9-letter words starting with se
- seal ring — a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.
- seannachy — Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard
- search me — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- seasoning — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- seastrand — seashore.
- seat back — the part of a chair or seat that you rest your back against
- seat belt — a belt or strap in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around or sometimes diagonally across the midsection to keep the person safely secured, as during a sudden stop.
- seawardly — in a seaward direction
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- sebastian — Saint, died a.d. 288? Roman martyr.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- sec. leg. — according to law
- secateurs — scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- secernent — (of a gland or follicle) secreting
- secession — an act or instance of seceding.
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- seclusive — tending to seclude, especially oneself.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seconding — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secretage — the use of mercury in treating or felting furs
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- secreting — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretive — secretory.
- secretory — pertaining to secretion.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- secularly — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- secundine — the inner integument of an ovule.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- securance — the act or process of securing
- securicor — a well-known security company which transports money between shops, banks etc; it is also involved in prison management
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- sedge fly — an angler's name for various caddis flies, notably the grey sedge, the murragh, and the cinnamon sedge
- sedgeland — land covered with sedge
- sedgemoor — a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
- seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- seducible — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- seductive — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- see about — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- see after — to perceive with the eyes; look at.