| silence |
the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence" the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" hush: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" muteness: a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising" secrecy: the trait of keeping things secret keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
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| silex |
a pure form of finely ground silica a vacuum coffee maker
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| silicon |
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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| silhouette |
an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette represent by a silhouette a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
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| silica gel |
a porous form of silica that is highly absorbent
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