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- SECTAn offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
- SECTARIANOf, relating to, or partial to a sect.
- SECTARYA member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.
- SECTILECapable of being cut; easily cut.
- SECTIONA cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- SECTORA section. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- SECULARNot specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- SECULARITYThe state of being secular.
- SECUNDArranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral.
- SECUNDUMaccording to
- SECUREFree from attack or danger; protected.
- SECURITYThe condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
- SEDANAn 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 passed through metal brack
- SEDATIVEAn agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
- SEDENTsitting; inactive or still
- SEDENTARYNot moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
- SEDERUNTA formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body.
- SEDESThe position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.
- SEDILEAlternative form of sedilium (“type of seat in a church”).
- SEDILIAA 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.
- SEDIMENTA collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
- SEDITIONOrganized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- SEDITIOUSOf, related to, or being involved in sedition.
- SEDUCETo beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
- SEDUCTIONThe act of seducing.
- SEDUCTIVEAttractive, alluring, tempting.
- SEDUCTOROne who seduces.
- SEDULITYdiligence, persistence
- SEDUMAny of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
- SEGMENTA length of some object.
- SEGNOThe sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
- SEGREGATIONThe act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- SEGUETo move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
- SEIGNIORA feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.
- SEITYSomething peculiar to oneself; personal peculiarity; individuality.
- SELECTPrivileged, specially selected.
- SELECTIONThe process or act of selecting.
- SELVAHeavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
- SEMIA semi-detached house.
- SEMIBREVEA musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note
- SEMIFINALA playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
- SEMINALOf or relating to seed or semen.
- SEMINARA class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- SEMINARYA theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
- SEMINATETo disseminate
- SEMINIFEROUSproducing seed
- SEMITAURA mythical beast, half man, half bull.
- SEMOLINACoarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling.
- SEMPITERNALEverlasting, eternal.
- SEMPITERNITYExistence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time.
- SEMUNCIAA bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.
- SENARYOf sixth rank or order.
- SENATEIn some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
- SENATORA member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
- SENATORIALRelating to a senator.
- SENECTITUDEold age
- SENIOROlder.
- SENIORITYA measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been memb
- SENSATEPerceived by one or more of the senses.
- SENSORIUMThe entire sensory apparatus of an organism.
- SENSUALInducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.
- SENTIENTExperiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
- SENTIMENTA general thought, feeling, or sense.
- SENTRYA guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- SEPALOne of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.
- SEPARATIONThe act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
- SEPIMENTSomething that separates; a hedge; a fence.
- SEPIOLITEA hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
- SEPTA clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
- SEPTARIUMA flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
- SEPTEMFIDCleft into seven.
- SEPTEMVIRA member of a septemvirate; one of seven people associated in some office.
- SEPTENARYConsisting of or containing seven.
- SEPTETA group of seven, particularly A group of seven musicians.
- SEPTICEMIAA disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
- SEPTICIDALExhibiting or relating to a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
- SEPTIFRAGALBreaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, while these remain attached to the common axis.
- SEPTIMALRelating to the number seven.
- SEPTUMA wall separating two cavities; a partition.
- SEPULCHRALRelating to a grave or to death; funereal.
- SEPULCHREA burial chamber.
- SEPULTUREThe act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
- SEQUACITYQuality or state of being sequacious.
- SEQUELThe events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
- SEQUENTThat comes after in time or order; subsequent.
- SEQUENTIALSucceeding or following in order.
- SEQUITURA logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
- SERAGLIOA palace of a sultan. The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
- SERAPHA burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal.
- SERAPHICOf or relating to a seraph or the seraphim.
- SERAPHIMplural of seraph
- SERENADEA love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.
- SERENECalm, peaceful, unruffled.
- SERENITYThe state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
- SERFA partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rig
- SERGEANCYThe role, rank or office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
- SERGEANTA UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
- SERIALHaving to do with or arranged in a series.
- SERIATIMOne after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
- SERICINA water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.