| sentiency | (noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | Synonyms: sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience |
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| sentiment | (noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, thought, view |
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| (noun) tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion | - |
| sentimentalisation | (noun) the act of indulging in sentiment | Synonyms: romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalization |
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| sentimentalism | (noun) a predilection for sentimentality | - |
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| (noun) the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form | - |
| sentimentalist | (noun) someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality | Synonyms: romanticist |
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| sentimentality | (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sloppiness, soupiness |
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| (noun) extravagant or affected feeling or emotion | - |
| sentimentalization | (noun) the act of indulging in sentiment | Synonyms: romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation |
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| sentinel | (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentry, spotter, watch |
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| sentry | (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, spotter, watch |
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| sepal | (noun) one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower | - |
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| separability | (noun) the capability of being separated | - |
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| separate | (noun) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments | - |
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| (noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | Synonyms: offprint, reprint |
| separateness | (noun) the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | Synonyms: distinctness, otherness |
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| (noun) political independence | - |
| (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, distinctness, severalty |
| separation | (noun) the social act of separating or parting company | - |
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| (noun) the act of dividing or disconnecting | - |
| (noun) (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) | Synonyms: legal separation |
| (noun) sorting one thing from others | - |
| (noun) the distance between things | Synonyms: interval |
| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, detachment |
| (noun) the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) | - |
| (noun) the space where a division or parting occurs | - |
| (noun) the state of lacking unity | - |
| separationism | (noun) advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | Synonyms: separatism |
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| separationist | (noun) an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) | Synonyms: separatist |
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| separatism | (noun) advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | Synonyms: separationism |
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| (noun) a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists | - |
| (noun) a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups | Synonyms: segregation |
| separatist | (noun) an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) | Synonyms: separationist |
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| separator | (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, extractor |
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| separatrix | (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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| sepia | (noun) a shade of brown with a tinge of red | Synonyms: burnt sienna, mahogany, reddish brown, Venetian red |
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| (noun) rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes | - |
| sepiolite | (noun) a white clayey mineral | Synonyms: meerschaum |
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| seppuku | (noun) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | Synonyms: hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari |
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| sepsis | (noun) the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues | - |
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| sept | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry |
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| septation | (noun) the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum | - |
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| septectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum) | - |
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| septenary | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | Synonyms: 7, heptad, septet, seven, sevener, VII |
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| septet | (noun) a musical composition written for seven performers | Synonyms: septette |
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| (noun) seven people considered as a unit | Synonyms: septette, sevensome |
| (noun) a set of seven similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: septette |
| (noun) seven performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: septette |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | Synonyms: 7, heptad, septenary, seven, sevener, VII |
| septette | (noun) a musical composition written for seven performers | Synonyms: septet |
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| (noun) seven people considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet, sevensome |
| (noun) a set of seven similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet |
| (noun) seven performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: septet |
| septicaemia | (noun) invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection | Synonyms: blood poisoning, septicemia |
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| septicemia | (noun) invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection | Synonyms: blood poisoning, septicaemia |
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| septillion | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros in the US | - |
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| septuagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the seventies | - |
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| septum | (noun) (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities | - |
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| (noun) a partition or wall especially in an ovary | - |
| sepulcher | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture |
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| sepulchre | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulture |
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| sepulture | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre |
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| (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment |
| sequel | (noun) a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | Synonyms: continuation |
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| (noun) something that follows something else | Synonyms: subsequence |
| sequela | (noun) any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment | - |
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| sequella | (noun) a secondary consequence | - |
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| sequenator | (noun) (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer | Synonyms: sequencer |
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| sequence | (noun) the action of following in order | Synonyms: succession |
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| (noun) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie | Synonyms: episode |
| (noun) a following of one thing after another in time | Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness |
| (noun) several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys | - |
| (noun) serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern | - |
| sequencer | (noun) computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer | Synonyms: sequenator |
| sequestration | (noun) the act of segregating or sequestering | Synonyms: segregation |
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| (noun) seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized | Synonyms: requisition |
| (noun) a writ that authorizes the seizure of property | - |
| (noun) the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions | - |
| sequin | (noun) adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing | Synonyms: diamante, spangle |
