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12-letter words starting with se

  • self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
  • self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
  • self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
  • selflessness — having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
  • selfsameness — the quality or state of being selfsame or identical
  • selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
  • sell oneself — to convince someone else of one's potential or worth
  • sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.
  • sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
  • semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
  • semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semi-serious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
  • semi-skilled — A semi-skilled worker has some training and skills, but not enough to do specialized work.
  • semi-skimmed — (of milk) having part of the cream removed, so it contains less animal fat and fewer calories than full cream milk
  • semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
  • semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • semicomatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
  • semidetached — partly detached.
  • semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
  • semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
  • semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
  • semifinished — partially or almost finished.
  • semiflexible — moderately or somewhat flexible.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
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