English words: secularise to see how the cookie crumbles

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English words secularise to see how the cookie crumbles

secularise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularize.
seculariser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularizer.
secularism noun /ˈsɛkjʊləɹɪzəm/: Neutrality towards all religions.
secularist noun: A person who believes in or supports secularism.
secularistic adjective: Pertaining to secularists or secularism.
secularistically adverb: In a secularistic manner
secularity noun: The state of being secular.
secularizable adjective: Capable of being secularized.
secularization noun /ˈsɛkjələɹaɪˌzeɪʃən/: The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular...
secularize verb: To make secular.
secularizer noun: One who secularizes.
secularly adverb: In a secular fashion.
secularness noun: The quality or state of being secular.
seculum noun: Alternative form of saeculum.
secund adjective /ˈsiːkənd/: Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral.
secundal adjective: Relating to seconds (intervals between pairs of adjacent notes in a diatonic scale).
secundarius noun: A lay vicar.
secundative adjective /sɪˈkʌn.də.tɪv/: In which the indirect objects of ditransitive verbs are treated like the direct objects of monotransitive verbs.
Secunderabad proper noun /sɪˈkəndəɹəbɑːd/: The twin city of Hyderabad Telangana, India.
secundibrach noun: The second-order brachial plate of a crinoid.
secundiflorous adjective: Bearing flowers only on one side of the stem.
secundigravid adjective, noun: pregnant for the second time
secundigravida noun: A woman who is pregnant for the second time
secundine noun: The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.
secundipara noun: A woman during or after her second pregnancy
secundiparity noun: The quality of being secundiparous.
secundiparous adjective: Pregnant for the second time.
secundly adverb: In a secund arrangement.
secundo noun: The secondary part of a duet.
secundo-primary adjective: Both primary and secondary.
secundogeniture noun: The condition of being secondborn
secundum preposition: according to
secundum artem adverb: Artificially.
secundum naturam adverb: Naturally.
secundum quid adverb: In certain respects only.
secunnie noun: Alternative form of seacunny.
securability noun: The characteristic or degree of being securable, especially the ability of a system to provide different levels of secure access
securable adjective, noun: Able to be secured.
securance noun: assurance; confirmation
secure adjective, verb /sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/: Free from attack or danger; protected.
secure arms verb: To guard the firearms from becoming wet.
secure by design adjective: designed from the ground up to be secure
secured adjective, verb /səˈkjʊəd/: That has been secured or fastened.
secured credit card noun: A type of credit card that requires an upfront cash deposit from the cardholder, which serves as collateral and typically sets the credit limit.
secured creditor noun: A creditor with the benefit of a security interest over some or all of the assets of the debtor.
secured debt noun: Debt that is backed or secured by collateral or assets in order to reduce the risk associated with lending.
secured loan noun: A loan in which the borrower pledges some asset as collateral for the loan, which then becomes a secured debt owed to the creditor who issues the loan.
securely adverb /səˈkjʊə.li/: In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.
securement noun: The act of securing.
secureness noun: the quality or state of being secure, security
securer adjective, noun: One who or that which secures.
securicula noun: A little axe, or a votive offering in that form.
securidaside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
securiferous adjective: Belonging to the sawflies.
securiform adjective: Having the form of an axe or hatchet.
securigera noun: Any leguminous flowering plant of the genus Securigera, known vernacularly alongside members of the genus Coronilla (from which this genus was separated) as...
securin noun: A protein involved in anaphase triggering.
securinine noun: An alkaloid found in the tree Margaritaria discoidea
securitan noun: One who feels secure, but who may in fact not be.
securitarian adjective: With security as an absolute priority; inordinately obsessed with security.
Securitate proper noun /sɪkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːteɪ/: The official state security and secret police force of Romania under Communist rule.
securite noun: A high explosive in the form of a yellowish powder.
securities exchange noun: An organized marketplace where standardized securities such as stocks and bonds are purchased and sold between buyers and sellers, typically through brokers...
securities lending noun: The lending of securities by one brokerage to another, typically for a secondary purpose such as to cover a stock short position. Not to be confused with...
securities market noun: A financial market where investors purchase and sell securities, such as stocks, bonds, and derivatives.
securitisation noun: Alternative spelling of securitization.
securitise verb: Alternative spelling of securitize.
securitiser noun: Commonwealth standard spelling of securitizer.
securitization noun /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪtʌɪzeɪʃən/: The fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.
securitize verb: To convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial...
securitized adjective, verb: Made into a security.
securitizer noun: One who or that which securitizes.
security noun /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/: The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
security architecture noun: The comprehensive design and implementation of security measures within an organization's IT systems, networks, and data, aimed at protecting against...
security barrier noun: A physical structure or natural feature used to prevent or deter access by unauthorized persons to a restricted area.
