Words containing s

Aaron's rod means: A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

Aaron's rod means: A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

Abaciscus means: One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

Abacist means: One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.

Abaculus means: A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

Abacuses means: of Abacus

Abacus means: A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.

Abacus means: A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.

Abacus means: The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

Abacus means: A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.