English words: seerpaw to seismoscopic
300 English words, part 47 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 40 have a page of their own.
English words seerpaw to seismoscopic
- seerpaw noun /ˈsɪə(ɹ)pɔː/: A complete suit, presented as a khalat or dress of honour, by the sovereign or his representative.
- seership noun: The office or quality of a seer.
- seersucker noun /ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/: A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
- seersuckered adjective: Dressed in seersucker.
- seerwood noun: dry wood
- Seery proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- sees noun, verb /siːz/: Abbreviation of sharp edge eye syndrome.
- seesaw adjective, noun, verb /ˈsiː.sɔː/: A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- seesawing noun, verb: A rising and falling, similar to a seesaw.
- seesawlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a seesaw.
- seesawy adjective: Moving alternately up and down.
- seesee noun: Alternative form of see-see.
- seester noun: Pronunciation spelling of sister.
- seet call noun: A high-pitched call made by birds to warn of the presence or approach of a predator.
- seetee adjective: Synonym of contraterrene (“made of or pertaining to antimatter”).
- seethe noun, verb /siːð/: Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
- seether noun /ˈsiːðə(ɹ)/: A pot for boiling things; a boiler.
- seething adjective, noun, verb /ˈsiː.ðɪŋ/: Filled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.
- seethingly adverb: In a seething manner.
- seethrough adjective: Alternative form of see-through.
- Seewald proper noun: A surname.
- seeya phrase: Alternative form of see you.
- sefer noun /ˈsɛfɛɹ/: A book, especially a religious book.
- Sefer Torah noun: A scroll of the Torah, a handwritten parchment containing the Pentateuch
- SEFF noun: Initialism of service effect specification.
- Seffner proper noun: A census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, named after postmaster Frederick Seffner.
- sefira noun /ˈsɛfɪɹɑː/: Alternative spelling of sefirah.
- sefirah noun /ˈsɛfɪɹɑː/: Each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself to the universe and man.
- Sefirat Ha'Omer noun: The counting of the Omer; the ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
- sefiric adjective: Alternative form of sefirothic.
- sefirothic adjective: Relating to the sefirah.
- seftalia noun: Alternative form of sheftalia.
- Sefton proper noun: A metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.
- SEFU noun: Initialism of Storm Emergency Fire Unit (“a kind of fire engine”).
- seg adjective, noun /sɛɡ/: A man; warrior; hero.
- sega noun /ˈseɪ.ɡə/: Any of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of...
- Sega Blue Skies noun: Alternative letter-case form of Sega blue skies
- SEGA blue sky noun: Alternative letter-case form of Sega blue sky.
- Segal proper noun: A surname from Hebrew.
- Segall proper noun: A surname.
- seganserin noun: A serotonin antagonist.
- Segarra proper noun: A surname from Catalan.
- Segawa proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- Segawa syndrome noun: dopamine-responsive dystonia
- Segel proper noun: A surname from Hebrew.
- segelerite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- Seger proper noun: A surname.
- Seger cone noun: Synonym of pyrometric cone.
- Segesta proper noun: An ancient Elymian city of northwestern Sicily.
- Segestan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the ancient city of Segesta.
- segestriid noun: Any spider in the family Segestriidae.
- segetal adjective: That grows in cornfields.
- segfault noun, verb: A segmentation fault.
- seggae noun: A genre of sega music that combines it with reggae and other non-native influences.
- seggar noun: Alternative form of saggar.
- segger noun: Alternative form of saggar.
- seggie noun: A segregationist.
- seggs noun /sɛɡz/: Filter-avoidance spelling of sex (“sexual activity”).
- seggsy adjective: Filter-avoidance spelling of sexy.
- seghol noun: Alternative form of segol (“Hebrew mark”).
- segholate adjective, noun: Alternative form of segolate.
- seglitide noun: A methylated cyclopeptide cyclo[N-methyl-ʟ-alanyl-ʟ-tyrosyl-ᴅ-tryptophyl-ʟ-lysyl-ʟ-valyl-ʟ-phenylalanyl] which inhibits growth hormone secretion.
