displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

epicurean

luxuriant

luxurious

sybaritic

voluptuary

voluptuous

sample sentences

"an epicurean banquet"
"enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"
"Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"
"a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"

thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
<noun.plant>

Ficus sycomorus

mulberry fig

sycamore

sycamore fig

Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
<noun.plant>

Acer pseudoplatanus

great maple

scottish maple

sycamore

any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
<noun.plant>

plane tree

platan

sycamore

variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
<noun.plant>

lacewood

sycamore

thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
<noun.plant>

Ficus sycomorus

mulberry fig

sycamore

sycamore fig

the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
<noun.plant>

syconium

fawning obsequiousness
<noun.attribute>

sycophancy

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
<noun.person>

ass-kisser

crawler

lackey

sycophant

toady

attempting to win favor by flattery
<adj.all>

bootlicking

fawning

sycophantic

toadyish

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

bootlicking

fawning

obsequious

sycophantic

toadyish

a writing system whose characters represent syllables
<noun.communication>

syllabary

syllabic script

(of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable
<adj.all>

syllabic

sample sentences

"the syllabic `nl' in `riddle'"

consisting of a syllable or syllables
<adj.all>

syllabic

(of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
<adj.all>

syllabic

consisting of or using a syllabary
<adj.pert>

syllabic

sample sentences

"eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"

of or relating to syllables
<adj.pert>

syllabic

sample sentences

"syllabic accent"
"syllabic characters each represent a syllable"

a writing system whose characters represent syllables
<noun.communication>

syllabary

syllabic script

in or with syllables
<adv.all>

syllabically

sample sentences

"syllabically pronounced"

divide into syllables
<verb.contact>

syllabicate

syllabify

syllabise

syllabize

sample sentences

"syllabify the words"

forming or dividing words into syllables
<noun.act>

syllabication

syllabification

the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

syllabicity

forming or dividing words into syllables
<noun.act>

syllabication

syllabification

divide into syllables
<verb.contact>

syllabicate

syllabify

syllabise

syllabize

sample sentences

"syllabify the words"

utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
<verb.communication>

syllabise

syllabize

sample sentences

"The poet syllabized the verses he read"

divide into syllables
<verb.contact>

syllabicate

syllabify

syllabise

syllabize

sample sentences

"syllabify the words"

utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
<verb.communication>

syllabise

syllabize

sample sentences

"The poet syllabized the verses he read"

divide into syllables
<verb.contact>

syllabicate

syllabify

syllabise

syllabize

sample sentences

"syllabify the words"

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

syllable

sample sentences

"the word `pocket' has two syllables"

the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
<noun.cognition>

morphology

sound structure

syllable structure

word structure

pronounced in syllables
<adj.all>

syllabled

sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor
<noun.food>

sillabub

syllabub

spiced hot milk with rum or wine
<noun.food>

sillabub

syllabub

an integrated course of academic studies
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

course of study

curriculum

program

programme

syllabus

sample sentences

"he was admitted to a new program at the university"

use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
<noun.communication>

syllepsis

reason by syllogisms
<verb.cognition>

syllogise

syllogize

logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning
<noun.person>

syllogiser

syllogist

syllogizer

deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
<noun.cognition>

syllogism

logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning
<noun.person>

syllogiser

syllogist

syllogizer

of or relating to or consisting of syllogism
<adj.pert>

syllogistic

sample sentences

"syllogistic reasoning"

reason by syllogisms
<verb.cognition>

syllogise

syllogize