Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 47
Semifloret (n.) (Bot.) See Semifloscule.
Compare: Semifloscule
Semifloscule (n.) (Bot.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
Semifloscular (a.) Semiflosculous.
Semifloscule (n.) (Bot.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
Semiflosculous (a.) (Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
Semifluid (a.) 半流體的 Imperfectly fluid.
Semifluid (n.) 半流體 A semifluid substance.
Semiform (n.) A half form; an imperfect form.
Semiformed (a.) Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
Semiglutin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.
Semihistorical (a.) Half or party historical. -- Sir G. C. Lewis.
Semihoral (a.) （歷時）半小時的 Half-hourly.
Semiindurated (a.) Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
Semilapidified (a.) Imperfectly changed into stone. -- Kirwan.
Semilens (n.) (Opt.) The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
Semilenticular (a.) 半雙凸鏡狀的 Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. -- Kirwan.
Semiligneous (a.) Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
Semiliquid (a.) 半流體的 Half liquid; semifluid.
Semiliquid (a.) Somewhat liquid.
Semifluid (a.) 半流體（的） Imperfectly fluid. -- n. A semifluid substance.
Semiliquidity (n.) The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity.
Semilogical (a.) Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies. -- Whately.
Semilor (n.) A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.
Semilunar (a.) 半月形的 Shaped like a half moon.
Semilunar bone (Anat.), A bone of the carpus; the lunar. See Lunar, n.
Semilunar valves, or Sigmoid valves (Anat.), The valves at the beginning of the aorta and of the pulmonary artery which prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricle.
Compare: Sigmoid
Sigmoid (a.) S形的；【解】乙狀結腸的Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek [sigmat].
Sigmoid flexure (Anat.), The last curve of the colon before it terminates in the rectum. See Illust. under Digestive.
Sigmoid valves. (Anat.) See Semilunar valves, under Semilunar.
Sigmoid (a.) Curved in two directions (like the letter S).
Sigmoid (a.) Of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine [syn: sigmoid, sigmoidal].
Semilunar (n.) (Anat.) The semilunar bone.
Semilunar (a.) Resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate].
Semilunary (a.) Semilunar.
Semilunate (a.) Semilunar.
Semilune (n.) (Geom.) The half of a lune.
Semimetal (n.) (Chem.) 半金屬 An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc. [Obs.]
Semimetallic (a.) (Chem.) 半金屬的 Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.
Semimonthly (a.) 每半個月一次的 Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.
Semimonthly (n.) 半月刊 Something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.
Semimonthly (adv.) 每半月一次地 In a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.
Semimonthly (adv.) Twice a month; "salaries are paid semimonthly" [syn: semimonthly, bimonthly].
Semimonthly (a.) Occurring twice a month; "a semimonthly publication" [syn: semimonthly, bimonthly].
Semimonthly (n.) A periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year).
Semimute (a.) 半啞的 Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Semimute (n.) A semimute person.
Seminal (a.) 精液的 Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
Seminal (a.) 種子的 Contained in seed.
Seminal (a.) Hence: Holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; serving as a source, or first principle; giving rise to related ideas or results; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue; a seminal discovery.
The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle. -- Hare.
Seminal leaf (Bot.), A seed leaf, or cotyleden.
Seminal receptacle. (Zool.) Same as Spermatheca.
Seminal (n.) A seed. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Seminality (n.) The quality or state of being seminal. -- Sir T. Browne.
Seminarian (n.) 神學校學生 Alt. of Seminarist.
Seminarist (n.) 神學院學生；研究班學員 A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
Seminarian (n.) A student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) [syn: seminarian, seminarist].
Seminaries (n. pl. ) of Seminary.
Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.
But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. -- Evelyn.
Compare: Transplantation
Transplantation (n.) 移植；移植法；移居，移民
The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.
The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. --Broome.
Transplantation (n.) (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty.
Transplantation (n.) An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ transplant].
Transplantation (n.) The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" [syn: transplant, transplantation, transplanting].
Seminary (n.) Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] -- Woodward.
Seminary (n.) A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
Seminary (n.) Seminal state. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Seminary (n.) Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Seminary (n.) [C] 神學院；（女子）學校 A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Seminary (a.) Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
Seminar (n.) [C] （大學裡由教授指導的）研究班，研討班；（研究班的）專題討論會 A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense. Seminarian
Seminary (n.) A private place of education for the young.
