10-letter words starting with se
- sensualise — to render sensual.
- sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
- sensualist — a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- sensualize — to render sensual.
- sensuously — perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.
- sentential — pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
- sentiments — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
- separatist — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
- separative — tending to separate.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- separatrix — something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface.
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- septennate — a seven-year period of office; (more generally) a period of seven years
- septennial — occurring every seven years.
- septennium — a period or cycle of seven years
- septicemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- septicemic — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- septicidal — (of a capsule) dehiscing lengthwise along a septum.
- septillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 24 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 42 zeros.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sepultural — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- sequacious — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- sequencing — the following of one thing after another; succession.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- sequestral — a fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.
- sequestrum — a fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serge suit — a suit made of serge, a twill-weave woollen or worsted fabric
- sergius ii — died a.d. 847, pope 844–847.
- sergius iv — died 1012, pope 1009–12.
- serial ata — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- serialised — to publish in serial form.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- seriocomic — partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
- sermonette — a brief sermon or homily: five-minute radio sermonettes.
- serologist — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- serpentine — of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
- serpentize — to cause to be like a serpent
- serradilla — a variety of clover, Ornithopus sativus, used as fodder for cattle
- serrasalmo — a member of the Serrasalmo genus of piranha fish, native to South America
- serrurerie — ornamental wrought-iron work.
- sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
- serve time — be in prison