English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 191 of 1086

sedecillionnum

Alternative form of sexdecillion.

sedecimaladj

Pertaining to sixteen.

sedecimarticulateadj

Having sixteen joints.

sedecupleadj

Sixteenfold.

Sedelsbergname

A village in Saterland, Lower Saxony, Germany.

sedenionnoun

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 root of −1.

sedenionicadj

Of or pertaining to sedenions.

sedentadj

sitting; inactive or still

sedentarilyadv

In a sedentary way.

sedentarinessnoun

The property of being sedentary.

sedentarismnoun

The habit of being sedentary.

sedentarizationnoun

The settling of a nomadic population; the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to a sedentary one.

sedentarizeverb

to settle a nomadic population through sedentism

sedentaryadj

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

sedentismnoun

The practice of living in one place for a long time.

sedeprivationismnoun

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 teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.

sedernoun

The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.

sederholmitenoun

A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing nickel and selenium.

sederuntnoun

A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.

sedesnoun

The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.

sedes impeditanoun

A papal or episcopal see when there is a partial cessation by the incumbent of his episcopal duties.

sedes vacansnoun

A papal or episcopal see when vacant.

sedevacantismnoun

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 that the see has been vacant since the 1960s.

sedevacantistnoun

Someone who espouses sedevacantism.

sedgenoun

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

sedge warblernoun

A small European warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, family Acrocephalidae, that winters in sub-Saharan Africa

Sedgebrookname

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8537).

sedgedadj

Made of or composed of sedge.

sedgelandnoun

Land where sedge grows in abundance.

sedgelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of sedge.

sedginessnoun

The state or condition of being sedgy.

Sedgleyname

A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SO9193).

Sedgwickname

A surname.

Sedgwickianadj

Of or relating to Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), one of the founders of modern geology, who proposed the Devonian and Cambrian periods.

sedgyadj

Of, pertaining to, or covered with sedge.

sedilenoun

Alternative form of sedilium (“type of seat in a church”).

sedilianoun

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.

sediliumnoun

One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre.

Sedilloname

A surname from Spanish.

sedimentnoun

A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.

sedimentableadj

capable of being removed from suspension in a liquid by means of a centrifuge

sedimentaceousadj

Pertaining to, or containing, sediment.

sedimentaladj

sedimentary

sedimentarilyadv

As, or in terms of, sediment.

sedimentaryadj

Made by the deposition and compression of small particles.

sedimentary rocknoun

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 of biological activity, or precipitation from solution.

sedimentationnoun

The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.

sedimentationaladj

Relating to sedimentation

sedimentatornoun

Any device for separating sediments from liquids, such as a centrifuge.

sedimentitiousadj

Pertaining to, or containing, sediment.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 191. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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