SYNTHETICALLY — SYZYGY NWAD SYNTHETICALLY.1

SYNTHETICALLY, adv. By synthesis; by composition. NWAD SYNTHETICALLY.1

SYNTHETIZE, v.t. To unite in regular structure. [Not much used.] NWAD SYNTHETIZE.1

SYNTONIC, a. [Gr. with, and tone.] In music, sharp; intense. NWAD SYNTONIC.1

SYPHILIS. [See Siphilis.] NWAD SYPHILIS.1

SYPHON, n. [Gr.] A tube or pipe. More correctly siphon, which see. NWAD SYPHON.1

SYRIAC, n. The language of Syria, especially the ancient language of that country. NWAD SYRIAC.1

SYRIAC, a. [from Syria.] Pertaining to Syria, or its language; as the Syriac version of the Pentateuch; Syriac Bible. NWAD SYRIAC.2

SYRIACISM, n. A Syrian idiom. NWAD SYRIACISM.1

SYRIAN, a. Pertaining to Syria. NWAD SYRIAN.1

SYRIANISM, n. A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity in the Syrian language. NWAD SYRIANISM.1

SYRIASM, n. The same as syrianism. NWAD SYRIASM.1

SYRINGA, n. [Gr. a pipe.] A genus of plants, the lilac. NWAD SYRINGA.1

SYRINGE, n. syr’inj. [supra.] An instrument for injecting liquids into animal bodies, into wounds, etc.; or an instrument in the form of a pump, serving to imbibe any fluid, and then to expel it with force. NWAD SYRINGE.1

SYRINGE, v.t. To inject by means of a pipe or syringe; to wash and cleanse by injections from a syringe. NWAD SYRINGE.2

SYRINGOTOMY, n. [Gr. a pipe, and to cut.] The operation of cutting for the fistula. NWAD SYRINGOTOMY.1

SYRTIS, n. [L.] A quicksand. [Not English.] NWAD SYRTIS.1

SYRUP. [See Sirup.] NWAD SYRUP.1

SYSTASIS, n. [Gr.] The consistence of a thing; constitution. [Little used.] NWAD SYSTASIS.1

SYSTEM, n. [L. systema; Gr. to set.] NWAD SYSTEM.1

1. An assemblage of things adjusted into a regular whole; or a whole plan or scheme consisting of many parts connected in such a manner as to create a chain of mutual dependencies; or a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing. Thus we say, a system of logic, a system of philosophy, a system of government, a system of principles, the solar system, the Copernican system, a system of divinity, a system of law, a system of morality, a system of husbandry, a system of botany or of chimistry. NWAD SYSTEM.2

2. Regular method or order. NWAD SYSTEM.3

3. In music, an interval compounded or supposed to be compounded of several lesser intervals, as the fifth octave, etc. the elements of which are called diastems. NWAD SYSTEM.4

SYSTEMATICICAL, a. Pertaining to system; consisting in system, methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. NWAD SYSTEMATICICAL.1

1. Proceeding according to system or regular method; as a systematic writer. NWAD SYSTEMATICICAL.2

SYSTEMATICALLY, adv. In the form of a system; methodically. NWAD SYSTEMATICALLY.1

SYSTEMATIST, n. One who forms a system, or reduces to system. NWAD SYSTEMATIST.1

SYSTEMIZATION, n. [from systemize.] The act or operation of systemizing; the reduction of things to system or regular method. NWAD SYSTEMIZATION.1

SYSTEMIZE, v.t. To reduce to system or regular method; as, to systemize the principles of moral philosophy; to systemize plants or fossils. NWAD SYSTEMIZE.1

SYSTEMIZED, pp. Reduced to system or method. NWAD SYSTEMIZED.1

SYSTEMIZER, n. One who reduces things to system. NWAD SYSTEMIZER.1

SYSTEMIZING, ppr. Reducing to system or due method. NWAD SYSTEMIZING.1

SYSTEM-MAKER, n. One who forms a system. NWAD SYSTEM-MAKER.1

SYSTEM-MONGER, n. One given to the forming of systems. NWAD SYSTEM-MONGER.1

SYSTOLE, SYSTOLY, n. [Gr. to contract; to send.] NWAD SYSTOLE.1

1. In grammar, the shortening of a long syllable. NWAD SYSTOLE.2

2. In anatomy, the contraction of the heart for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation. [See Diastole.] NWAD SYSTOLE.3

SYSTYLE, n. [Gr. with or together, and a column.] In architecture, the manner of placing columns, where the place between the two shafts consists of two diameters or four modules. NWAD SYSTYLE.1

SYTHE, n. [Heb. an ax.] NWAD SYTHE.1

1. An instrument for mowing grass, or cutting other grain or vegetables. It consists of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast to a handle, which in New England is called a snath, and which is bent into a convenient form for swinging the blade to advantage. The blade is hung to the snath at an acute angle. NWAD SYTHE.2

In mythology, Saturn or Time is represented with a sythe, the emblem of destruction. NWAD SYTHE.3

2. The curved sharp blade used anciently in war chariots. NWAD SYTHE.4

SYTHE, v.t. To mow. [Not in use.] NWAD SYTHE.5

SYTHED, a. Armed with sythes, as a chariot. NWAD SYTHED.1

SYTHEMAN, n. One who uses a sythe; a mower. NWAD SYTHEMAN.1

SYZYGY, n. [Gr. to join.] The conjunction or opposition of a planet with the sun, or of any two of the heavenly bodies. On the phenomena and circumstances of the syzygies, depends a great part of the lunar theory. NWAD SYZYGY.1