8-Letter Words Starting: SIL

• a herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals

• the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk

• larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon

• narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae

• A weight of four grains; a carat.

• A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• To impregnate something with silica.

• To be impregnated with, or converted into silica.

• any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

• any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms