7-letter words starting with se
- semenov — Nicolai N [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, Russian chemist: Nobel prize 1956.
- semenya — Caster. born 1991, South African female athlete; won gold in the 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships; subjected to gender testing then returned to competitive athletics in 2010
- semidry — partially or nearly dry.
- semifit — not fully fit; partially in shape
- semifit — not fully fit; partially in shape
- semilog — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- seminal — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminar — a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- semiped — half a poetic foot; a half-measure in poetic metre
- semipro — semiprofessional
- semiraw — (of food) not fully cooked; (of materials) not fully processed; raw to some degree
- semitic — a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- sempach — a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.
- senarii — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- senator — a member of a senate.
- send in — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- send on — If you send on something you have received, especially a document, you send it to another place or person.
- send up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
- send-up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
- sendoff — a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture: They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier.
- senecan — a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- senecio — any plant of the genus Senecio, including groundsels, ragworts, and cineraria: family Asteraceae (composites)
- senegal — a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Capital: Dakar.
- senghor — Léopold Sédar [French ley-aw-pawld sey-dahr] /French leɪ ɔˈpɔld seɪˈdɑr/ (Show IPA), 1906–2001, African poet, teacher, and statesman: president of the Republic of Senegal 1960–80.
- senhora — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sennett — Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- senopia — the improvement of near-sight often accompanying old age due to nuclear sclerosis
- sensate — perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- sensile — capable of feeling; sensitive; capable of perceiving; sentient
- sensing — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- sensism — the theory that all ideas spring from the senses
- sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- sensual — pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- senussi — a member of a zealous and aggressive Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 by Sidi Mohammed ibn Ali al Senussi (?1787–1859)
- senwood — the light-colored wood of a Japanese tree, Kalopanax pictus (or K. ricinifolium), used for veneer in the manufacture of plywood.
- sephora — Zipporah.
- seppuku — hara-kiri (def 1).
- septage — the waste or sewage in a septic tank.
- septate — divided by a septum or septa.
- septime — the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- sequela — an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
- sequent — following; successive.
- sequoia — either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- sequoya — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- serapis — Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- serbian — of or relating to Serbia, its inhabitants, or their language.
- serfage — a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- serfdom — a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- serging — the method of overcasting the edges of a piece of fabric to prevent fraying
- sergipe — a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.