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  • semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
  • semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
  • semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
  • semifeudal — partly feudal
  • semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
  • semilethal — a semilethal gene
  • semiotical — of or relating to signs.
  • semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
  • semiyearly — semiannual (def 1).
  • sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
  • sesame oil — a yellow oil expressed from the seeds of the sesame, used in cooking, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics.
  • sicklemias — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
  • signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
  • similative — implying likeness
  • simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
  • simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • single man — an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.
  • sinsemilla — marijuana from seedless female hemp plants that contain very high levels of THC.
  • slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • small-time — of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small-time politician.
  • smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
  • specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
  • spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
  • stalagmite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
  • stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
  • stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • streamling — a small stream
  • sublimable — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • suleiman i — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
  • surrealism — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
  • tea family — the plant family Theaceae, characterized by shrubs and trees having simple, alternate leaves, often showy flowers, and capsular, berrylike, or dry fruit, and including the camellia, franklinia, and tea.
  • telematics — the branch of science concerned with the use of technological devices to transmit information over long distances
  • telesmatic — relating to a telesm
  • terminable — capable of being terminated.
  • terminally — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • textualism — strict adherence to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
  • the animal — animal nature; animality
  • thermalize — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons
  • thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • tiger balm — a mentholated ointment widely used as a panacea
  • timberlake — Justin. born 1981, US pop singer; a member of the boy band NSYNC, he later found success with the bestselling solo album Justified (2002)
  • timberland — land covered with timber-producing forests.
  • time delay — a delay that separates the occurrence of two events
  • time trial — a race in which competitors are timed individually on a set distance over a course or track, especially to qualify for a successive event.
  • time value — the duration of a given printed note relative to other notes in a composition or section and considered in relation to the basic tempo
  • time-lapse — done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.
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