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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Semipreciousadjectiveused of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stonescandidateMay 18, 2026
Semiprivateadjectiveconfined to a small number of hospital patientscandidateMay 18, 2026
Semipublicadjectivehaving some of the features of public institutioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Semirigidadjectivehaving a form maintained by a rigid internal structure as well as by internal gas pressurecandidateMay 18, 2026
Semiskilledadjectivepossessing or requiring limited skillscandidateMay 18, 2026
Semisoftadjectivesomewhat softcandidateMay 18, 2026
Semisolidadjectivepartly solidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Semisweetadjectivehaving a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Semisyntheticadjectivenot of natural origincandidateMay 18, 2026
Semiteadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of SemitescandidateMay 18, 2026
Semiterrestrialadjectivechiefly but not exclusively terrestrialcandidateMay 18, 2026
Semiticadjectiveof or relating to the group of Semitic languagescandidateMay 18, 2026
Semitic-Speakingadjectiveable to communicate in a Semitic languagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Semitransparentadjectiveallowing light to pass through diffuselycandidateMay 18, 2026
Semitropicadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropicscandidateMay 18, 2026
Semitropicaladjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropicscandidateMay 18, 2026
Semiweeklyadjectiveoccurring twice a weekcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sempiternaladjectivehaving no known beginning and presumably no endcandidateMay 18, 2026
Senatorialadjectiveof or relating to senatorscandidateMay 18, 2026
Senecanadjectiveof or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman SenecacandidateMay 18, 2026
Senegaleseadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Senescentadjectivegrowing oldcandidateMay 18, 2026
Senileadjectivementally or physically infirm with agecandidateMay 18, 2026
Senioradjectiveused of the fourth and final year in United States high school or collegecandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensateadjectivehaving physical sensationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensationaladjectivecausing intense interest, curiosity, or emotioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensationalisticadjectivetypical of tabloidscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensedadjectivedetected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cuescandidateMay 18, 2026
Senselessadjective(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgmentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensibleadjectiveaware intuitively or intellectually of something sensedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensitisedadjectivehaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)candidateMay 18, 2026
Sensitisingadjectivemaking susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimulicandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensitiveadjectiveof or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national securitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensitizedadjectivehaving an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)candidateMay 18, 2026
Sensitizingadjectivemaking susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimulicandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensorialadjectiveinvolving or derived from the sensescandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensorimotoradjectiveof or relating to the sensory and motor coordination of an organism or to the controlling nervescandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensorineuraladjectiveof or relating to the neural process of sensationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensoryadjectiveof a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous systemcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensualadjectivemarked by the appetites and passions of the bodycandidateMay 18, 2026
Sensuousadjectivetaking delight in beautycandidateMay 18, 2026
Sentadjectivecaused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmittedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sententialadjectiveof or relating to a sentencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Sententiousadjectiveabounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sentientadjectiveendowed with feeling and unstructured consciousnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sentimentaladjectivegiven to or marked by sentiment or sentimentalitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Sepalineadjectiveresembling or characteristic of a sepalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sepaloidadjectiveresembling or characteristic of a sepalcandidateMay 18, 2026
SeparableadjectivecandidateMay 16, 2026
Separateadjectiveseparated according to race, sex, class, or religioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Separatedadjectivebeing or feeling set or kept apart from otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Separatistadjectivehaving separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitudecandidateMay 18, 2026
Separativeadjective(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows itcandidateMay 18, 2026
Septaladjectiveof or relating to a septumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Septateadjectiveof or relating to a septumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Septicadjectivecontaining or resulting from disease-causing organismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Septicemicadjectivecharacteristic of septicemiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Septrionaladjectiveof northern regionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Septupleadjectivehaving seven units or componentscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sepulchraladjectivesuited to or suggestive of a grave or burialcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sequentadjectivefollowing or accompanying as a consequencecandidateMay 18, 2026
Sequentialadjectivein regular succession without gapscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sequesteredadjectiveproviding privacy or seclusioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Sequinedadjectivecovered with beads or jewels or sequinscandidateMay 18, 2026
Seraphicadjectivehaving a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherubcandidateMay 18, 2026
Seraphicaladjectiveof or relating to an angel of the first ordercandidateMay 18, 2026
Serbianadjectiveof or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of SerbiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Sereadjective(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Serendipitousadjectivelucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveriescandidateMay 18, 2026
Sereneadjectivecompletely clear and finecandidateMay 18, 2026
Serflikeadjectivelike someone in servitudecandidateMay 18, 2026
Serialadjectiveof or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operationscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sericeousadjectivecovered with fine soft hairs or downcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sericulturaladjectiveof or relating to sericulturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Seriocomicadjectivemixing the serious with the comic with comic predominatingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Seriocomicaladjectivemixing the serious with the comic with comic predominatingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Seriousadjectiveconcerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialitiescandidateMay 18, 2026
Serious-Mindedadjectiveacting with or showing thought and good sensecandidateMay 18, 2026
Serologicadjectiveof or relating to serologycandidateMay 18, 2026
Serologicaladjectiveof or relating to serologycandidateMay 18, 2026
Serousadjectiveof or producing or containing serumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Serpentineadjectiveresembling a serpent in formcandidateMay 18, 2026
Serrateadjectivenotched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apexcandidateMay 18, 2026
Serratedadjectivenotched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apexcandidateMay 18, 2026
Serriedadjective(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed togethercandidateMay 18, 2026
Serrulateadjectiveminutely serratedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Serviceableadjectiveintended or able to serve a purpose without elaborationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Servileadjectiverelating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servantscandidateMay 18, 2026
Servoadjectiveof or involving servomechanismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Servomechanicaladjectiveof or involving servomechanismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sesquipedalianadjectivegiven to the overuse of long wordscandidateMay 18, 2026
Sessileadjectivepermanently attached to a substratecandidateMay 18, 2026
Setadjectiveset down according to a plan:'a carefully laid table with places set for four people'candidateMay 18, 2026
Set in StoneadjectiveMWEno longer changeablecandidateMay 18, 2026
Set-Apartadjectivebeing or feeling set or kept apart from otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Set-Asideadjectivereserved in advancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Setaceousadjectivehaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.candidateMay 18, 2026
Setoseadjectivehaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.candidateMay 18, 2026
Settledadjectiveestablished or decided beyond dispute or doubtcandidateMay 18, 2026
Sevenadjectivebeing one more than sixcandidateMay 18, 2026