7-letter words starting with se
- sergius — died 1012, pope 1009–12.
- seriate — arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- sericin — a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- sericon — a solution used in alchemy of unknown composition, perhaps a red tincture, often equated with minium, or red lead
- seriema — either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- seringa — any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- serkali — (in Africa) the government
- seropus — a liquid consisting of mingled serum and pus
- serosal — of or relating to a serosa
- serovar — serotype
- seroxat — a drug that prolongs the action of serotonin in the brain; used to treat depression and social anxiety
- serpens — a faint extensive constellation situated in the N and S equatorial regions and divided into two parts, Serpens Caput (the head) lying between Ophiuchus and Boötes and Serpens Cauda (the tail) between Ophiuchus and Aquila
- serpent — a snake.
- serpigo — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- serpula — a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits
- serrano — a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serrate — Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- serried — pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows: serried troops.
- serumal — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- servant — a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- servery — Chiefly British. a food counter in a cafeteria or pub.
- service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- servile — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- serving — the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- servite — a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- servlet — a small program that runs on a web server, often accessing databases in response to client input
- servoed — acting as part of a servomechanism: servo amplifier.
- sesotho — the Bantu language of Lesotho; Sotho.
- sesqui- — indicating one and a half
- sessile — Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- session — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- sestina — a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- set off — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set out — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set-off — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- set-top — denoting a device designed to sit atop a television and serve as a link to interactive communications systems: set-top boxes that allow viewers to order movies on demand.
- setaria — any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- setback — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setline — any of various types of fishing line that consist of a long line suspended across a stream, between buoys, etc, and having shorter hooked and baited lines attached
- setness — the quality or state of being set or fixed
- setting — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- settled — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- settler — a person or thing that settles.
- settlor — a person who makes a settlement of property.
- setubal — Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in W Portugal. 20 miles (32 km) long; 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- sevener — Ismaʿilian.
- seventh — next after the sixth; being the ordinal number for seven.
- seventy — a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
- several — being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.