Vocabulary : Sinistrin to Sinned

Sinistrin : A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.
Sinistrorsal : Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
Sinistrorse : Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
Sinistrous : Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. ;; Wrong; absurd; perverse.
Sinistrously : In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily. ;; With a tendency to use the left hand.

Sink : The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River. ;; To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. ;; To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. ;; Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. ;; To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. ;; To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. ;; To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. ;; Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation. ;; To make (a de
Sinker : One who, or that which, sinks. ;; A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. ;; In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
Sinking : of Sink ;; a. & n. from Sink.
Sinless : Free from sin.
Sinned : of Sin

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