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Seahorsenouneither of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubberverified
Seal BombnounMWEa small explosive device (resembling a firecracker) that is used underwater in order to frighten mammals away from fishing groundsverified
Seal LimbsnounMWEan abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumpsverified
Sealantnouna kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)verified
Sealed InstrumentnounMWEa contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attachedverified
Sealernouna kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)verified
Search EnginenounMWEa computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)verified
Search LanguagenounMWEa source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executedverified
Search WarrantnounMWEa warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in courtverified
Searchernouna customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable itemsverified
Searching FirenounMWEfire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gunverified
Searchlightnouna light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular directionverified
Seashore MallownounMWEany of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitatsverified
Seaside AldernounMWEshrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown woodverified
Seaside DaisynounMWEslightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender raysverified
Seaside GoldenrodnounMWEvigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern coast and Gulf Coast of North Americaverified
Seaside MahoenounMWEpantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowersverified
Seasonal AdjustmentnounMWEa statistical adjustment made to accommodate predictable fluctuations as a function of the season of the yearverified
Seasoned SaltnounMWEcombination of salt and vegetable extracts and spices and monosodium glutamateverified
Seat BeltnounMWEa safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accidentverified
Seating CapacitynounMWEthe number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc.verified
Sebaceous FolliclenounMWEa cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skinverified
Sebaceous GlandnounMWEa cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skinverified
Seborrheanouna condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oilyverified
Seborrheic DermatitisnounMWEa chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skinverified
Seborrheic EczemanounMWEa chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skinverified
Seborrheic KeratosisnounMWEa skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crustverified
Secateursnounsmall pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surfaceverified
Secessionnounan Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890sverified
Secobarbitalnounbarbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsionsverified
Secobarbital SodiumnounMWEbarbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsionsverified
Second BalconynounMWErearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seatsverified
Second BasenounMWEthe fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infieldverified
Second ClassnounMWEa class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodationsverified
Second DecknounMWEthe uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vesselverified