8-letter words starting with se
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- secreted — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- secretes — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- secretin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- secretly — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- sectator — a member or follower of a sect
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secundum — according to
- secundus — (in prescriptions) second.
- securely — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- securest — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedative — tending to calm or soothe.
- sedecias — Zedekiah.
- sederunt — a prolonged discussion or session for discussion.
- sedgwick — Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.
- sediment — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- seducive — seductive
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- sedulous — diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
- see into — to examine or investigate
- see life — to have a wide variety of social experiences
- see over — to inspect by making a tour of
- seecatch — the adult male of the fur seal, Callorhinus alascanus, of Alaska.
- seed box — a box for storing seeds until they are ready for planting
- seed pod — a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.
- seedcake — a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.
- seedcase — a seed capsule; pericarp.
- seedhead — botany: cluster of seeds on a plant
- seedless — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- seedling — a plant or tree grown from a seed.
- seedness — the sowing of seeds
- seedsman — a sower of seed.
- seedtime — the season for sowing seed.
- seek out — search, hunt
- seemless — unseemly
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- segueing — to continue at once with the next musical section or composition (often used as a musical direction).
- seicento — the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- seilenos — Silenus.
- seismism — the natural activity or group of phenomena associated with earthquakes.
- seizable — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.