11-letter words starting with se
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- sequestered — A sequestered place is quiet and far away from busy places.
- sequestrant — any substance used to bring about sequestration, often by chelation. They are used in horticulture to counteract lime in the soil
- sequestrate — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- sergius iii — died a.d. 911, pope 904–911.
- serial port — A serial port on a computer is a place where you can connect the computer to a device such as a modem or a mouse.
- sericterium — a silk-producing gland in a silkworm
- sericulture — the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
- serigrapher — someone who engages in serigraphy
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- seroconvert — (of an individual) to produce antibodies specific to, and in response to the presence in the blood of, a particular antigen, such as a virus or vaccine
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
- serratulate — having small serrations; mildly serrate
- serriedness — the quality or state of being serried
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- servantless — without servants; not having a servant or servants
- server farm — a collection of computer servers (usually in a business, organization, etc) used to accomplish tasks for which multiple machines are needed
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service bus — a public bus with a regular route
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- service dog — a dog trained to assist a person with a disability that is not related to vision or hearing.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- serviceless — not providing service; useless
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sesostris i — 20th century bc, king of Egypt of the 12th dynasty. He conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its prosperity. The funerary complex at Lisht was built during his reign
- sesquialter — in the ratio of 3:2
- sesquioxide — an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen and two of another element, as aluminum oxide, Al 2 O 3 .
- sesquipedal — given to using long words.
- sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
- set against — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.