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

semirigid
adjective not fully rigid

semiskilled(a)
adjective possessing or requiring limited skills; `semiskilled dockworkers`; `a semiskilled job`

semisolid
adjective partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid; `a semisolid mixture`

Semite
Semitic adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; `Semite peoples`

semiterrestrial
adjective chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial

Semitic
noun a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family

Semitic deity
noun a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites

Semitic-speaking
adjective able to communicate in a Semitic language

semitone
half step noun the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument

semitrailer
semi noun a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

semitrance
noun a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent

semivowel
glide noun a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

semiweekly
adjective occurring twice a week

semolina
noun milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta

Sempatch
battle of Sempatch noun the Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386

sen
noun a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel

senate
noun assembly possessing high legislative powers

senate campaign
senate race noun a race for election to the senate

senator
noun a member of a senate

senatorial
adjective of or relating to senators; `senatorial election`

senatorship
noun the office of senator

send
verb transfer; `The spy sent the classified information off to Russia`

send a message
verb give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally; `The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community`

send for
verb order, request, or command to come; `She was called into the director`s office`; `Call the police!`

send off
verb transfer; `The spy sent the classified information off to Russia`

send packing
send away 1 drop verb stop associating with; `They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock`

sendee
noun the intended recipient of a message

sender
transmitter noun someone who transmits a message; `return to sender`

sending
noun the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

sene
noun 100 sene equal 1 tala in Western Samoa

Seneca
noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca

Seneca Lake
Lake Seneca noun a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes

Seneca snakeroot
Seneka snakeroot noun eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

Senecan
adjective of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca

Senecio
genus Senecio noun enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds

Senecio cineraria
Cineraria maritima noun stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

Senecio glabellus
noun American ragwort with yellow flowers

Senefelder
Alois Senefelder noun German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834)

senega
noun perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot

Senegal
Republic of Senegal noun a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960

Senegal gum
noun gum arabic from the vicinity of the Senegal river

Senegalese
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people; `Senegalese villages`; `Senegalese herdsmen`

Senegalese franc
noun the basic unit of money in Senegal

Senhor
noun a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr`

senile dementia
senile psychosis noun dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease

senility
noun the state of being senile

senior
adjective older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; `senior officer`

senior class
noun final grade or class in high school or college

senior high school
senior high noun a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; `he goes to the neighborhood highschool`

senior moment
noun a momentary lapse of memory (especially in older people)

senior pilot
noun the pilot in charge of an airship

senior vice president
noun the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one

senior(a)
fourth-year adjective used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; `the senior prom`

seniority
senior status noun higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

seniority
noun the property of being long-lived

seniti
noun 100 seniti equal 1 pa`anga in Tonga

senna
noun any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally

Senna obtusifolia
Cassia tora noun cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Sennacherib
noun king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)

sennit
noun flat braided cordage that is used on ships

Senor
noun a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr` or `sir`

Senora
noun a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs` or `madam`

Senorita
noun a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss`

sensate
adjective having physical sensation; `sensate creatures`

sensation
esthesis noun an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; `a sensation of touch`

sensation
sentiency noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; `in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing`

sensational
sensory adjective relating to or concerned in sensation; `the sensory cortex`; `sensory organs`

sensationalism
luridness noun the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; `the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation`

sensationalist
ballyhoo artist noun someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention

sensationally
adverb in a sensational manner; `in the summer of 1958 the pianist had a sensationally triumphant return`

sense
signified noun the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; `the dictionary gave several senses for the word`; `in the best sense charity is really a duty`; `the signifier is linked to the signified`

sense
sentiency noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; `in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing`

sense of direction
noun an awareness of your orientation in space

sense of humor
sense of humour noun the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; `she didn`t appreciate my humor`; `you can`t survive in the army without a sense of humor`

sense of responsibility
noun an awareness of your obligations

sense of shame
sense of duty noun a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility

sense of smell
olfaction noun the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

sense of the meeting
noun general agreement reached by an assembled group; `no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting`

sense of touch
skin senses noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands); `only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us`

sense organ
sensory receptor noun an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

sense tagger
noun a tagging program whose labels indicate the meanings of words or expressions

sensed
adjective detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; `the felt presence of an intruder`; `a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms`; `a perceived threat`

sensibility
esthesia noun mental responsiveness and awareness

sensible
adjective aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; `made sensible of his mistakes`; `I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling`- Henry Hallam; `sensible that a good deal more is still to be done`- Edmund Burke

sensing
perception noun becoming aware of something via the senses

sensitive
sore adjective hurting; `the tender spot on his jaw`

sensitive fern
bead fern noun beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes

sensitive plant
noun semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch

sensitively
adverb in a sensitive manner; `she questioned the rape victim very sensitively about the attack`

sensitivity
sensitiveness noun the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; `a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity`; `the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth`

sensitization
sensitisation noun (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

sensitizer
sensitiser noun (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction

sensitizing
sensitising adjective making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

sensitometer
noun a measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures

sensorimotor
adjective of or relating to the sensory and motor coordination of an organism or to the controlling nerves

sensorimotor area
sensorimotor region noun an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions

sensorineural
adjective of or relating to the neural process of sensation

sensorineural hearing loss
nerve deafness noun hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve

sensorium
noun the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world

sensory
sensorial adjective involving or derived from the senses; `sensory experience`; `sensory channels`