- segment noun, verb /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/: A length of some object.
- segment cell noun: The basal portion that is successively cut off from the apical cell in growth.
- segment descriptor noun: A part of the segmentation unit, used for translating a logical address to a linear address.
- segment gear noun: A piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the...
- segment rack noun: A rack having a cogged surface.
- segment saw noun: A circular saw used for cutting veneers.
- segment shell noun: A form of projectile for artillery.
- segment tree noun: A data structure that is used to store information about intervals (segments) and perform range queries, or queries on a set of intervals, in logarithmic time.
- segmentability noun: The condition of being segmentable
- segmentable adjective: Capable of being divided into segments.
- segmental adjective /sɛɡˈmɛntəl/: of, relating to, or constructed from segments
- segmentality noun: The condition of being segmental
- segmentalization noun: division into segments
- segmentalize verb: To divide into segments.
- segmentally adverb: In a segmental way.
- segmentary adjective: Composed of segments
- segmentate adjective, verb: segmental
- segmentated adjective, verb: Modified by segmentation
- segmentation noun: The act or an instance of dividing into segments.
- segmentation clock noun: A molecular oscillator, governed by periodic shifts in gene expression, which influences the timing of vertebrate somitogenesis.
- segmentation fault noun: A software error that occurs when a program attempts to access a memory location that it is not permitted to access.
- segmentational adjective: Relating to segmentation
- segmentectomy noun: The surgical removal of a segment of an organ such as the lung or the liver.
- segmented adjective, verb: Having or made of segments.
- segmented worm noun: An annelid.
- segmenter noun: Something that segments or divides.
- segmentization noun: division into segments
- segmentize verb: To divide into segments.
- segmentless adjective: Without segments.
- segmentor noun: Alternative form of segmenter.
- segmentwise adjective: In terms of segments; segmentally.
- segnitite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, lead, and oxygen.
- segnitude noun: Segnity.
- segnity noun: Sluggishness or inactivity.
- segno noun: The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
- segnosaur noun: Synonym of therizinosaur.
- segnosaurid noun: Any dinosaur in the family Segnosauridae, a synonym for the Therizinosauridae.
- sego noun: A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America (Calochortus nuttallii), which has trumpet-shaped flowers.
- sego lily noun: A mariposa lily (Calochortus).
- Segobrigii noun: An ancient tribe which dwelt in the region of Massalia (present-day Marseille, France).
- segol noun /seɪˈɡoʊl/: A Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (ִ◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle, pronounced in Modern Hebrew as /e/.
- segolate adjective, noun /ˈsɛɡoʊleɪt/: Having the shape CVCVC and penultimate stress.
- Segovia proper noun /sɪˈɡəʊviə/: A city in Castile and León, Spain.
- Segovian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city of Segovia or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain.
- SEGRA noun: Acronym of selective glucocorticoid receptor agonist.
- segreant adjective /ˈsɛɡ.ɹi.ənt/: Rampant, with the wings elevated and addorsed (a posture of winged quadrupeds).
- segregable adjective: Capable of being segregated.
- segregant adjective, noun: Resulting from segregation
- segregatable adjective: Capable of being segregated.
- segregate adjective, noun, verb /ˈsɛɡɹəɡət/: Separate; select.
- segregated adjective, verb: Separated or isolated from others, or from another group.
- segregatedness noun: The quality of being segregated.
- segregation noun /sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/: The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- segregation distorter noun: A gene that distorts in its own favour the theoretically equal probability of either of two parental alleles being present in the mature gamete.
- segregational adjective: Of or pertaining to segregation.
- segregationalism noun: Segregationism; the support or practice of segregating racial, ethnic, or religious groups.
- segregationalist adjective, noun: A segregationist; a supporter of racial, ethnic, or religious segregation.
- segregationally adverb: In a segregational manner.
- segregationism noun: A belief in (usually racial) segregation.
- segregationist adjective, noun: A person who supports or believes in segregation.
- segregationless adjective: Lacking segregation
- segregative adjective: Relating to segregation; serving to segregate.
