| sea | (noun) a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | - |
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| (noun) turbulent water with swells of considerable size | - |
| (noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | Synonyms: ocean |
| seabag | (noun) a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear | - |
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| seabed | (noun) the bottom of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor |
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| seabird | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seafowl |
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| seaboard | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaside |
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| seaborgium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 106 | Synonyms: atomic number 106, element 106, Sg |
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| seaborne | (adjective) conveyed by sea | - |
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| seacoast | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seashore |
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| seafarer | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seaman, tar |
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| seafaring | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing |
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| (noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, sailing |
| (noun) travel by water | Synonyms: water travel |
| seafood | (noun) edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc | - |
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| seafowl | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seabird |
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| seafront | (noun) the waterfront of a seaside town | - |
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| seagirt | (adjective) surrounded or enclosed by the sea | - |
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| seagoing | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seafaring |
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| seagrass | (noun) any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds | - |
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| seagull | (noun) mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | Synonyms: gull, sea gull |
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| seahorse | (noun) small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position | Synonyms: sea horse |
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| (noun) either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber | Synonyms: sea horse, walrus |
| seal | (noun) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions | - |
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| (noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | Synonyms: stamp |
| (noun) fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters | Synonyms: sealing wax |
| (noun) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure | - |
| (noun) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture | - |
| (noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval |
| (noun) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it) | - |
| (noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: sealskin |
| (verb) decide irrevocably | - |
| (verb) hunt seals | - |
| (verb) close with or as if with a seal | - |
| (verb) affix a seal to | - |
| (verb) make tight; secure against leakage | Synonyms: seal off |
| (verb) cover with varnish | Synonyms: varnish |
| sealant | (noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealer |
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| sealed | (adjective) closed or secured with or as if with a seal | - |
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| (adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: certain |
| (adjective) undisclosed for the time being | - |
| (adjective) determined irrevocably | - |
| (adjective) apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious | - |
| (adjective) covered with a waterproof coating | - |
| (adjective) (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster | Synonyms: plastered |
| sealer | (noun) an official who affixes a seal to a document | - |
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| (noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealant |
| sealing | (noun) the act of treating something to make it repel water | Synonyms: waterproofing |
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| sealskin | (noun) a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin | - |
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| (noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: seal |
| seam | (noun) joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces | - |
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| (noun) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit | Synonyms: bed |
| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, line, wrinkle |
| (verb) put together with a seam | - |
| seaman | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, tar |
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| seamanlike | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | Synonyms: seamanly |
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| seamanly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | Synonyms: seamanlike |
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| seamanship | (noun) skill in sailing | - |
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| seamed | (adjective) having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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| (adjective) (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams | Synonyms: lined |
| seamless | (adjective) not having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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| (adjective) perfectly consistent and coherent | - |
| (adjective) smooth, especially of skin | Synonyms: unlined, unseamed |
| seamount | (noun) an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor | - |
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| seamster | (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | Synonyms: sartor, tailor |
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| seamstress | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, needlewoman, sempstress |
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| seamy | (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid |
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| (adjective) showing a seam | - |
| seance | (noun) a meeting of spiritualists | Synonyms: session, sitting |
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| seaplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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| (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: hydroplane |
| seaport | (noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | Synonyms: harbor, harbour, haven |
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| seaquake | (noun) an earthquake at the sea bed | Synonyms: submarine earthquake |
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| sear | (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered |
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| (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
| (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
| search | (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, hunting |
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| (noun) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | - |
| (noun) an investigation seeking answers | - |
| (noun) the examination of alternative hypotheses | - |
| (noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: lookup |
| (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, research |
| (verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | Synonyms: look for, seek |
| (verb) subject to a search | - |
| (verb) search or seek | Synonyms: look |
| searcher | (noun) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America | Synonyms: Calosoma scrutator, searcher beetle |
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| (noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, seeker |
| (noun) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | - |
| searching | (adjective) exploring thoroughly | - |
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| (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, probing |
| (adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | Synonyms: trenchant |
| searchingly | (adverb) in a searching manner | - |
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| searchlight | (noun) a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction | - |
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| seared | (adjective) having the surface burned quickly with intense heat | - |
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| searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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| searobin | (noun) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: sea robin |
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| seascape | (noun) a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) | Synonyms: waterscape |
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| (noun) a view of the sea | - |
| seashell | (noun) the shell of a marine organism | - |
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| seashore | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seacoast |
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| seasick | (adjective) experiencing motion sickness | Synonyms: air sick, airsick, carsick |
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| seasickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling on water | Synonyms: mal de mer, naupathia |
