9-letter words starting with se
- semirigid — not fully rigid; partly rigid.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- semisolid — having a somewhat firm consistency; more or less solid.
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
- semistiff — somewhat or fairly stiff; partially stiff
- semisweet — somewhat sweet; containing a small amount of sweetening: a semisweet cookie; semisweet chocolate.
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- semivowel — Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- send away — dismiss
- send down — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- senescent — growing old; aging.
- seneschal — an officer having full charge of domestic arrangements, ceremonies, the administration of justice, etc., in the household of a medieval prince or dignitary; steward.
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- seniority — the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
- senna pod — a pod of any of various tropical plants of the leguminous genus Cassia, used in making laxatives
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- sensation — the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- senseless — destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- sensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- sensitize — to render sensitive.
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- sensorily — by (the use of) the senses, by means of the senses, in relation to or in respect of the senses
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sensually — pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- sentencer — someone who sentences or passes sentence
- sentences — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- sententia — an aphorism; maxim.
- sentience — sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sentiency — sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
- sentiment — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- separable — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- separated — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separates — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separator — a person or thing that separates.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- sepiolite — meerschaum (def 1).
- sept-iles — French name of Seven Isles.
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- september — the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.