| 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 |