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- seethe
- be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent
- seine
- seine net; net for catching fish
- self-indulgence
- excessive indulgence of one's own desire
- semblance
- outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.
- seminal
- related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field
- seminary
- school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women
- senility
- old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia
- sententious
- pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic
- sentient
- capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience
- sentinel
- sentry; lookout
- sepulcher
- tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral
- sequester
- isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life
- sere
- sear; parched; dry
- serendipity
- gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip
- serenity
- calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene
- serrated
- having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf
- sever
- separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position
- sextant
- navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)
- shack
- crude cabin
- shackle
- chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.