English words: second wave to secularisation

300 English words, part 44 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.

English words second wave to secularisation

second wave noun: A phenomenon that can develop during a pandemic where after a group recovers and infections appear to decrease, another group becomes infected and causes a...
second-wave feminism noun: A period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s in the United States and broadened the gender equality debate to include family, the workplace,...
second-waver noun: A feminist in the era of second-wave feminism.
second wind noun: A renewed feeling of energy after having reached the point of exhaustion.
second year noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see second, year.
second yellow card noun: The dismissal from the game of a player who has already been booked and would receive another yellow card, indicated by the referee by showing the player...
secondable adjective, adverb: Capable of being seconded.
secondarily adverb /ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/: With lesser importance.
secondariness noun: The state of being secondary.
secondary adjective, noun /ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/: Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
secondary accent noun: Synonym of secondary stress.
secondary action noun: Industrial action taken by workers who are not involved in a dispute, to show solidarity with those who are involved.
secondary alcohol noun: Any alcohol of general formula R₂CH-OH
secondary amine noun: An amine containing two radicals, of general formula R₁R₂-NH; the radicals may be the same, different, or part of a ring.
secondary boycott noun: A boycott of one organization to put pressure on another organization which is the real target.
secondary burial noun: Reburial of the dead following an exhumation.
secondary care noun: The healthcare services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first contact with patients, e.g. cardiologists, urologists, or...
secondary cell noun: Synonym of storage cell.
secondary cell wall noun: A structure situated between the primary cell wall and the plasma membrane of plant cells
secondary color noun: Any of three colors derived from mixing two primary colors.
secondary colour noun: Any of three colours derived from mixing two primary colours.
secondary consumer noun: a secondary consumer eats what is below it in the food chain.
secondary diagonal noun: Synonym of antidiagonal.
secondary dominant noun: A dominant (V) chord that temporarily tonicizes a non-tonic chord (i.e. allows a chord other than the tonic have the feeling of the tonic).
secondary drowning noun: Asphyxiation caused by irritation of alveoli from the aspiration of liquid, after recovery from immersion into liquid, in the three-day period following the...
secondary education noun: Education that follows primary education and leads to either employment or college / university education.
secondary emission noun: The emission of electrons from the surface of a solid when bombarded with electrons or other charged particles
secondary energy noun: Energy contained in a fuel, electricity, or similar carrier of energy derived from some a primary energy source.
secondary explosive noun: A type of explosive less sensitive than a primary explosive and which requires substantially more energy to be initiated.
secondary feather noun: A remex flight feather that is connected to the ulna
secondary fermentation noun: The production of carbon dioxide in sparkling wine using the méthode champenoise, or in beer using bottle conditioning
secondary fire noun: A minor fire, generally outdoors and not harming people or damaging property.
secondary forest noun: Synonym of second-growth forest.
secondary healthcare noun: Synonym of secondary care.
secondary hypothermia noun: Hypothermia caused by an underlying pathology that prevents the body from generating enough core heat.
secondary immunodeficiency noun: Immunodeficiency caused by malnutrition or exposure to disease or a specific drug treatment.
secondary industry noun: An industry that processes raw materials produced by primary industry into goods suitable for tertiary industry to provide goods or services to consumers.
secondary infection noun: Any infection that arises subsequent to a pre-existing infection; but especially a nosocomial infection
secondary intention noun: Allowing a wound to heal without being sutured.
secondary ion mass spectrometry noun: A technique used to visualize the three-dimensional structure of solids by employing an energetic ion beam to fragment the atomic or molecular constituents...
secondary legislation noun: Legislation enacted by a power derived from another legislation, such as one made by the executive branch within the boundaries fixed by an act of parliament.
secondary liability noun: The legal responsibility arising when a party materially contributes to, facilitates, induces or is otherwise responsible for directly infringing acts...
secondary literature noun: secondary source
secondary market noun: The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering.
secondary memory noun: Synonym of secondary storage.
secondary metabolite noun: A metabolite of an organism that is not used by that organism for growth, development, etc.
secondary modern noun: In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.
