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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Sebastiana
genus Sebastiana noun Mexican spurges

Sebastodes
genus Sebastodes noun rockfishes

Sebastopol
Sevastopol noun a city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea

seborrhea
noun a condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily

seborrheic dermatitis
seborrheic eczema noun a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin

seborrheic keratosis
noun a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust

sebum
noun the oily secretion of the sebaceous glands; with perspiration it moistens and protects the skin

sec
unsweet adjective (of champagne) moderately dry

Secale
genus Secale noun cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye

secant
sec noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

secateurs
noun small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface

secession
sezession noun an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

secessionism
noun a doctrine that maintains the right of secession

secessionist
noun an advocate of secessionism

seckel
seckel pear noun small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear

seclusion
noun the act of secluding yourself from others

secobarbital sodium
secobarbital noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions

second
2nd adjective coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

second
noun an indefinitely short time; `wait just a moment`; `it only takes a minute`; `in just a bit`

second balcony
family circle noun rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats

second base
second noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield

second baseman
second sacker noun (baseball) the person who plays second base

second battle of Ypres
noun battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient

second class
adverb by second class conveyance; `we traveled second class`

Second Coming
Second Coming of Christ noun (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

Second Council of Constantinople
noun the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen`s writings to be heretic

Second Council of Lyons
noun the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic church

Second Council of Nicaea
noun the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

second cousin
noun a child of a first cousin

Second Crusade
noun a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187

Second Earl of Chatham
Pitt the Younger noun English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)

Second Empire
noun the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870

Second Epistel of John
II John noun the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle

Second Epistle of Peter
II Peter noun the second New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle

second estate
lords temporal noun the second estate of the realm: the nobility (especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron

second fiddle
noun a secondary role or function; `he hated to play second fiddle to anyone`

second gear
second noun the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; `he had to shift down into second to make the hill`

second growth
noun a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting

second half
last half noun the second of two halves of play

second hand
adverb from a source of previously owned goods; `I prefer to buy second hand`

second joint
thigh noun the upper joint of the leg of a fowl

Second Lateran Council
noun the second council of the Western Church in 1139 which put an end to the dogmatic errors of Arnold of Brescia

second law of motion
Newton`s second law of motion noun the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force

second law of thermodynamics
noun a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous process results in an increase of entropy

second lieutenant
noun a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marine corps holding the lowest rank

second moment
noun the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin

second mortgage
noun a mortgage that is subordinate to a first mortgage

second nature
noun acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate

second period
noun the second period of play in a game

second person
noun pronouns and verbs used to refer to the person addressed by the language in which they occur

second reading
noun the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee`s report and take a vote (US)

second string
noun a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game

second trimester
noun time period extending from the 13th to the 27th week of gestation

Second Vatican Council
Vatican II noun the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms

second wind
noun the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion

second-best
adjective next to the best; `his second-best bed`

second-class
adjective of inferior status or quality; `a second-class citizen`; `second-class accommodations`

second-degree burn
noun burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis

second-guess
verb attempt to anticipate or predict

second-hand speech
noun overheard conversation (especially overheard cellphone conversation)

second-in-command
noun someone who relieves a commander

second-place finish
runner-up finish noun a finish in second place (as in a race)

second-rater
mediocrity noun a person of second-rate ability or value; `a team of aging second-raters`; `shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him`

second-string
adjective being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team

secondarily
adverb of secondary import; `secondarily affected`

secondary
adjective belonging to a lower class or rank

secondary amenorrhea
noun cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated

secondary censorship
noun armed forces censorship of the personal communications of officers or civilian employees or enlisted personnel not subject to primary censorship

secondary coil
secondary winding noun coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

secondary dentition
noun dentition of permanent teeth

secondary diagonal
noun the diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry

secondary dysmenorrhea
noun painful menstruation that is caused by some specific disorder (as endometriosis)

secondary education
noun education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school

secondary emission
noun the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons

secondary hypertension
noun hypertension that is secondary to another disease

secondary modern school
noun a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education

secondary school
lyceum noun a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic noun the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

secondary syphilis
noun the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane

seconder
noun someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote

secondhand
used adjective previously used or owned by another; `bought a secondhand (or used) car`

secondment
noun the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere

secondo
noun the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet)

Secotiaceae
family Secotiaceae noun a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi

Secotiales
order Secotiales noun an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes

secret
private adjective not expressed; `secret (or private) thoughts`

secret
noun information known only to a special group; `the secret of Cajun cooking`

secret agent
intelligence officer noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

secret approval
tacit consent noun (law) tacit approval of someone`s wrongdoing

secret ballot
noun a vote in which each person`s choice is secret but the totaled votes are public

Secret Intelligence Service
MI 6 Military Intelligence Section 6 noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas

secret police
noun a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)

secret society
noun a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers

secretarial
adjective of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary`s work

secretarial school
noun a school where secretarial skills (typing and shorthand and filing etc) are taught

secretariat
secretariate noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations

secretary
writing table noun a desk used for writing

secretary bird
Sagittarius serpentarius noun large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles

Secretary General
noun a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations)

Secretary of Commerce
Commerce Secretary noun the position of the head of the Department of Commerce; `the position of Commerce Secretary was created in 1913`