sis

IPA: sˈɪs

Root Word: SIS

(Britain) Initialism of Secret Intelligence Service. [(UK, formal) MI6]
Initialism of Schengen Information System.
Initialism of second impact syndrome. [A rapid and severe brain swelling caused by a second concussion before a first has sufficiently healed, such as may occur after suffering two concussions during the same sports match. It has catastrophic results and may cause death or permanent disability.]
Initialism of snow immersion suffocation.
(education) Initialism of student information system.
Initialism of supervised injection site. [A medically supervised facility providing a hygienic environment in which people can consume illicit recreational drugs intravenously, to avoid drug problems such as disease and overdose.]
Acronym of share-in-savings. [(US) A government form of performance-based contracting that moves risk to industry.]
(informal) Clipping of sister. [A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.]

Examples of "sis" in Sentences

My sis is coming to vist in a week and bringing me some. ummmmm.
The SI unit for transresistance is simply the ohm, as in resistance.
I think your point about genre analysis is really interesting, Dan.
I wonder if anything can be done about what I call my sis's 'city-folk complex' ...
As always with S.S.R. Datta, the analysis is nuanced and, it seems to me, correct.
So my sis is visiting me and she's in the middle of playing GHIII and suddenly the Xbox starts emitting a terrible grinding noise.
Hi trupti nice chutney. my sis is a big fan of this tomatoes. she will take if we give her tomato dishes for a ful week also. hee hee ..
"Te invocavi invoco divum Grabovium pro arce Fisia, pro urbe Iguvina, pro arcis nomine, pro urbis nomine: _volens sis, propitius sis_ arci
My mom and middle sis have very dark brown hair, with very pale skin (like mine), and younger sis is a dark blond with almost olive skin (dadâ€ ™ s influence).
In general I think that genre analysis is an underappreciated tool (I will assert that without bothering to prove it — making my current genre: pompously proclaiming).