secondary modern school noun: a type of school, for pupils who had failed the 11-plus examination, that concentrated on practical and vocational rather than academic subjects
secondary phosphine noun: any compound of general formula R₂P-H
secondary planet noun: A moon of a planet.
secondary port noun: A port whose tidal predictions are not given directly in tide tables, and must be calculated based on the tidal curve of a standard port.
secondary poverty noun: The condition of living above the poverty line, but spending one's income on things other than the necessities of life, such as alcohol or gambling.
secondary predation noun: A form of predation when one predator feeds on a second predator, which has in turn already consumed a target prey.
secondary research noun: Research performed through the summary, collation or synthesis of the results of existing research.
secondary root noun: In Semitic languages, especially Hebrew: A root that is derived from a word that has a different known root, for example the root ת־נ־ע (t-n-'), derived...
secondary sanction noun: Extraterritorial sanctions imposed on third-country entities that trade with already sanctioned entities.
secondary school noun: A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
secondary sector noun: The sector of the economy that principally uses raw materials produced by the primary sector for sale and use by other sectors.
secondary sex characteristic noun: A feature that distinguishes between the two sexes in adult members of a species, but is not directly part of the reproductive system.
secondary smoking noun: Synonym of passive smoking.
secondary source noun: A written commentary which discusses previously produced original work of another author, especially a notable author.
secondary storage noun: The nonvolatile memory of a computer, not directly accessible by the central processing unit.
secondary stress noun: The weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.
secondary structure noun: The general three-dimensional structure of a biopolymer such as DNA or a protein.
secondary suite noun: A self-contained apartment, cottage or small residential unit located on a property that has a separate main single-family home, duplex, or other...
secondary tech noun: Short for secondary technical school
secondary technical school noun: A kind of secondary school in England and Wales in the mid-20th century under the tripartite system, teaching mechanical, scientific and engineering skills...
secondary tense noun: In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
secondary valence noun: in a coordination compound, the number of ions or molecules that are coordinated to the central metal ion; its coordination number
secondary vaping noun: Synonym of passive vaping.
secondary victimisation noun: Alternative spelling of secondary victimization.
secondary victimization noun: The act of blaming the victim of a crime rather than the perpetrator.
secondary virginity noun: Synonym of second virginity
secondary work noun: Synonym of secondary source.
secondary world noun: An internally consistent, fictional, fantasy world or setting that is different from the real "primary world".
secondborn adjective, noun: Born as the second child to parent or family.
seconde noun: The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of...
secondee noun /sɪˌkɒnˈdiː/: A person who is seconded (“transferred temporarily to alternative employment”). .
seconder noun: Something that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.
secondhand adjective, adverb, noun /ˌsɛk(ə)n(d)ˈhænd/: Not new; previously owned and used by another.
secondhand bookshop noun: Synonym of used bookstore
secondhand embarrassment noun: Synonym of vicarious embarrassment.
secondhand smoke noun: Alternative form of second-hand smoke.
secondhanded adjective, adverb: Previously owned or used.
secondhandedly adverb: Alternative form of secondhand.
secondhandedness noun: The state of being secondhand.
secondigravida noun: A woman who is pregnant for the second time
secondin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of seconding.
secondine noun: Alternative form of secundine (“second coat of an ovule”).
seconding noun, verb: The agreement of a second person to an initial proposal or motion.
secondiparous adjective: Alternative form of secundiparous.
secondlong adjective: Lasting for a second.
secondly adverb /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/: In the second place.
secondman noun: A driver's assistant on a diesel or electric locomotive.
secondment noun /səˈkɒn(d)mənt/: The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
secondmost adverb: Alternative form of second most.
secondness noun: The quality of being or coming second.
secondo noun: The second part of a piano duet for four hands.
seconds noun, verb /ˈsɛk.əndz/: A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
secondsighted adjective: Alternative form of second-sighted
secondslong adjective: Lasting for several seconds.
secondspace noun: Space as it is conceived, as opposed to space that is directly perceived. For example, the conception of a space based on a map or description.
seconeolitsine noun: An alkaloid antibiotic related to neolitsine
secor noun: An interval of 116.7 cents.