- segregatively adverb: In a segregative manner.
- segregativeness noun: The quality of being segregative.
- segregator noun: One who segregates.
- segregee noun: A person who has been segregated.
- segrosome noun: A protein complex that functions during the segregation of plasmids or chromosomes during bacterial cell division
- segs noun: Alternative form of seggs, a filter-avoidance spelling of sex (“sexual activity”).
- Segu proper noun: A city in south-central Mali, lying 235 kilometres (146 mi) northeast of Bamako on the River Niger.
- segue noun, verb /ˈsɛɡweɪ/: To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
- seguenziid noun: Any gastropod in the family Seguenziidae.
- Segugio Italiano noun: Either of two Italian breeds of scent hound, the wire-haired Segugio Italiano a Pelo Forte or the short-haired Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso.
- Segui proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- seguidilla noun: A lively Spanish dance in triple time.
- Seguin proper noun /səˈɡiːn/: A surname from French.
- Segundo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- Segura proper noun: A surname.
- segway noun, verb /ˈsɛɡweɪ/: A motorised vehicle for one person, ridden while standing, and having two wheels on one axle that balances itself using gyroscopes and tilt sensors.
- seh adjective, noun [sɛː˨˦]: Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.
- sehajdari noun: Alternative form of sahajdhari.
- sehajdhari noun: Alternative form of sahajdhari.
- sehar noun: Alternative form of suhur.
- Sehgal proper noun: A surname from Punjabi.
- sehnsucht noun /ˈzeɪnˌzuːxt/: Tender, wistful, or melancholic desire; yearning, longing.
- Sehore proper noun: A district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- sehra noun: A headdress worn by the groom during Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi weddings.
- sehri noun: Alternative form of sahari.
- sei noun /seɪ/: A sei whale.
- seiðkona noun: A female practitioner of seiðr; a seeress; a witch.
- seiðr noun: A form of magic originating in Viking society and revived by modern pagans, incorporating ritualistic, shamanistic, and divinatory elements.
- sei whale noun: A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera borealis).
- seiðworker noun: One who practices seiðr.
- Seib proper noun: A surname.
- Seibel proper noun: A surname.
- Seiber proper noun: A surname.
- Seibert proper noun: A surname.
- Seibold proper noun: A surname.
- Seicento proper noun: Italian history and culture of the 17th century.
- seiche noun /seɪʃ/: A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry.
- seichel noun /ˈsɛxɛl/: wit, sense, gumption
- seid noun: Alternative form of seiðr.
- seidel noun /ˈzaɪd(ə)l/: A large beer mug or tankard, especially one with a lid.
- Seidenberg proper noun: A surname from German.
- Seider proper noun: A surname from German.
- seidh noun: Alternative form of seiðr.
- seidhr noun: Alternative form of seiðr.
- seidkona noun: Alternative form of seiðkona.
- Seidl proper noun: A surname.
- Seidlitz noun: Saline water of or from Seidlitz in northern Bohemia.
- seidlitz powder noun: A digestive and laxative, composed of a mixture of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and potassium sodium tartrate.
- Seidman proper noun: A surname.
- Seidner proper noun: A surname from German.
- seidozerite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.
- seidr noun: Alternative form of seiðr.
- seif noun: A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind.
- Seifert proper noun: A surname from German.
- Seifert fiber space noun: A fiber bundle whose fiber is the circle and whose base space is a two-dimensional orbifold.
- Seifert fibered space noun: Alternative spelling of Seifert fiber space.
- Seifert fibre space noun: Alternative spelling of Seifert fiber space.
- Seifert fibred space noun: Alternative spelling of Seifert fiber space.
- Seifert surface noun: An orientable surface whose boundary is a given link.
- seifertite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing oxygen and silicon.
- Seiffert proper noun: A surname.
- seifuku noun: A Japanese school uniform modelled on the sailor suit.
- Seigel proper noun: A surname.
- seigen jikan noun: The time allocated for the shikiri rituals before the beginning of each bout.