security blanket noun: A blanket that provides one with a sense of security or alleviates one’s anxiety, typically during early childhood.
security by design noun: Relying on a secure design to defend against attacks.
security by obscurity phrase: Alternative form of security through obscurity.
security cam noun: security camera
security camera noun: A video camera used to protect a building from intruders and to detect crime and other issues.
security chain noun: Synonym of door chain.
security clearance noun: A status granted to an individual allowing them access to classified information or to a restricted area.
security community noun: A region of the world in which large-scale use of violence, such as war, among nations is highly unlikely.
security culture noun: A set of practices shared by a community whose members may engage in illegal or sensitive activities, in order to minimize the risk of these activities...
security deposit noun: An amount of money paid in advance as security against the payor's nonperformance of a contractual obligation.
security detail noun: A team, either privately hired or working for a government, that is assigned to provide personal security for an individual or group.
security distance noun: The amount of space required between two vehicles on a roadway in order to maintain a safe following distance.
security forces noun: An army.
security guard noun: A person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
security hole noun: A security vulnerability in a computer system.
security housing unit noun: Synonym of hole (“solitary confinement”).
security interest noun: The right of a lender to seize possession of collateral offered to secure the loan.
security market line noun: A line representing the relationship between expected return and systematic risk, thus a graphical representation of the CAPM. It is valid both for...
security mom noun: A mother for whom issues of safety and national security are of great importance.
security officer noun: Synonym of security guard.
security police noun: A law enforcement agency focusing primarily on providing security and law enforcement services to a particular area or a specific property.
security principal noun: An entity capable of being authenticated by a computer system or network.
security printer noun: A producer of printed documents or products which are physically protected against forgery, counterfeiting and alteration by security features.
security procedure noun: A procedure or set of procedures followed to ensure that state secrets, trade secrets, data, etc. are not compromised.
security service noun /sɪˌkjʊə̯.ɪ.tiː ˈsɜː.vɪs/: A government organization established to protect its nation and its secrets from enemies.
security system noun: A hardware system that prevents unauthorised intrusion into a premises, and reports such attempts.
security theater noun: Security measures which are intended to, or do, provide a feeling or illusion of improved security, while doing little or nothing to actually improve security.
security theatre noun: Alternative form of security theater.
security through obscurity phrase: The habit or practice of relying on a potential attacker's lack of knowledge will maintain security.
security van noun: Synonym of armoured car (“an armoured truck to transfer valuables between locations, which possesses armour against light firearms”)
securitywise adverb: In terms of security.
securocracy noun: The police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
securocrat noun: Any of the members of the police and security service that dominated the South African government in the 1980s.
securocratic adjective: Of or pertaining to a securocracy.
securonomics noun: A modern form of supply-side economics inspired by US president Joe Biden's economic policy, particularly his Inflation Reduction Act, and based on the...
secus adverb /ˈsiːkəs/: otherwise, to the contrary.
Secwepemc noun: A member of the Shuswap people.
secy noun: Abbreviation of Secretary.
sed noun, verb /sɛd/: To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
Sed card noun: Synonym of comp card.
sed rate noun: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Seda proper noun: A town in Latvia.
sedacrine noun: An alkaloid found in Sedum acre.
Sedaka proper noun: A surname.
Sedalia proper noun: A hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada.
sedan noun /səˈdæn/: An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that...
sedan chair noun /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər/: An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport.
Sedang proper noun: An ephemeral political entity established in the late the 19th century by a French adventurer, Charles-Marie David de Mayréna, in part of what is...
sedanlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sedan.
Sedano proper noun: A surname.
sedanolide noun: One of the chemical constituents in celery oil.
sedate adjective, verb /sɪˈdeɪt/: Of a person or animal, or their behaviour: calm and composed (often in a dignified manner), and avoiding or unaffected by activity or excitement.
sedately adverb: Calmly, without excessive emotion or force; in a composed manner.
sedateness noun: The state or quality of being sedate; calmness of mind, manner, or countenance
sedation noun: The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.
sedationist noun: One who administers sedatives to a patient.
sedative adjective, noun /ˈsɛdətɪv/: An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
sedative salt noun: boric acid
sedaxane noun: The fungicide 2’-[1,1’-bicycloprop-2-yl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methylpyrazole-4-carboxanilide
sedazine noun: Synonym of xylazine.
Sedbergh proper noun: A small town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6592).
SEDBUK noun: Acronym of seasonal efficiency of a domestic boiler in the United Kingdom, a measurement of boiler efficiency, superseded in 2015 by the Energy related...
seddity adjective: Alternative spelling of saditty (acting bourgeois, snobbish or pretentious).
Seddon proper noun: A surname.