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| sequoia | (noun) either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae | Synonyms: redwood |
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| (noun) wood of either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae | Synonyms: redwood |
| seraglio | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, harem, serail |
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| serail | (noun) living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | Synonyms: hareem, harem, seraglio |
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| serape | (noun) a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men | Synonyms: sarape |
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| seraph | (noun) an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child | - |
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| serenade | (noun) a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form | Synonyms: divertimento |
| serendipity | (noun) good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | - |
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| sereness | (noun) a withered dryness | - |
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| serenity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: placidity, quiet, repose, tranquility, tranquillity |
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| (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose |
| serf | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: helot, villein |
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| serfdom | (noun) the state of a serf | Synonyms: serfhood, vassalage |
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| serfhood | (noun) the state of a serf | Synonyms: serfdom, vassalage |
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| serge | (noun) a twilled woolen fabric | - |
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| sergeant | (noun) a lawman with the rank of sergeant | Synonyms: police sergeant |
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| (noun) any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal | - |
| (noun) an English barrister of the highest rank | Synonyms: sergeant-at-law, serjeant-at-law, serjeant |
| serger | (noun) a sewing machine that overcasts the raw edges of a fabric with a V-shaped stitch | - |
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| serial | (noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: series |
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| (noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial publication, series |
| serialisation | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialization |
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| serialism | (noun) 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition | Synonyms: serial music |
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| serialization | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialisation |
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| sericterium | (noun) silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | Synonyms: serictery, silk gland |
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| serictery | (noun) silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | Synonyms: sericterium, silk gland |
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| sericulture | (noun) the production of raw silk by raising silkworms | - |
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| (noun) raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk | - |
| sericulturist | (noun) a producer of raw silk | - |
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| seriema | (noun) Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama | Synonyms: Cariama cristata, crested cariama |
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| (noun) Argentinian Cariama | Synonyms: chunga, Chunga burmeisteri |
| series | (noun) (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions | - |
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| (noun) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | Synonyms: serial, serial publication |
| (noun) a serialized set of programs | Synonyms: serial |
| (noun) (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams | - |
| (noun) similar things placed in order or happening one after another | - |
| (noun) a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection | - |
| (noun) (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other | - |
| serif | (noun) a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | Synonyms: seriph |
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| serigraph | (noun) a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil | Synonyms: silk screen print, silkscreen |
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| serigraphy | (noun) the act of making a print by the silkscreen method | - |
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| serin | (noun) any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe | - |
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| serine | (noun) a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine | - |
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| seriocomedy | (noun) a comedy with serious elements or overtones | Synonyms: tragicomedy |
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| seriousness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity |
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| (noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress | Synonyms: distressfulness |
| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: earnestness, sincerity |
| seriph | (noun) a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | Synonyms: serif |
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| serjeant | (noun) an English barrister of the highest rank | Synonyms: sergeant-at-law, sergeant, serjeant-at-law |
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| sermon | (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: discourse, preaching |
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| (noun) a moralistic rebuke | Synonyms: preaching |
| sermoniser | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermonizer |
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| sermonism | (noun) the conceptualism of Abelard. | - |
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| sermonizer | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermoniser |
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| serologist | (noun) a medical scientist who specializes in serology | - |
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| serology | (noun) the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease | - |
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| serosa | (noun) a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: serous membrane |
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| serotine | (noun) common brown bat of Europe | Synonyms: Eptesicus serotinus, European brown bat |
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| serotonin | (noun) a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory | Synonyms: 5-hydroxytryptamine |
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| serow | (noun) short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia | - |
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| serpent | (noun) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous | Synonyms: ophidian, snake |
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| (noun) an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake | - |
| (noun) a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited | - |
| serranid | (noun) marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters | Synonyms: serranid fish |
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| serration | (noun) a single notch in a row of notches | - |
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| (noun) a row of notches | - |
| (noun) the condition of being serrated | - |
| serratus | (noun) any of several muscles of the trunk | Synonyms: serratus muscles |
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| sertindole | (noun) an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia. | - |
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| sertraline | (noun) a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft) | Synonyms: Zoloft |
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| sertularian | (noun) feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps | - |
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| serum | (noun) an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | Synonyms: blood serum |
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| serval | (noun) slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat | Synonyms: Felis serval |
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| servant | (noun) a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | Synonyms: retainer |
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| (noun) in a subordinate position | Synonyms: handmaid, handmaiden |