin n. Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes… • resin n. Any synthetic compound of similar properties. |
ROSIN | • rosin n. (Organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. • rosin n. Resin. • rosin v. (Transitive) To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin. |
SASIN | • sasin n. Indian antelope; blackbuck. • SASIN n. (Nepali) the common Indian antelope. |
SINCE | • since adv. From a specified time in the past. • since prep. From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which… • since conj. From the time that. |
SINDS | • SIND v. (Scots) to rinse, wash out, also SINE, SYND, SYNE. |
SINED | • SINE v. (Scots) to rinse, wash out, also SIND, SYND, SYNE. |
SINES | • sines n. Plural of sine. • sines n. (Rare) pair of sixes of dice. • SINEs n. Plural of SINE. |
SINEW | • sinew n. (Anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body. • sinew n. A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument. • sinew n. (Figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength. |
SINGE | • singe v. (Transitive) To burn slightly. • singe v. (Transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame… • singe v. (Transitive) To remove the hair or down from (A plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame. |
SINGS | • sings v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sing. • sings n. Plural of sing. • SING v. to utter melodious musical sounds. |
SINHS | • sinhs n. Plural of sinh. • SINH n. a hyperbolic function of an angle. |
SINKS | • sinks n. Plural of sink. • sinks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sink. • Sinks prop.n. Plural of Sink. |
SINKY | • sinky adj. (Informal) Into which one can sink. • SINKY adj. yielding underfoot. |
SINUS | • sinus n. (Anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face… • sinus n. (Anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel. • sinus n. (Pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and… |
USING | • using v. Present participle of use. • using n. Use; utilization. • USE v. to put into service. |