Word Finder - sis

definition

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

example

My sister is always driving me crazy.

synonyms

• sis

definition

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

example

Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.

synonyms

• nun
• sistren

definition

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

definition

A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

synonyms

• charge nurse

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Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

example

Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.

definition

(sometimes capitalized) A black woman.

definition

A form of address to a woman.

example

What’s up, sister?

synonyms

• darling
• dear
• lady
• love
• miss
• pet

definition

A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

example

Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke.

definition

An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

example

sister city

synonyms

• affiliate
• affiliated

definition

A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

definition

(usually attributively) Something in the same class.

example

sister facility

Sis, I have no money, no passport, no identification, and I haven't eaten in a few days.

Sis, I need some help.

I'm not having a good turn, sis.

I.m impressed, little sis.

The clay soils of England, Agricul- the latent fertility of which was to be brought into 187 since Y g I sis.

Silicon sulphide, SiS 2, is formed by the direct union of silicon with sulphur; by the action of sulphuretted hydrogen on crystallized silicon at red heat (P. Sabatier, Comptes rendus, 1880, 90, p. 819); or by passing the vapour of carbon bisulphide over a heated mixture of silica and carbon.

North of the road between the two last places were Sision-Flaviopolis (Sis), Anazarbus (Anazarba) and Hierapolis-Kastabala (Budrum); and on the coast were Soli-Pompeiopolis, Mallus (Kara-tash), Aegae (Ayash), Issus, Baiae (Piyas) and Alexandria ad Issum (Alexandretta).

Levond (Leo) II., "the Great" (1185-1219), extended the kingdom beyond Mount Taurus and established the capital at Sis.

From the age of the crusades on, the Armenians of Cilicia, whose patriarch sat at Sis, improved their acquaintance with Rome; and more than one of their patriarchs adopted the Roman faith, at least in words.

A rival catholicus, with a small following, still has his cathedral and see at Sis.

The reign of Bibars was spent largely in successful wars against the Crusaders, from whom he took many cities, notably Safad, Caesarea and Antioch; the Armenians, whose territory he repeatedly invaded, burning their capital Sis; and the Seljukids of Asia Minor.

Its great natural strength and situation, not far from the mouth of the Sis pass, and near the great road which debouched from the Cilician gates, made Anazarbus play a considerable part in the struggles between the Byzantine empire and the early Moslem invaders.

As the weight of bleaching-powder consumed in the world is at most one-fifth of that of alkali, calculated as Na2C03, it follows that only about one-tenth of all the alkali required could be made by electrol y sis, even supposing the Leblanc process to be entirely abolished.

Subsequently Russia secured the submission of the independent catholicus of Sis, and thus acquired a power of interference in Armenian affairs in all parts of the world.

Don.t act so surprised your little sis did something right for once.

The SiS 5598 is not capable of supporting overlays but does support hardware gamma color correction in all color depths.

Regulations may limit project sis futon cover activity or.

The paper was once great but has long been heavily infiltrated by the SIS and the CIA.

But it's got infrared, and that helps a lot when i wana exchange stuffs between my cell n my sis's one.

My sis is getting married next year - possibly in Sri Lanka - and I wondered about the possibility of travel jabs.

They're both exactly matched to the SiS 5598 with the difference in name being made by different motherboard manufacturers.

The course will reflect the plurality of perspectives and approaches to the SIS subject matter.

Had sis told him there was no evidence of WMD, he might still have been justified in attacking Iraq.

For example, making sis under existing powers prevents the setting of penalties specific to a new offense.

When Van Meter's nephew, Bobby Keogh joins sis and becomes Perry's partner, the stakes are raised.

Don't tell big sis I gave this to you.

This is an updating service; new sis will be incorporated into the relevant section, repeals of SIs will be noted.

The combined professional management of Xansa and its R/3 product expertise stand out among other midsize sis.

For example, not all local sis are reproduced either on the Assembly or the HMSO sites.

We are therefore proceeding on the basis set out in the original consultation document, and have produced twelve draft sis set out in the original consultation document, and have produced twelve draft SIs.

On 24 April 2001 the SIS Agreement went unconditional.

Apparently, a team of SIS agents have had Mr Davis under round-the-clock surveillance for over a week now.

Had SIS told him there was no evidence of WMD, he might still have been justified in attacking Iraq.

For example, making SIs under existing powers prevents the setting of penalties specific to a new offense.

When Van Meter 's nephew, Bobby Keogh joins SIS and becomes Perry 's partner, the stakes are raised.

Do n't tell big sis I gave this to you.

This is an updating service; new SIs will be incorporated into the relevant section, repeals of SIs will be noted.

The combined professional management of Xansa and its R/3 product expertise stand out among other midsize SIs.

For example, not all local SIs are reproduced either on the Assembly or the HMSO sites.

Use the built-in File manager to navigate into ' Installed files ' and delete the SIS files, to reclaim the space.

The note says that it applies to VIA USB Controllers, but it can cure problems with SiS chipsets as well.

Little did he know that he was being followed every step by a team of undercover SIS agents !

Try our introduction packs to experience the benefits of SIS products.

We are therefore proceeding on the basis set out in the original consultation document, and have produced twelve draft SIs.

Incidentally, I was shown surveillance footage of you today by my contact in the SIS.

Lindsay's 14-year-old little sis Ali has dreams of becoming a Hollywood starlet and mom Dina is determined to help make her youngest daughter's dreams come true.

A few days before Jamie Lynn had her daughter, sometimes estranged big sis Britney flew from Los Angeles to her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana to give her little sis moral support.

It's not loaded, sis.

Sis, can you send me some money to get back?

God my 13 year old sis can understand LOTRs.