6-letter words starting with se
- serbia — a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- serbo- — Serbian, Serbian and
- sercos — serial real-time communications system
- serdab — a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- serein — fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serena — a seaport in central Chile.
- serene — calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
- serest — dry; withered.
- sereth — German name of Siret.
- serged — to overcast (unfinished seams or edges, as in a fabric or rug), especially by machine, in order to prevent fraying.
- serger — a sewing machine used to create finished seams on fabric
- serial — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- series — a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- serine — a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serkin — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- serlio — Sebastiano 1475–1554, Italian architect and painter, best known for his treatise Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective (1537–75), the first to set out the principles of classical architecture and to give rules for their application
- sermon — a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- serosa — Embryology, Zoology. the chorion. a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- serous — resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- serran — any fish belonging to the genus Serranus or the Seranid family, including sea perch and bass
- serval — a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- served — to act as a servant.
- server — a person who serves.
- serves — to act as a servant.
- servia — former name of Serbia.
- sesame — a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- seseli — a member of the Seseli genus of umbelliferous garden plants
- sesshu — 1420?–1506, Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and painter.
- sestet — Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit. Compare octave (def 4a).
- seston — any particulate matter suspended in bodies of water, esp plankton or other organic matter
- sestos — an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- set by — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set in — fixed or prescribed beforehand: a set time; set rules.
- set on — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-in — made separately and placed within another unit.
- set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- set-up — Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- setext — A markup scheme intended for documents that are both human- and computer-readable.
- setoff — something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.
- setose — covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setout — preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
- settat — a city in W central Morocco.
- settee — a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- setter — a person or thing that sets.
- settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- setula — a short, blunt seta.
- setule — a small bristle or spine on seta
- seurat — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.