Secord proper noun: A surname.
secosteroid noun: Any of the subclass of many terpenoid compounds of the tetracyclic steroid class that are structural relatives bearing a cleavage of one of the four rings...
secosteroidal adjective: Relating to the secosteroids
secosteroidogenesis noun: The biosynthesis of secosteroids
secosteroidogenic adjective: Related to secosteroidogenesis
secosterol noun: Any of a group of sterols found in certain soft corals
secosubamolide noun: The secobutanolide derived from subamolide
Secotan noun: A member of an indigenous people of the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina.
secotiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Secotiaceae, now subsumed into Agaricaceae.
secotioid adjective: Relating to fungi of the genus Secotium
secovirid noun: Any virus of the family Secoviridae
secovirus noun: Any virus of the family Secoviridae.
secoxyloganin noun: An antioxidant secoiridoid glycoside [(2S,3R,4S)-2-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5-(methoxycarbonyl)-3-vinyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-4-yl]acetic acid
Secoya noun: A member of a native people of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon.
secpar noun: parsec
secr. noun: Abbreviation of secretary.
secramine noun: An alkaloid, similar to galanthamine, that inhibits secretion
secrecy noun /ˈsiːkɹəsi/: Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
secrecy jurisdiction noun: A facility or physical location which enables individuals or entities to escape or undermine the laws, rules, and regulations of jurisdictions elsewhere,...
Secrest proper noun: A surname.
secret adjective, noun, verb /ˈsiː.kɹɪt/: A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.
secret admirer noun: One who admires another romantically but purposely remains anonymous to the extent that the subject of the admiration is unaware of the admirer's identity.
secret agent noun: A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.
secret agentry noun: The position of being a secret agent.
secret ballot noun: The voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and...
secret chancellor noun: In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, originally the chief priest of the royal chapel, who bore the title of count (ispán); later the head of a separate...
secret government noun: Synonym of shadow government.
secret handshake noun: A distinct form of handshake, often with the fingers or thumbs specially positioned, that covertly indicates a person's membership of a club or clique.
secret history noun: A revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.
secret ink noun: Synonym of invisible ink (“ink that can be made visible by some process”).
secret key noun: Synonym of private key.
secret menu noun: A collection of unofficial, unadvertised food items available at a fast food restaurant, known to customers only by word of mouth.
secret of Polichinelle noun: A supposed secret known to everyone.
secret police noun: A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's...
secret recipe noun: A recipe whose details are held under secrecy.
secret-sacred adjective: In Australian Aboriginal culture, restricted to initiated men, or to women; not public knowledge.
secret Santa noun: A Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person.
secret sauce noun: A sauce used in cooking or as a condiment, the ingredients of which are kept secret.
secret service noun: A governmental agency that deals with espionage and other acts of secrecy.
secret sharing noun: Any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share; the secret can be reconstructed only when a...
secret shopper noun: Synonym of mystery shopper.
secret society noun: A club, fraternal organization, or other association which admits only selected individuals as members, whose meetings and practices are often ritualistic...
secret sock noun: Synonym of no-show sock.
secret squirrel noun: Someone who is being secretive.
secret vice noun: Synonym of solitary vice
secreta noun: The products of secretion.
secretability noun: The quality of being secretable.
secretable adjective: That may be secreted
secretage noun: A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.
secretagogin noun: A secreted calcium-binding protein found in the cytoplasm
secretagogue noun /sɪˈkɹiː.təɡ.ɒɡ/: A substance which promotes secretion of another, such as a hormone (e.g., insulin), saliva, or lymph.
secretaire noun: A kind of writing desk (a secretary).
