Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 46
Semblable (n.) Likeness; representation. [Obs.]
Semblably (adv.) In like manner. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Semblance (n.) [U] 外貌，外觀；類似，酷似；假象；假裝 Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. -- Fairfax.
Semblance (n.) Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
Only semblances or imitations of shells. -- Woodward.
Semblance (n.) An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour].
Semblance (n.) An erroneous mental representation [syn: illusion, semblance].
Semblance (n.) Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing [syn: likeness, semblance].
Semblant (a.) 【古】類似的；外表上的 Like; resembling. [Obs.] -- Prior.
Semblant (a.) Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Semblant (n.) (pl. - s) [F.] Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
His flatterers made semblant of weeping. -- Chaucer.
Semblant (n.) The face. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Semblative (a.) Resembling. [Obs.]
And all is semblative a woman's part. -- Shak.
Semble (v. i.) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.]
Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. -- Prior.
Semble (v. i.) (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.
Semble (a.) Like; resembling. [Obs.] -- T. Hudson.
Semble. () A French word which signifies, it seems. It is commonly used before the statement of a point of law which has not been directly settled; but about which the court have expressed an opinion, and intimated what it is.
Sembling (n.) (Zool.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
Note: It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species.
Seme (n.) (Linguistics) A linguistic sign.
Seme (n.) (Linguistics) A basic component of meaning of a morpheme, especially one which cannot be decomposed into more basic components; a primitive concept.
Seme (a.) (Her.) Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges. Semeiography
Semeiography (n.) Alt. of Semiography.
Semiography (n.) (Med.) A description of the signs of disease. Semeiological
Semeiological (a.) Alt. of Semiologioal.
Semiologioal (a.) Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals. Semeiology
Semeiology (n.) Alt. of Semiology.
Semiology (n.) The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiotics. Specifically:
Semiology (n.) (Med.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
Semiology (n.) The art of using signs in signaling. Semeiotic
Semiotic (a.) Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
Semiotic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases. Semeiotics
Semiotic (a.) Same as Semeiotic.
Semiotic (a.) Of or relating to semiotics; "semiotic analysis" [syn: semiotic, semiotical].
Semeiotics (n.) Alt. of Semiotics.
Semeiotics (n.) The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiology.
Semeiotics (n.) A theory of signs and symbols, including as branches semantics, pragmatics and syntactics. -- [RHUD]
Semeiology or Semiology (n.) The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiotics. Specifically:
Semeiology (n.) (a) (Med.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
Semeiology (n.) (b) The art of using signs in signaling. Semeiotic
Semeiotics or Semiotics (n.) The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiology.
Semeiotics (n.) A theory of signs and symbols, including as branches semantics, pragmatics and syntactics. -- [RHUD]
Semiotics (n.) Same as Semeiotics.
Semiotics (n.) (Philosophy) A philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols [syn: semiotics, semiology].
Semele (n.) (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
Semelparous (a.) (in British English) Also: hapaxanthic, monocarpic【植】結果一次而後死去的 (Of a plant) Producing flowers and fruit only once before dying.
Semelparous (a.) (Of an animal) Producing offspring only once during its lifetime.
Semina (n. pl. ) of Semen.
Semen (n.) (Bot.) The seed of plants.
Semen (n.) (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power.
Semen contra, or Semen cinae or Semen cynae, A strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
Semen (n.) The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come].
Semeniferous (a.) (Biol.) Seminiferous.
Semester (n.) 半學年；一學期 [C] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
Semester (n.) One of two divisions of an academic year.
Semester (n.) Half a year; a period of 6 months.
Semi- () A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
Semiacid (a.) Slightly acid; subacid.
Semiacidified (a.) Half acidified.
Semiadherent (a.) Adherent part way.
Semiamplexicaul (a.) (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
Semiangle (n.) (Geom.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle.
Semiannual (a.) Half-yearly.
Semiannual (a.) Occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual, biannual, biyearly, half-yearly].
Semiannually (adv.) Every half year.
Semiannually (adv.) Twice a year [syn: semiannually, biyearly].
Semiannular (a.) Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. -- Grew.
Semi-Arian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
Semi-Arian (a.) Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
Semi-Arianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
Semiaxis (n.) (Geom.) 半軸 One half of the axis of an ellipse or other figure.
Semiaxis (n.) A line segment that has one endpoint at the center of a geometric figure (such as an ellipse) and that forms half of an axis.
Semibarbarian (a.) Half barbarous; partially civilized.
Semibarbarian (n.) One partly civilized.