Seminary (n.) A theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis.
Seminated (imp. & p. p.) of Seminate.
Seminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seminate.
Seminate (v. t.) 播種；發布 To sow; to spread; to propagate. [R.] -- Waterhouse.
Semination (n.) 播種；傳播 The act of sowing or spreading. [R.]
Semination (n.) (Bot.) Natural dispersion of seeds. -- Martyn.
Semined (a.) Thickly covered or sown, as with seeds. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Seminiferous (a.) (Biol.) 生精液的；輸精的；結種子的 Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles. Seminific
Seminific (a.) Alt. of Semnifical.
Semnifical (a.) (Biol.) Forming or producing seed, or the male generative product of animals or of plants.
Seminification (n.) Propagation from seed. [R.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Seminist (n.) (Biol.) A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
Seminoles (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) 塞米諾族印第安人；塞米諾語 A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain.
They belonged to the Creek Confideration.
Seminose (n.) (Chem.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.
Seminude (a.) 半裸的 Partially nude; half naked.
Seminymph (n.) (Zool.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
Semioccasionally (adv.) Once in a while; on rare occasions. [Colloq. U. S.]
Semiofficial (a.) 半官方的；半正式的 Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. -- Sem`i*of*fi"cial*ly, adv. Semiology; Semiography
Semeiography, or Semiography (n.) (Med.) 符號學；【醫】症狀學 A description of the signs of disease. Semeiological
Semiography () Alt. of Semiological
Semiology () Alt. of Semiological
Semiological ()【醫】症狀學；符號學；手勢語言 Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.
Semiopacous (a.) Semiopaque.
Semiopaque (a.) 半透明的 Half opaque; only half transparent.
Semiopaque (a.) Partially opaque.
Semiopal (n.) (Min.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.
Semiopaque (a.) 半透明的 Half opaque; only half transparent.
Semiorbicular (a.) 半環形的 Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.
Semeiotic, or Semiotic (a.) 符號學的；【醫】症狀的 Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
Semeiotic, or Semiotic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases. Semeiotics
Semiotic (a.) Same as Semeiotic.
Semiotics (n.) Same as Semeiotics.
Semioval (a.) Half oval.
Semiovate (a.) Half ovate.
Semioxygenated (a.) Combined with oxygen only in part. -- Kirwan.
Semipagan (a.) Half pagan. Semipalmate
Semipalmate (a.) Alt. of Semipalmated.
Semipalmated (a.) (Zool.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.
Semiparabola (n.) (Geom.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
Semiped (n.) (Pros.) A half foot in poetry.
Semipedal (a.) (Pres.) Containing a half foot.
Semi-Pelagian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
Semi-Pelagian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
Semi-Pelagianism (n.) The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.
Semipellucid (a.) Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
Semipellucidity (n.) The quality or state of being imperfectly transparent.
Semipenniform (a.) (Anat.) Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.
Semipermeable (a.) (Of a membrane) Selectively permeable.
Semipermeable (a.) (Chemistry) (Specialized) （細胞膜等）半滲透性的，半可透性的 Something, for example a cell membrane, that is semipermeable allows some liquids and gases to pass through it, but not others.
Semipermanent (n.) Half or partly permanent.
Semiperspicuous (a.) Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.
Semiphlogisticated (a.) (Old Chem.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston. [Obs.]
Semiplume (n.) (Zool.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.
Semiprecious (a.) Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals. Used mostly of gemstones used in jewelry, such as amethyst, garnet, or iolite, which are sufficiently rare to have commercial value, but are not considered as precious, as are the diamond, emerald, and ruby.
Semiproof (n.) Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Semi pupa (n.) (Zool.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa. Semiquadrate
Semiquadrate (n.) Alt. of Semiquartile.
Semiquartile (n.) (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. -- Hutton.
Semiquaver (n.) (Mus.) 【音】十六分音符 A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.
Semiquaver (n.) A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note [syn: sixteenth note, semiquaver].
Semiquintile (n.) (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
Semirecondite (a.) (Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
Semiring (n.) (Anat.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds.
The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.