sicario
hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels)

sicarios
plural of sicario

sideproduct
Byproduct.

sideproducts
plural of sideproduct

sideramine
Any of a group of fungal amines that bind ferric iron

sideramines
plural of sideramine

siderin
A coumarin derivative produced by the fungus Aspergillus versicolor.

siderism
A former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.

siderocalin
Any of a family of proteins, produced in the body following bacterial infection, that act against siderophores

siderocalins
plural of siderocalin

siderochrome
Synonym of siderophore.

siderochromes
plural of siderochrome

sideroflexin
Any of a family of mitochondrial tricarboxylate carrier proteins

sideroflexins
plural of sideroflexin

sideromelane
A basaltic glass often found in palagonite tuff.

sideromelanes
plural of sideromelane

siderophore
Any medium-sized molecule that has a high specificity for binding or chelating iron; they are employed by microorganisms to obtain iron from the environment
a siderophage

siderophores
plural of siderophore

siderophyre
A form of stony-iron meteorite that contains bronzite and tridymite minerals

siderophyres
plural of siderophyre

siderotype
A photographic print using a pigment based on iron

siderotypes
plural of siderotype

siderovar
A variant of an organism that has a specific siderophore population

siderovars
plural of siderovar

sideroxylonal
Any of a group of aldehydes derived from chromanone present in the leaves of Eucalyptus

sideroxylonals
plural of sideroxylonal

siglec
Any of a family of cell surface proteins that bind sialic acid

siglecs
plural of siglec

sigmodal
A barbiturate derivative formerly used in surgical anesthesia.

signalase
A peptidase that cleaves signal peptides from secreted proteins cotranslationally

signalases
plural of signalase

signalosome
Any of a group of proteins, complexes of which are involved in the regulation of protein degradation.

signalosomes
plural of signalosome

silaboration
Any addition reaction in which a silicon atom and a boron atom are added across a double bond or triple bond

silaborations
plural of silaboration

silacycle
Any organic heterocycle containing one or more silicon atom

silacycles
plural of silacycle

silacyclobutane
A saturated heterocycle having three carbon atoms and one silicon atom; any derivative of this compound

silacyclobutanes
plural of silacyclobutane

silacyclopentane
A saturated heterocycle that has four carbon atoms and a silicon atom

silacyclopentanes
plural of silacyclopentane

silaffin
A protein that acts as a matrix for the precipitation of silica in the cell walls of diatoms.

silaffins
plural of silaffin

silajit
Alternative form of shilajit.

silanation
Synonym of silanization.

silanations
plural of silanation

silane
Any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the paraffin hydrocarbons); especially the parent compound SiH₄.
Monosilane (SiH₄).
Any organic derivative of monosilane.

silanes
plural of silane

silanisation
Alternative form of silanization.

silanisations
plural of silanisation

silanization
The covering of a surface which contains hydroxyl groups (metal oxides, glass, etc) with a coating that contains silane-like molecules, thus making the surface chemically inert.

silanizations
plural of silanization

silanol
the silicon analogue of methanol SiH₃OH
any hydroxy derivative of a silane, especially hydrocarbyl derivatives R₃SiOH; an organosilanol

silanols
plural of silanol

silanyl
Synonym of silyl.

silanyls
plural of silanyl

silatrane
Any atrane having silicon as the heteroatom

silatranes
plural of silatrane

silcrete
An indurated duricrust formed when silica is dissolved and resolidifies as a cement.

silcretes
plural of silcrete

silepin
A seven-membered unsaturated ring molecule containing a silicon atom.

silepins
plural of silepin

siletane
A saturated heterocycle having three carbon atoms and one silicon atom; any derivative of this compound

siletanes
plural of siletane

silicalite
A polymorph of silica having a structure analogous to the zeolites

silicane
Synonym of silane.

silicanes
plural of silicane

silicatein
An enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures

silicateins
plural of silicatein

silicium
The chemical element silicon.

silicoaluminate
Synonym of aluminosilicate.

silicoaluminates
plural of silicoaluminate

silicoaluminophosphate
A mixed silicate and aluminophosphate

silicoaluminophosphates
plural of silicoaluminophosphate

silicochloroform
The silicon analog of chloroform SiHCl₃

silicoethane
The silane SiH₃-SiH₃

silicomanganese
An alloy consisting mainly of manganese and silicon.

silicomethane
Synonym of monosilane.

silicomolybdate
A yellow, complex oxyanion of silicate and molybdate; any salt containing this anion

silicomolybdates
plural of silicomolybdate

silicononane
Silicon tetraethyl.

silicrete
Misspelling of silcrete.

silicristin
A particular flavonoid and hepatoprotective.

silinane
A saturated heterocycle that has five carbon atoms and a silicon atom

silinanes
plural of silinane

silkmapin
A protein found in Hyriopsis cumingii and involved in nacre formation.

siloglycoprotein
Misspelling of sialoglycoprotein.

silole
A five-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and two double bonds; it is analogous to cyclopentadiene

silolene
Any unsaturated unicyclic heterocycle having four carbon atoms, one silicon atom and one double bond

silolenes
plural of silolene

siloles
plural of silole

silorane
Any of a class of resin-based composites with minimized shrinkage during polymerization; a combination of siloxanes (known for hydrophilicity) and oxiranes (known for low shrinkage and stability).

siloranes
plural of silorane

siloxane
Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains

siloxanes
plural of siloxane

siloxene
A compound of silicon, Si₆H₃(OH)₃, that has a planar structure

siloxenes
plural of siloxene

silphiperfolene
Any of a group of tricyclic sesquiterpenoid hydrocarbons (typically (3S,3aR,5aR,8S,8aS)-3,5a,7,8-tetramethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,8-hexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[h]pentalene)

silphiperfolenes
plural of silphiperfolene

siluciferase
smRNA luciferase

silumin
An alloy based upon silicon and aluminium.

silumins
plural of silumin

silverol
The antiseptic "silver sulfadiazine"

silvestrol
A benzofuran derivative, present in Aglaia foveolata, that inhibits Ebola virus

silyation
Reaction or treatment with silicon
Misspelling of silylation.

silyl
The radical SiH₃ derived from silane
Any similar radical in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups

silylalkyne
Any silane that also has an alkyne group

silylation
The introduction of one or more silyl groups into a molecule.

silylations
plural of silylation

silylbenzyl
Any silyl derivative of a benzyl group

silylbenzyls
plural of silylbenzyl

silylethynyloxybenzene
A silylethynyloxyarene in which the arene is benzene.

silylethynyloxybenzenes
plural of silylethynyloxybenzene

silylketene
Any silyl derivative of a ketene

silylketenes
plural of silylketene

silylphosphine
Any silyl derivative of a phosphine

silylphosphines
plural of silylphosphine

silyls
plural of silyl

similor
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.

sinapin
Alternative form of sinapine.

sinapine
An alkaloidal amine found in seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, syns. Rhamphospermum nigrum, Sinapis erysimoides, Sinapis tetraedra, etc.), considered a choline ester of sinapic acid.

sinapines
plural of sinapine

sinapisin
A substance extracted from mustard seed, probably identical with sinalbin.