sister, sis
(noun) a female person who has the same parents as another person; “my sister married a musician”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sis (plural sises or sisses)
(informal) Clipping of sister.
• (sister): sissy
• ISS, SSI
SIS
(British) Initialism of Secret Intelligence Service.
Initialism of Schengen Information System.
(Secret Intelligence Service)
• MI6, Six, 6
• Secret Intelligence Service
SIS (uncountable)
Initialism of second impact syndrome.
Initialism of snow immersion suffocation.
• ISS, SSI
Source: Wiktionary
Sis, n.
Definition: A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.
Sis, n.
Definition: Six. See Sise. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