- Seigle proper noun: A surname from German.
- seigneur noun /sɛˈnjɜ/: A feudal lord or noble.
- seigneurage noun: Alternative form of seigniorage.
- seigneuress noun: Synonym of seigneuresse.
- seigneuresse noun: The wife of a seigneur
- seigneurial adjective: Of or relating to a seigneur or to seigneurialism.
- seigneurialism noun: Manorialism; feudalism.
- seigneurie noun: An area governed by a seigneur (French noble).
- seigneury noun: Alternative form of seigneurie.
- seignior noun /ˈseɪnjə/: A feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.
- seigniorage noun /ˈseɪnjəɹɪd͡ʒ/: All the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.
- seignioral adjective /ˈseɪnjəɹəl/: Of or pertaining to a seignior.
- seignioralty noun: The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.
- seigniorial adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a seignior.
- seigniority noun: The state or rank of a seignior.
- seigniorize verb: To preside, hold sway.
- seigniorship noun: The role or status of seignior.
- seigniory noun /ˈsiːnjəɹi/: The estate of a feudal lord.
- seignorage noun: Alternative form of seigniorage.
- seignoral adjective: Alternative form of seignorial.
- seignorial adjective: In the Middle Ages, relating to or befitting of a nobleman.
- seignorize verb: Alternative form of seigniorize.
- seignory noun: Alternative form of seigniory.
- Seiji proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
- Seiko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
- Seil proper noun: An island, one of the Slate Islands, on the east side of the Firth of Lorn in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM71).
- Seilacherian adjective: Of or relating to Adolf Seilacher (1925–2014), German palaeontologist.
- seim noun: The hyacinth bean.
- seine noun, verb /seɪn/: A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
- seinen noun /ˈseɪ.nən/: A kind of manga written for an older male audience, generally 18-30 years old (and older).
- seiner noun: A fisherman who uses a seine to catch fish.
- Seinfeld proper noun: A surname.
- Seinfeldesque adjective: Synonym of Seinfeldish.
- Seinfeldian adjective: Of or relating to Seinfeld, an American television sitcom of the late 20th century, typically driven by humor interspersed with superficial conflict and...
- Seinfeldish adjective: Characteristic of the American sitcom Seinfeld, or its main character and star, Jerry Seinfeld.
- seining noun, verb: fishing with a seine
- seinurid noun: Any nematode of the family Seinuridae
- Seip proper noun: A surname.
- Seipel proper noun: A surname.
- seipin noun: A homooligomeric integral membrane protein in the endoplasmic reticulum that concentrates at junctions with cytoplasmic lipid droplets
- seipinopathy noun: A condition characterised by severe lipoatrophy, insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridaemia and mental retardation
- Seipp's day gecko noun: Phelsuma seippi, a species of endangered diurnal gecko native to the rainforests of northern Madagascar.
- seirogan noun: A trademark for a pharmaceutical drug marketed in Japan, sold as gastrointestinal medication (especially as an antidiarrhoeal), whose main active ingredient...
- seirospore noun: One of several spores arranged in a chain, as in certain algae.
- seirosporic adjective: Having or relating to seirospores.
- seise verb: To vest ownership of an estate in land (to someone).
- Seishin proper noun: Synonym of Chongjin: the Japanese-derived name
- seisin noun: An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession.
- seising noun, verb: Dated form of seizing (“lashing or binding with a cord”).
- seism noun /ˈsaɪzəm/: A shaking of the Earth's surface; an earthquake or tremor.
- seismal adjective: seismic
- seismatic adjective: Synonym of seismic.
- seismatical adjective: Synonym of seismic.
- seismic adjective /ˈsaɪzmɪk/: Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
- seismic bomb noun: Synonym of earthquake bomb.
- seismic damper noun: A mechanical device to dissipate the kinetic energy of seismic waves penetrating a building structure.
- seismic design noun: An authorized engineering procedure meant to plan new or retrofited structures or systems subject to earthquake exposure.
- seismic line noun: A cut through forest cleared to permit seismic survey.
