13-letter words starting with s
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semievergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semiperimeter — half the perimeter of an object or shape
- semipermanent — not quite permanent.
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
- send away for — order by post
- sendmail inc. — (company) The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- senior airman — a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. Abbreviation: SrA.
- senior editor — chief publishing manager
- senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
- senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
- senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
- sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
- sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- senselessness — destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
- sensibilities — emotional, mental: responsiveness
- sensible heat — Sensible heat is heat which is exchanged in an energy generation system, and which only affects the temperature of one or more substances.
- sensible note — the major seventh note of any scale
- sensitiveness — the state or quality of being sensitive.
- sensitivities — a tendency to have a strong emotional reaction, esp to be offended or upset
- sensitization — the state or process of being sensitized.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- sensorineural — related to or affecting a sensory nerve or a sensory mechanism together with its neural circuitry.
- sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- senza sordino — a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- septempartite — separated into seven sections.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.