synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
<noun.artifact>

dolophine hydrochloride

fixer

methadon

methadone

methadone hydrochloride

synthetic heroin

a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics
<noun.substance>

synthetic resin

any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
<noun.substance>

rubber

synthetic rubber

a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
<noun.substance>

synthetic

synthetic substance

the combination of ideas into a complex whole
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

synthesis

synthetic thinking

of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
<adj.all>

synthetic

synthetical

sample sentences

"`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis
<adj.all>

synthetic

synthetical

sample sentences

"limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch

by synthesis; in a synthetic manner
<adv.all>

synthetically

sample sentences

"some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically"

a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas
<noun.artifact>

synthetism

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
<noun.state>

lues

lues venerea

pox

syph

syphilis

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
<noun.state>

lues

lues venerea

pox

syph

syphilis

of or relating to or infected with syphilis
<adj.pert>

syphilitic

sample sentences

"syphilitic symptoms"

a person suffering from syphilis
<noun.person>

syphilitic

a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
<noun.animal>

siphon

syphon

a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube
<noun.artifact>

siphon

syphon

convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
<verb.motion>

siphon

siphon off

syphon

large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
<noun.plant>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

Philadelphus coronarius

mock orange

syringa

a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
<noun.artifact>

syringe

spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
<verb.contact>

syringe

the vocal organ of a bird
<noun.animal>

syrinx

a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
<noun.artifact>

pandean pipe

panpipe

syrinx

a thick sweet sticky liquid
<noun.food>

sirup

syrup

overly sweet
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cloying

saccharine

syrupy

treacly

with honey added
<adj.all>

honeyed

honied

syrupy

having a relatively high resistance to flow
<adj.all>

syrupy

viscous

instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 43

system

sample sentences

"he bought a new stereo system"
"the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23

scheme

system

sample sentences

"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14

system

sample sentences

"in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"
"a system generating hydrogen peroxide"

a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

system

system of rules

sample sentences

"they have to operate under a system they oppose"
"that language has a complex system for indicating gender"

an organized structure for arranging or classifying
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4

arrangement

organisation

organization

system

sample sentences

"he changed the arrangement of the topics"
"the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"
"he tried to understand their system of classification"

a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

system

sample sentences

"the body has a system of organs for digestion"

a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

system

sample sentences

"they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"

the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

system

sample sentences

"exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"

an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
<noun.attribute>

organisation

organization

system

sample sentences

"his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"
"we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"

a person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution)
<noun.person>

system administrator

an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
<noun.communication>

supervisor call instruction

system call

an electronic device in a computer that issues a steady high-frequency signal that synchronizes all the internal components
<noun.artifact>

system clock

a time-of-day clock in a computer system
<noun.artifact>

system clock

a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program
<noun.communication>

system command

an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules
<noun.communication>

system error

a system of reasoning
<noun.cognition>

logic

logical system

system of logic

a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
<noun.body>

MPS

mononuclear phagocyte system

system of macrophages

a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
<noun.quantity>

metric

system of measurement

any notation for the representation of numbers
<noun.communication>

number representation system

number system

numeration system

system of numeration