Semibarbaric (a.) Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
Semibarbarism (n.) The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
Semibarbarous (a.) Half barbarous.
Semibreve (n.) (Mus.) A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use.
Semibreve (n.) A musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) [syn: whole note, semibreve].
Semibrief (n.) (Mus.) A semibreve. [R.]
Semibull (n.) (R.C.Ch.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
Semicalcareous (a.) Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
Semicalcined (a.) Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.
Semicastrate (v. t.) To deprive of one testicle. -- Sem`i*cas*tra"tion, n.
Semicentennial (a.) Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.
Semicentennial (n.) A fiftieth anniversary.
Semicentennial (a.) Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary [syn: semicentennial, semicentenary].
Semicentennial (n.) The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: semicentennial, semicentenary].
Semichaotic (a.) Partially chaotic.
Semichorus (n.) (Mus.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
Semi-Christianized (a.) Half Christianized.
Semicircle (n.) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.
Semicircle (n.) A semicircumference.
Compare: Semicircumference
Semicircumference (n. pl. -s) One half of the circumference of a circle.
Compare: Circumference
Circumference (n.) 圓周；周長 [C] [U]；物體（或圖形）的周邊 [the S] [（+of）] The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. -- Millon.
Circumference (n.) A circle; anything circular.
His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. -- Milton.
Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
Circumference (v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Circumference (n.) The size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter].
Circumference (n.) The boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn: circumference, circuit].
Circumference (n.) The length of the closed curve of a circle.
Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
Semicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles.
Semicircle (n.) A plane figure with the shape of half a circle [syn: semicircle, hemicycle].
Semicircled (a.) Semicircular. -- Shak.
Semicircular (a.) Having the form of half of a circle. -- Addison.
Semicircular canals (Anat.), Certain canals of the inner ear. See under Ear.
Compare: Curved
Curved (a.) Not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous; incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate; semicircular: serpentine, snaky: sinuate, sinuous, wavy: sinusoidal].
Syn: curving.
Curved (a.) (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
Curved (a.) Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" [syn: curved, curving] [ant: straight].
Compare: Orthotropous
Orthotropal, Orthotropous (a.) (Bot.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.
Note: This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe
any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the hilum.
Orthotropous (a.) (Of a plant ovule)
Completely straight with the micropyle at the apex [ant:
campylotropous].
Compare: Campylotropous
Campylotropous (a.) (Bot.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
Campylotropous (a.) (Of a plant ovule) Curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk [ant: orthotropous].
Semicircular (a.) Curved into a half circle.
Semi circumference (n.) Half of a circumference.
Semicirque (n.) A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills. -- Wordsworth.
Semicolon (n.) The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.
Semicolon (n.) A punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
Semicolon ; ;
Common: ITU-T: semicolon; semi. Rare: weenie; INTERCAL: hybrid, pit-thwong.
Semicolumn (n.) A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.
Semicolumnar (a.) Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
Semicompact (a.) Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
Semiconscious (a.) Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. -- De Quincey.
Semiconscious (a.) Partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations.
Semicope (n.) A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Semi crustaceous (a.) Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.
Semicrystalline (a.) (Min.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
Semicubical (a.) (Math.) Of or pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.
Semicubical parabola, A curve in which the ordinates are proportional to the square roots of the cubes of the abscissas. Semicubium
Semicubium (n.) Alt. of Semicupium.
Semicupium (n.) A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.
Semicylindric (a.) Alt. of Semicylyndrical.
Semicylyndrical (a.) Half cylindrical.
Semideistical (a.) Half deisticsl; bordering on deism. -- S. Miller.
Semidemiquaver (n.) (Mus.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
Semidetached (a.) Half detached; partly distinct or separate.
Semidetached house, One of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall. [Eng.]
Semidetached (a.) Attached on one side only; "a semidetached house."
Semidiameter (n.) (Math.) Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
Semidiameter (n.) The apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth.
Semidiapason (n.) (Mus.) An imperfect octave.
Semidiapente (n.) (Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fifth. -- Busby.
Semidiaphaneity (n.) Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] -- Boyle.
Semidiaphanous (a.) Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. -- Woodward.
Semidiatessaron (n.) (Mus.) An imperfect or diminished fourth. [R.]
Semiditone (n.) (Gr. Mus.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]
Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.
Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
Semidome (n.) (Arch.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
Semidouble (n.) (Eccl.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.
Semidouble (a.) (Bot.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.
Semifable (n.) That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. -- De Quincey.
Semifinal (n.) 準決賽 One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament [syn: semifinal, semi].
Semiflexed (a.) Half bent.