Secretan's syndrome noun: A rare condition of hard edema and traumatic hyperplasia of the back of the hand.
secretaress noun: Alternative spelling of secretaryess.
secretarial adjective /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛəɹi.əl/: Pertaining to a secretary.
secretarially adverb: In secretarial fashion.
secretarian adjective /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛəɹi.ən/: Of or relating to secretaries.
secretariat noun /ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/: The office or department of a government secretary.
secretariate noun: Alternative spelling of secretariat.
secretary noun, verb /ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/: A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
secretary bird noun /ˈsɛkɹəˌtɛɹɪ bɜːd/: A large terrestrial bird of prey, Sagittarius serpentarius, native to Africa with very long legs that preys on reptiles, especially snakes.
secretary desk noun /ˌsɛk.ɹɪ.tɛɹ.iː ˈdɛsk/: Synonym of escritoire (“a writing desk with a hinged door”).
secretary general noun: Alternative spelling of Secretary General.
secretary hand noun: A style of handwriting developed in Europe and used during the 16th and 17th centuries for writing English, German, Welsh and Gaelic; a variety of this style.
secretary of state noun: Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.
secretary problem noun: The problem of selecting the best out of n applicants for a position, under the condition that all applicants are interviewed in random order, the quality...
secretary spread noun: The apparent widening of the hips and buttocks, as seen when a voluptuous woman sits on a chair.
secretarybird noun: Alternative spelling of secretary bird.
secretaryess noun: a female secretary.
secretaryless adjective: Without a secretary.
secretarylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a secretary.
secretaryship noun: A person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state.
secretase noun: An enzyme that "snips" pieces off a longer protein that is embedded in the cell membrane.
secrete adjective, verb /sɪˈkɹiːt/: Separated; discrete.
secreter noun: Alternative spelling of secretor.
secretin noun: A peptide hormone, secreted by the duodenum, that serves to regulate its acidity
secretine noun: Alternative form of secretin.
secretion noun /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/: Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
secretional adjective: Relating to secretions.
secretionary adjective: Relating to secretions.
secretist noun: A dealer in secrets or arcana.
secretitious adjective: Produced by animal secretion.
secretive adjective /ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv/: Having an inclination to secrecy.
secretively adverb: In a secretive manner.
secretiveness noun: The state or characteristic of being secretive.
secretly adverb /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/: In secret, covertly.
secretmonger noun: A person who deals in secrets.
secretness noun: Quality of being secret.
secretogen noun: Any substance that induces secretion
secretogenic adjective: That induces secretion
secretoglobin noun: Any of a family of small disulfide-linked dimeric proteins found only in mammals.
secretogogue noun: Alternative form of secretagogue.
secretogranin noun: Any of a group of related neuroendocrine secretory proteins.
secretoinhibitory adjective: inhibiting a secretion
secretolysis noun: The breaking up of secretions.
secretolytic adjective, noun: That breaks up secretions (especially phlegm)
secretolytically adverb: In a secretolytic manner
secretomal adjective: secretomic
secretome noun: That part of a proteome consisting of proteins secreted from a cell
secretomic adjective: Relating to secretomes or to secretomics
secretomics noun: The study of secretomes
secretomotor adjective: Relating to the capacity of a structure (often a nerve) to induce a gland to secrete a substance (usually mucus or serous fluid).
secretomotorneuron noun: Alternative form of secretomotor neuron.
secretoneurin noun: A 33-amino acid neuropeptide derived from secretogranin II, found in a wide variety of peptidergic endocrine cells and involved in chemotaxis of monocytes...
secretor noun: A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
secretorily adverb: In a secretory manner.
secretory adjective, noun /sɪˈkɹiːt(ə)ɹiː/: Of, pertaining to, or used in secretion.
secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor noun: Synonym of antileukoproteinase
secretosome noun: A complex, containing syntaxin and synaptotagmin, within a varicosity, that controls secretion
secretum noun: A special seal used for private correspondence.
secs noun /sɛks/: plural of sec; seconds
sect adjective, noun /sɛkt/: An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
Sect People noun: Synonym of Plain Dutch.
sectant noun: One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.
sectarial adjective /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.əl/: Synonym of sectarian.
sectarian adjective, noun /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/: Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.
sectarianise verb: Alternative form of sectarianize.
sectarianism noun /sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/: Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
sectarianist noun: One who narrow-mindedly devotes themselves to a particular sect, especially in religion.
sectarianize verb: To render sectarian; to put into a sect.
sectarianly adverb: In a sectarian manner.
sectarism noun: sectarianism
sectarist noun: A sectary.
sectary noun: A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.
sectator noun /sɛkˈteɪtə/: A follower, a disciple; someone who follows a particular school; partisan.
sectile adjective /ˈsɛktəl/: Capable of being cut; easily cut.
sectility noun: The property of being able to be cut; examples of materials with this property include wood, metal, and paper.
secting noun: Synonym of cutting.
sectio noun /ˈsɛk.ʃiː.əʊ̯/: A section or cutting; a subdivision or segment.
sectio divina noun: Synonym of golden ratio
section noun, verb /ˈsɛkʃən/: A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
section 104 holding noun: The situation where certain shares are pooled and treated as a single asset for tax purposes.
