plural of side effect

(automotive) A type of internal combustion engine design which has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder block beside the piston. The cylinder head is then a simple dome extending across the valves and piston.

The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality.

A mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the stock.

Alternative spelling of homesickness

(squash, racquetball) Either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.

A rust-colored weasel, Mustela sibirica, used for its fur.

(transitive, idiomatic) To behave in a manner which favours or which is biased toward. / To choose which mistake (err) will be perpetuated when all available options would result in different mistakes.

(idiomatic) To act in the least risky manner in a situation in which one is uncertain about the consequences.

(chiefly US) Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.