Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 47

Semifloret (n.) See Semifloscule.

Semifloscular (a.) Semiflosculous.

Semifloscule (n.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.

Semiflosculous (a.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.

Semifluid (a.) Imperfectly fluid.

Semifluid (n.) A semifluid substance.

Semiform (n.) A half form; an imperfect form.

Semiformed (a.) Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.

Semiglutin (n.) A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.

Semihistorical (a.) Half or party historical.

Semihoral (a.) Half-hourly.

Semiindurated (a.) Imperfectly indurated or hardened.

Semilapidified (a.) Imperfectly changed into stone.

Semilens (n.) The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.

Semilenticular (a.) Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.

Semiligneous (a.) Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.

Semiliquid (a.) Half liquid; semifluid.

Semiliquidity (n.) The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity.

Semilogical (a.) Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies.

Semilor (n.) A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.

Semilunar (a.) Shaped like a half moon.

Semilunar (n.) The semilunar bone.

Semilunary (a.) Semilunar.

Semilunate (a.) Semilunar.

Semilune (n.) The half of a lune.

Semimetal (n.) An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.

Semimetallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.

Semimonthly (a.) Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.

Semimonthly (n.) Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.

Semimonthly (adv.) In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.

Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.

Semimute (n.) A semimute person.

Seminal (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.

Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.

Seminal (n.) A seed.

Seminality (n.) The quality or state of being seminal.

Seminarian (n.) Alt. of Seminarist

Seminarist (n.) A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.

Seminaries (pl. ) of Seminary

Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.

Seminary (n.) Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.

Seminary (n.) A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.

Seminary (n.) Seminal state.

Seminary (n.) Fig.: A seed bed; a source.

Seminary (n.) A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.

Seminary (a.) Belonging to seed; seminal.

Seminated (imp. & p. p.) of Seminate

Seminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seminate

Seminate (v. t.) To sow; to spread; to propagate.

Semination (n.) The act of sowing or spreading.

Semination (n.) Natural dispersion of seeds.

Semined (a.) Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds.

Seminiferous (a.) Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.

Seminific (a.) Alt. of Semnifical

Semnifical (a.) Forming or producing seed, or the male generative product of animals or of plants.

Seminification (n.) Propagation from seed.

Seminist (n.) A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.

Seminoles (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They belonged to the Creek Confideration.

Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.

Seminude (a.) Partially nude; half naked.

Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

Semioccasionally (adv.) Once in a while; on rare occasions.

Semiofficial (a.) Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement.

Semiography () Alt. of Semiological

Semiology () Alt. of Semiological

Semiological () Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.

Semiopacous (a.) Semiopaque.

Semiopal (n.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.

Semiopaque (a.) Half opaque; only half transparent.

Semiorbicular (a.) Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.

Semiotic (a.) Same as Semeiotic.

Semiotics (n.) Same as Semeiotics.

Semioval (a.) Half oval.

Semiovate (a.) Half ovate.

Semioxygenated (a.) Combined with oxygen only in part.

Semipagan (a.) Half pagan.

Semipalmate (a.) Alt. of Semipalmated

Semipalmated (a.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.

Semiparabola (n.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.

Semiped (n.) A half foot in poetry.

Semipedal (a.) Containing a half foot.

Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.

Semi-Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.

Semi-Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.

Semipellucid (a.) Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.

Semipellucidity (n.) The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.

Semipenniform (a.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.

Semopermanent (n.) Half or partly permanent.

Semiperspicuous (a.) Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.

Semiphlogisticated (a.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston.

Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.

Semiprecious (a.) Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.

Semiproof (n.) Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness.

Semi pupa (n.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.

Semiquadrate (n.) Alt. of Semiquartile

Semiquartile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.

Semiquaver (n.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.

Semiquintile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.

Semirecondite (a.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

Semiring (n.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.

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