Seddonism noun: Pompous ambition, absurd pretension.
sede vacante adverb, noun: During the vacancy of an episcopal see.
sedecamycin noun: A macrolide antibiotic.
sedecillion number: Alternative form of sexdecillion.
sedecimal adjective: Pertaining to sixteen.
sedecimarticulate adjective: Having sixteen joints.
sedecuple adjective, verb /ˌsiːdɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/: Sixteen times as great or as numerous.
sedenion noun: A 16-dimensional nonalternative extension of an octonion with one real part and 15 imaginary parts, each a real multiple of a distinct, independent square...
sedenionic adjective: Of or pertaining to sedenions.
sedent adjective: sitting; inactive or still
sedentarian noun: Any member of the Sedentaria
sedentarily adverb: In a sedentary way.
sedentariness noun: The habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically...
sedentarisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sedentarization.
sedentarise verb: Alternative spelling of sedentarize.
sedentarism noun: The habit of being sedentary.
sedentarization noun: The settling of a nomadic population; the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to a sedentary one.
sedentarize verb: to settle a nomadic population through sedentism
sedentary adjective, noun /ˈsɛd.ən.tɛɹ.i/: Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
sedentism noun: The practice of living in one place for a long time.
sedeprivationism noun: The school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible...
seder noun /ˈseɪdə/: The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.
sederholmite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing nickel and selenium.
sederunt noun /sɪˈdɪəɹənt/: A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
sedes noun: The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.
sedes impedita noun: A papal or episcopal see when there is a partial cessation by the incumbent of his episcopal duties.
sedes vacans noun: A papal or episcopal see when vacant.
sedevacantism noun /ˌsɛdɪˈveɪkəntɪzəm/: The belief, held by a minority of Christians claiming to be traditionalist Catholics, that the present occupant of the Holy See is not the true pope and...
sedevacantist noun /ˌsɛdɪˈveɪkəntɪst/: Someone who espouses sedevacantism.
SEDEX adjective: Abbreviation of sedimentary exhalative.
sedge noun /sɛd͡ʒ/: Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
sedge-darter noun: Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Telicota.
sedge fly noun: Synonym of caddis fly.
sedge frog noun: Any in family Hyperoliidae of medium-sized frogs.
sedge grass noun: Any sedge of the genus Carex.
sedge hat noun: Synonym of Asian conical hat.
sedge-skipper noun: Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Hesperilla and Oreisplanus.
sedge warbler noun: A small European warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, family Acrocephalidae, that winters in sub-Saharan Africa
sedge wren noun: A species of bird, Cistothorus stellaris
sedged adjective: Made of or composed of sedge.
Sedgefield proper noun: A town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3528).
sedgegrass noun: Alternative form of sedge grass.
sedgeland noun: Land where sedge grows in abundance.
sedgelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of sedge.
Sedgemoor proper noun: A low-lying area of land in the Somerset Levels in Somerset, England.
Sedgewick proper noun: A surname.
sedgework noun: Articles made from sedge.
sedginess noun: The state or condition of being sedgy.
Sedgley proper noun: A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).
Sedgman proper noun: A surname.
Sedgwick proper noun: A surname.
Sedgwickian adjective: Of or relating to Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), one of the founders of modern geology, who proposed the Devonian and Cambrian periods.
sedgy adjective /ˈsɛ.dʒi/: Of, pertaining to, or covered with sedge.
sedigraphy noun: The measurement of the particle size of sediments
sedile noun: Alternative form of sedilium (“type of seat in a church”).
sedilia noun: A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.
sedilium noun: One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre.
sediment noun, verb /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/: A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
sedimentability noun: The quality or degree of being sedimentable.
sedimentable adjective: capable of being removed from suspension in a liquid by means of a centrifuge
sedimentaceous adjective: Pertaining to, or containing, sediment.
sedimentaclastic adjective: Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of sedimentary materials.
sedimental adjective: sedimentary
sedimentarily adverb: As, or in terms of, sediment.
sedimentary adjective, noun /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/: Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.
sedimentary basin noun: A geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.
sedimentary rock noun: One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results...
sedimentate noun, verb: To form a sediment
sedimentation time noun: The measure of the thickness of sediment accumulated per unit of time.
sedimentational adjective: Relating to sedimentation
sedimentator noun: Any device for separating sediments from liquids, such as a centrifuge.
sedimented adjective, verb: Of a stratum, deposited from sediment.
sedimenticlastic adjective: Alternative form of sedimentaclastic.
sedimentitious adjective: Pertaining to, or containing, sediment.
sedimentize verb: To turn into sediment.
sedimentoclastic adjective: Alternative form of sedimentaclastic.
sedimentologic adjective: Synonym of sedimentological.
sedimentological adjective: Of, pertaining to, or caused by sedimentology.
sedimentologically adverb: In terms of sedimentology.
sedimentologist noun: A person involved in sedimentology.
sedimentology noun: The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed
sedimentometer noun: A device used to analyze the sedimentation rate.
sedimentometric adjective /ˌsɛdəˌmɛntəˈmɛtrɪk/: Relating to sedimentometry.
sedimentometry noun: The measurement of the settling rates of particles or fibres in a fluid.
sedimentous adjective: Of or relating to sediment.
sedinone noun: A piperidine alkaloid found in Sedum.
