9-letter words starting with se
- see sense — If you try to make someone see sense or see reason, you try to make them realize that they are wrong or are being stupid.
- see stars — to see or seem to see bright moving pinpoints of light, as from a blow on the head, increased blood pressure, etc
- seed coat — the outer integument of a seed.
- seed corn — ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- seed fern — any of various plants of the order Lyginopteridales (or Cycadofilicales), known only as fossils, having fernlike leaves and reproducing by means of seeds.
- seed leaf — a cotyledon.
- seed tick — the six-legged nymphal form of a tick, somewhat resembling a seed.
- seed tray — a tray that once filled with soil or compost is used for planting seeds in
- seed-cake — a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.
- seedeater — any of numerous small, tropical American finches, especially of the genus Sporophila.
- seediness — abounding in seed.
- seedstock — seed, tubers, or roots selected and kept for planting.
- seemingly — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- seemlihed — seemliness
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- segmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- segmented — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- sego lily — a plant, Calochortus nuttallii, of the lily family, native to the western U.S., having showy, bell-shaped flowers: the state flower of Utah.
- segregant — an organism which is different because of segregation
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- sei whale — a rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis, inhabiting all seas: now greatly reduced in number.
- seif dune — (in deserts, esp the Sahara) a long ridge of blown sand, often several miles long
- seigneury — the domain of a seigneur.
- seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- seldshown — seldom shown
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- selective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- selenitic — of or relating to selenite
- selenosis — a poisoned condition caused by selenium, occurring esp in livestock as a result of the natural presence of selenium in plants and soil
- self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
- self-care — care of the self without medical or other professional consultation.
- self-feed — to provide a supply of food to (animals) so as to allow them to eat as much and as often as they want. Compare hand-feed (def 1).
- self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- self-help — the act of providing for or helping or the ability to provide for or help oneself without assistance from others.
- self-love — the instinct by which one's actions are directed to the promotion of one's own welfare or well-being, especially an excessive regard for one's own advantage.
- self-made — having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- self-rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- self-same — You use self-same when you want to emphasize that the person or thing mentioned is exactly the same as the one mentioned previously.
- self-sown — sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
- self-talk — motivational thoughts, affirmations
- self-test — a test that can be administered to oneself.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.