- seismic lithosphere noun: the region between the surface of the Earth and the asthenosphere characterized by the efficient propagation of seismic waves
- seismic load noun: External force applied to a building structure as a result of earthquake-generated agitation.
- seismic moment noun: A quantity used to determine the size of an earthquake. Calculated either from a seismogram, or from the measurement of the area affected and the...
- seismic performance noun: Measure of recorded or expected ability of a building structure to sustain its due functions during and after earthquakes
- seismic retrofit noun: Modification of a building that already exists to make it seismically fit.
- seismic risk noun: An assessment of the probability that the social or economic consequences of an earthquake would exceed a specific value at a specific place and time; used...
- seismic sea wave noun: Synonym of tsunami.
- seismic shift noun: A fundamental reorientation of a state of affairs.
- seismic stratigraphy noun: A technique used to determine the nature of sedimentary rocks by the analysis of seismic data; used especially in oil prospecting
- seismic sustainability noun: Ability of a building or civil engineering structure to perform its basic operational functions with seismic risk limited to acceptable level
- seismic wave noun: Any of several forms of vibrational waves that travel through the Earth as the result of an earthquake or underground explosion.
- seismic zoning noun: maps prepared for the purpose of earthquake engineering and based on frequency and intensity of expected earthquakes in different areas
- seismical adjective: seismic
- seismically adverb: In a seismic manner; with the qualities of an earthquake.
- seismicity noun: A measure or a degree of how seismic a region is or how prone it is to earthquakes.
- seismics noun: The act or practice of exploring subsurface structures.
- seismism noun: seismic activity
- seismite noun: A sedimentary bed associated with seismic shaking
- seismiturbation noun: The mixing of soil by seismic activity
- seismo- prefix: Pertaining to an earthquake.
- seismoacoustic adjective: Seismic and acoustic.
- seismocardiogram noun: A measurement taken in seismocardiography.
- seismocardiographic adjective: Relating to seismocardiography.
- seismocardiography noun: The non-invasive measurement of accelerations in the chest wall produced by myocardial movement
- seismochronograph noun: A chronograph designed to determine the exact time at which an earthquake shock appears.
- seismogenesis noun: Any process that causes earthquakes
- seismogenic adjective: Capable of causing earthquakes.
- seismogenic layer noun: A seismogenic zone
- seismogenic zone noun: the layer of the Earth's crust, at the top of the asthenosphere, where most earthquakes originate
- seismogram noun: The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.
- seismogramme noun: British spelling of seismogram.
- seismograph noun /ˈsaɪz.mə.ɡɹæf/: An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events.
- seismographer noun: A person who measures and records earthquakes and other ground vibrations.
- seismographic adjective: Relating to seismography and seismology.
- seismographical adjective: Synonym of seismographic.
- seismography noun: The measurement and recording of earthquakes and other ground vibrations.
- seismologic adjective: Relating to the field of seismology.
- seismological adjective: Relating to seismology.
- seismologically adverb: in a seismological manner; in terms of seismology.
- seismologist noun: A person who is skilled at, professes, or practices seismology.
- seismologue noun: A seismologist.
- seismology noun /saɪzˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/: The study of the vibration of the Earth's interior caused by natural and unnatural sources, such as earthquakes.
- seismometer noun: A device used by seismologists to detect and measure seismic waves and therefore locate earthquakes etc; a seismograph.
- seismometric adjective: Of or pertaining to seismometry, or using a seismometer.
- seismometrical adjective: Synonym of seismometric.
- seismometrograph noun: A kind of seismograph.
- seismometry noun: The measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer.
- seismomicrophone noun: A kind of geophone.
- seismonastic adjective: Of or relating to seismonasty.
- seismonasty noun: A nastic response to touch or vibration.
- seismophobia noun: The fear of earthquakes.
- seismosaurus noun: A dinosaur, of genus Seismosaurus, from the Jurassic period
- seismoscope noun: An instrument that indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
- seismoscopic adjective: Relating to the seismoscope.
Part 46 · Part 48 · English words: S
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.