Section 226 noun: A retirement annuity contract.
Section 620 noun: A retirement annuity contract.
section 8 noun: Federally subsidized housing for low-income families and individuals, formally known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
section automatic weapon noun: Synonym of squad automatic weapon.
section beam noun: In warping, a roller that receives the yarn from the spools.
section break noun: The division between adjacent sections of a document, and (usually and especially) the code point or character that represents it in character encoding; or...
section gang noun: A railroad maintenance crew.
section-house noun: Accommodation provided for police personnel by the government department or organisation responsible for the police service.
section liner noun: A draughtsman's instrument for ruling parallel lines.
section sign noun: The symbol §, used to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code.
sectionable adjective: Able to be sectioned.
sectional adjective, noun /ˈsɛkʃənəl/: Relating to a section.
sectionalisation noun: Alternative form of sectionalization.
sectionalise verb: Alternative form of sectionalize.
sectionalism noun: Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole.
sectionalist noun: A proponent of sectionalism.
sectionality noun: The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
sectionalization noun: division into sections
sectionalize verb: To divide into sections.
sectionally adverb: In a sectional manner; in sections.
sectionary adjective, noun: A member of a French antiroyalist political party that was one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.
sectionectomy noun: Removal of a section of an organ.
sectioning noun, verb: A division into sections.
sectionisation noun: Alternative form of sectionization.
sectionise verb: Alternative form of sectionize.
sectionize verb: To form into sections.
sectionless adjective: Without sections.
sectionman noun: A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
sectionwide adjective: Throughout a section.
sectioplanography noun: A method of laying down the sections of engineering work in railways.
sectish adjective /ˈsɛktɪʃ/: Sectarian; adherent to a sect, often to the degree of being dogmatic, insular and non-ecumenical.
sectism noun: Devotion to a sect.
sectist noun: A member of a sect.
sectiuncle noun: A little or petty sect.
sective adjective: sectile; capable of being cut.
sector noun /ˈsɛk.təɹ/: A section.
sector principle noun: A principle in international law where international boundaries are extended over sea areas in the Arctic towards the North Pole following meridians (lines...
sectoral adjective: Of or pertaining to a sector (all senses).
sectorally adverb: By sectors.
sectorectomy noun: Excision of a sector of the liver
sectored adjective: Divided into sectors.
sectorial adjective, noun: Adapted for cutting
sectoriality noun: The condition of being sectorial
sectorially adverb: In terms of sectors.
sectoring noun: Division into sectors.
sectorisation noun: Alternative form of sectorization.
sectorise verb: Alternative form of sectorize.
sectorised adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of sectorized.
sectorization noun: Division into sectors.
sectorize verb: To divide into sectors.
sectorized adjective, verb: divided into sectors
sectoroid adjective: Having the shape of a sector (e.g. of an orange)
sectwise adjective, adverb: In terms of sect.
Secu proper noun: A locality in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
secuhity noun: Pronunciation spelling of security
secukinumab noun: A human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of uveitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis.
secular adjective, noun /ˈsɛkjʊlə/: Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
secular arm noun /ˌsɛkjʊlə ˈɑːm/: The lay or temporal authority of a secular court to pronounce punishment (particularly capital punishment) of an offender tried by an ecclesiastical court.
secular clergy noun: One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics and do not belong to religious orders.
secular equilibrium noun: The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.
secular progressivism noun: An alleged movement in the United States with the ostensible goal of removing religion from the public sphere.
secular religion noun: A communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical elements (unlike religions) but shares most of the epistemic traits of...
Secular Zionism noun: A secular nationalist movement that supports the establishment of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel.
secularisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.