Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 40

Securipalp (n.) One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.

Securities (pl. ) of Security

Security (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.

Security (n.) Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.

Security (n.) Freedom from risk; safety.

Security (n.) That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.

Security (n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.

Security (n.) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.

Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.

Sedan (n.) A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.

Sedate (a.) Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.

Sedation (n.) The act of calming, or the state of being calm.

Sedative (a.) Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize

Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.

Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.

Sedent (a.) Sitting; inactive; quiet.

Sedentarily (adv.) In a sedentary manner.

Sedentariness (n.) Quality of being sedentary.

Sedentary (a.) Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.

Sedentary (a.) Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.

Sedentary (a.) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.

Sedentary (a.) Caused by long sitting.

Sedentary (a.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.

Sederunt (n.) A sitting, as of a court or other body.

Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.

Sedge (n.) A flock of herons.

Sedged (a.) Made or composed of sedge.

Sedgy (a.) Overgrown with sedge.

Sedilia (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.

Sediment (n.) The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

Sediment (n.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedimental (a.) Sedimentary.

Sedimentary (a.) Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided.

Sedimentation (n.) The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedition (n.) The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority.

Sedition (n.) Dissension; division; schism.

Seditionary (n.) An inciter or promoter of sedition.

Seditious (a.) Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.

Seditious (a.) Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens.

Sedlitz (a.) Same as Seidlitz.

Seduced (imp. & p. p.) of Seduce

Seducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seduce

Seduce (v. t.) To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.

Seduce (v. t.) Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation.

Seducement (n.) The act of seducing.

Seducement (n.) The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting.

Seducer (n.) One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.

Seducible (a.) Capable of being seduced; corruptible.

Seducing (a.) Seductive.

Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.

Seduction (n.) That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.

Seductive (a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.

Seductively (adv.) In a seductive manner.

Seductress (n.) A woman who seduces.

Sedulity (n.) The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.

Sedulous (a.) Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.

Sedum (n.) A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop.

See (n.) A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.

Saw (imp.) of See

Seen (p. p.) of See

Seeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of See

See (v. t.) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

See (v. t.) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

See (v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.

See (v. t.) To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

See (v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

See (v. i.) To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.

See (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.

See (v. i.) To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house.

Seed (pl. ) of Seed

Seeds (pl. ) of Seed

Seed (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

Seed (n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

Seed (n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

Seed (n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

Seed (n.) The principle of production.

Seed (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

Seed (n.) Race; generation; birth.

Seeded (imp. & p. p.) of Seed

Seeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seed

Seed (v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.

Seed (v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

Seedbox (n.) A capsule.

Seedbox (n.) A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.

Seedcake (n.) A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.

Seedcod (n.) A seedlip.

Seeder (n.) One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.

Seediness (n.) The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion.

Seed-lac (n.) A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.

Seedless (a.) Without seed or seeds.

Seedling (n.) A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or the like.

Seedlip (n.) Alt. of Seedlop

Seedlop (n.) A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be scattered.

Seedman (See) Seedsman.

Seedness (n.) Seedtime.

Seedsmen (pl. ) of Seedsman

Seedsman (n.) A sower; one who sows or scatters seed.

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