Sediq noun: Alternative form of Seediq.
sedition noun /səˈdɪʃən/: Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
seditionary adjective, noun: An inciter or promoter of sedition; a seditionist.
seditionist noun: One who is involved in sedition.
seditious adjective /səˈdɪʃəs/: Of, related to, or being involved in sedition.
seditiously adverb: In a seditious manner or fashion.
seditiousness noun: The quality or state of being seditious.
seditty adjective: Alternative form of saditty.
sedjadeh noun: A Persian carpet measuring approximately 130–140 cm (51–55 in) x 200–210 cm (79–83 in).
Sedlacek proper noun: A surname.
Sedlak proper noun: A surname.
Sedley proper noun: A surname.
sedlitz powder noun: Alternative form of seidlitz powder.
Sedna proper noun: The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
Sednian adjective: Of or pertaining to the dwarf planet Sedna.
sednoid noun: A trans-Neptunian object of the inner Oort cloud, that is, one with a perihelion greater than 75 AU.
sedoanalgesia noun: analgesia combined with sedation
sedoheptulokinase noun: A kinase that catalyses the phosphorylation of sedoheptulose
sedoheptulose noun: A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon...
sedoka noun: A particular kind of Japanese poem, composed of two sets of 5-7-7 syllables.
sedolisin noun: Any of a group of peptidases that hydrolyze serine derivatives.
Sedona proper noun: A female given name.
sedovite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing molybdenum, oxygen, and uranium.
seduce verb /sɪˈdjuːs/: To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
seduceable adjective: Able to be seduced.
seducee noun: One who is seduced.
seducement noun: Seduction.
seducer noun: Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.
seducible adjective: Able to be seduced.
seducing adjective, noun, verb: seductive
seducingly adverb: So as to seduce; seductively.
seductee noun: Alternative form of seducee.
seduction noun /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/: The act of seducing.
seduction community noun: A loose and informal community of heterosexual men who exchange information about how to seduce women.
seduction theory noun: Sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for...
seductionist noun: One who practises seduction; a seducer.
seductive adjective /sɪˈdʌktɪv/: Attractive, alluring, tempting.
seductively adverb: In a seductive manner.
seductiveness noun: The property of being seductive
seductivity noun: The quality of being seductive.
seductor noun: One who seduces.
seductress noun /sɪˈdʌktɹɛs/: A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.
sedule noun: Obsolete form of schedule
sedulity noun: diligence, persistence
sedulous adjective /ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/: Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.
sedulously adverb: Applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner.
sedulousness noun: The quality of being sedulous.
sedum noun: Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
Sedwick proper noun: A surname.
see interjection, noun, verb /siː/: To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
see a man verb: Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink...
see a man about a dog verb: Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink...
see a man about a horse verb: Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly to use a toilet.
see a way clear to verb: Alternative form of see one's way clear to.
see a wolf verb: To lose one's voice.
see about verb: To take care of; to attend to; to check up on.
see after verb: To look after, watch over or care for (someone).
see also phrase: A suggestion that other topics of study are related to a current topic.
see an argument phrase: To believe an opinion has enough justification to sustain a debate about it, whether or not the opinion is ultimately true.
see and be seen verb: To spend time in public or at an event in order to mingle with important or glamorous people and to appear important or glamorous oneself.
see beyond verb: To be capable of predicting the future past a certain point.
see beyond the end of one's nose verb: Alternative form of see past the end of one's nose.
see beyond the tip of one's nose verb: Alternative form of see past the end of one's nose.
see-bright noun: A plant, the common clary.
see coming verb: To notice in advance, especially to recognise as a threat or problem; to foresee.
see daylight verb: To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.
see dollar signs verb: To greedily notice the potential to make a profit.
see double verb: To experience double vision, wherein the eyes do not focus on the same point and a single object is therefore perceived as two.
see-er noun: Uncommon spelling of seer.
see eye to eye verb: To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along.
see fit verb /ˌsiː ˈfɪt/: to deem appropriate
see for oneself verb: To confirm a doubted claim by directly examining it.
see here interjection: An admonition that the listener should pay attention to what the speaker says next.
see how phrase: To see how things go; to wait longer before deciding or committing to something.
see how the cookie crumbles verb: To see how things turn out; to discover how events unfold.

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.