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Sill (dock) A half tide dock is a partially tidal dock (maritime), dock. Typically the dock is entered at high tide. As the tide ebbs a sill or weir prevents the level dropping below a certain point, meaning that the ships in the dock remain afloat, although t ...

, a weir at the low water mark retaining water within a dock *

Sill (geology) In geology, a sill is a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. A sill is a ''concordant intrusive sheet' ...

, a subhorizontal sheet intrusion of molten or solidified magma *

Sill (geostatistics) In spatial statistics the theoretical variogram, denoted 2\gamma(\mathbf_1,\mathbf_2), is a function describing the degree of spatial dependence of a spatial random field or stochastic process Z(\mathbf). The semivariogram \gamma(\mathbf_1,\math ...

* Sill (river), a river in Austria *

Sill plate A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached. The word "plate" is typically omitted in America and carpenters speak simply of the "sill". ...

, a construction element **

Window sill A windowsill (also written window sill or window-sill, and less frequently in British English, cill) is the horizontal structure or surface at the bottom of a window. Window sills serve to structurally support and hold the window in place. The ...

, a more specific construction element than above ** Automotive sill, also known as a rocker panel; see Glossary of automotive design#R *

Fort Sill Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost . The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. It is designated as a National Historic Landmark a ...

, a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma * Mount Sill, a California mountain *

Aquatic sill An aquatic sill (or an oceanic sill) is a sea floor barrier of relatively shallow depth (tens to hundreds of meters) that restricts water movement between benthic zones of an oceanic basin or lake bottom. There are roughly 400 sills in the Earth' ...

, a shoal near the mouth of a fjord, remnant of an extinct glacier's terminal moraine

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* Anna Peck Sill (1816-1889), American educator * Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887), American poet and educator * * George G. Sill (1829–1907), American politician from Connecticut * Joel Sill (born 1946), American music producer * John M. B. Sill (1831–1901), American diplomat * Joshua W. Sill (1831–1862), American Civil War brigadier general *

Judee Sill Judith Lynne Sill (October 7, 1944 – November 23, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter and composer. She was influenced by Bach, and wrote lyrics drawing on Christian themes of rapture and redemption. Sill was the first artist signed to Da ...

(1944–1979), American singer and songwriter *

Lester Sill Lester Sill (January 13, 1918 – October 31, 1994) was a United States record label executive, music publisher and recording artist manager within the West Coast Rock & Roll, West Coast R&B and Surf genres. Sill rose to become the president of ...

(1918–1994), American record label executive * Louise Morgan Sill (1867–1961), American poet * Thomas Hale Sill (1783–1856), American politician from Pennsylvania * Zach Sill (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player

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Beverly Sills Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman; May 25, 1929July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose career peak was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet and Verd ...

(1929–2007), American operatic soprano *

David Sills (judge) David George Sills (March 21, 1938 – August 23, 2011) was an American jurist. Sills served as the presiding justice for the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three. He was a former mayor of Irvine, Californ ...

(1938–2011), American jurist *

David Sills (American football) David Sills V (born May 29, 1996) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). As a seventh-grade quarterback in 2010, he garnered national attention when he verbally committe ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Douglas Sills Douglas Howard Sills (born July 5, 1960) is an American actor and singer. He made his professional stage acting debut with principal roles in the national tours of ''Into the Woods'' and ''The Secret Garden''. He is most well-known for his lead ...

(born 1960), American actor *

Eileen Sills Dame Eileen Sills, (born June 1962) is the Chief Nurse, Director of Patient Experience and Infection Control and a member of the board at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. She was the first Freedom to Speak Up National Guardian. Career ...

(born 1962), British chief nurse and NHS national guardian *

Josh Sills Joshua Matthew Sills (born January 26, 1998) is an American professional football offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and Oklahoma Sta ...

(born 1998), American football player * Kenneth C.M. Sills (1879–1954), American educator *

Milton Sills Milton George Gustavus Sills (January 12, 1882 – September 15, 1930) was an American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century. Biography Sills was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a wealthy family. He was the son of William Henr ...

(1882–1930), American stage and film actor *

Paul Sills Paul Sills (born Paul Silverberg; November 18, 1927 – June 2, 2008) was an American director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City. Life and career Sills was born Paul Silverberg in Chicago, Illinois ...

(1927–2008), American director and improvisation teacher *

Saskia Sills Saskia Sills (born 24 July 1996 in Plymouth) is a world champion British windsurfer and member of the British Sailing Team. She has competed in international events such as the European championships, and has been part of the British Sailing tea ...

(born 1996), British windsurfer and sailor * Steven Sills (), American screenwriter and film producer *

Tim Sills Timothy Sills (born 10 September 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is manager of Wimborne Town. Sills was a product of Millwall's youth system and was a regular in the club's youth team up until ...

(born 1979), English footballer

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