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| seaside | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaboard |
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| seasnail | (noun) small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish | Synonyms: Liparis liparis, sea snail, snailfish |
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| (noun) any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids | - |
| season | (noun) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | Synonyms: time of year |
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| (noun) a recurrent time marked by major holidays | - |
| (noun) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field | - |
| (verb) make healthy | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, temper |
| (verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, flavour |
| seasonable | (adjective) in keeping with the season | - |
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| (adjective) done or happening at the appropriate or proper time | Synonyms: timely, well-timed, well timed |
| seasonableness | (noun) being at the right time | Synonyms: timeliness |
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| seasonably | (adverb) at an opportune time | Synonyms: apropos, timely, well-timed |
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| (adverb) in accordance with the season | - |
| seasonal | (adjective) occurring at or dependent on a particular season | - |
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| (noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
| seasonally | (adverb) depending on the season | - |
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| seasoned | (adjective) aged or processed | - |
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| (adjective) rendered competent through trial and experience | Synonyms: veteran |
| seasoner | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning |
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| (noun) a cook who uses seasonings | - |
| seasoning | (noun) the act of adding a seasoning to food | - |
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| (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner |
| seat | (noun) any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) | - |
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| (noun) furniture that is designed for sitting on | - |
| (noun) the cloth covering for the buttocks | - |
| (noun) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part | - |
| (noun) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body | - |
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) | - |
| (noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) | Synonyms: place |
| (noun) the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based | - |
| (verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for | Synonyms: sit, sit down |
| (verb) place or attach firmly in or on a base | - |
| (verb) place in or on a seat | - |
| (verb) provide with seats | - |
| (verb) put a seat on a chair | - |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, invest |
| (verb) be able to seat | - |
| seatbelt | (noun) a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident | Synonyms: seat belt |
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| seated | (adjective) (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks | Synonyms: sitting |
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| seating | (noun) the service of ushering people to their seats | - |
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| (noun) an area that includes places where several people can sit | Synonyms: seating area, seating room, seats |
| seats | (noun) an area that includes places where several people can sit | Synonyms: seating, seating area, seating room |
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| seawall | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole |
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| seaward | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the land | Synonyms: offshore |
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| (adjective) directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast | - |
| (noun) the direction toward the sea | - |
| (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seawards |
| seawards | (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seaward |
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| seawater | (noun) water containing salts | Synonyms: brine, saltwater |
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| seaway | (noun) a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels | Synonyms: sea lane, ship route, trade route |
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| seaweed | (noun) plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae | - |
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| seaworthiness | (noun) fitness to traverse the seas | - |
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| seaworthy | (adjective) fit for a sea voyage | - |
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| seax | (noun) a type of sword or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. | - |
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| sebaceous | (adjective) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | Synonyms: greasy, oily, oleaginous |
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| seborrhea | (noun) a condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily | - |
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| sebum | (noun) the oily secretion of the sebaceous glands; with perspiration it moistens and protects the skin | - |
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| sec | (adjective) (of champagne) moderately dry | Synonyms: unsweet |
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| (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: secant |
| (noun) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: s, second |
| secant | (noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle | Synonyms: sec |
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| (noun) a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points | - |
| secateurs | (noun) small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface | - |
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| secede | (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion | Synonyms: break away, splinter |
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| secern | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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| secernate | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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| secernment | (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: discrimination |
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| (noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance | Synonyms: secretion |
| secession | (noun) formal separation from an alliance or federation | Synonyms: withdrawal |
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| (noun) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s | Synonyms: sezession |
| secessionism | (noun) a doctrine that maintains the right of secession | - |
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| secessionist | (noun) an advocate of secessionism | - |
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| seckel | (noun) small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear | Synonyms: seckel pear |
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| seclude | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: sequester, sequestrate, withdraw |
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| secluded | (adjective) hidden from general view or use | Synonyms: privy, secret |
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| (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: cloistered, reclusive, sequestered |
| seclusion | (noun) the act of secluding yourself from others | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others | Synonyms: privacy, privateness |
| secobarbital | (noun) barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions | Synonyms: red devil, secobarbital sodium, Seconal |
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| second | (adjective) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first | - |
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| (adjective) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 2d, 2nd |
| (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield | Synonyms: second base |
| (noun) the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle | Synonyms: second gear |
| (noun) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name | Synonyms: irregular |
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, secondment |
| (noun) the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match | - |
| (noun) a 60th part of a minute of arc | Synonyms: arcsecond |
| (noun) following the first in an ordering or series | - |
| (noun) 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: s, sec |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, moment |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, minute, moment |
| (adverb) in the second place | Synonyms: secondly |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse |
| (verb) transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment | - |
| secondarily | (adverb) of secondary import | - |
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| secondary | (adjective) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | - |
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| (adjective) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | - |
| (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern |
| (adjective) not of major importance | - |
| (adjective) belonging to a lower class or rank | - |
| (noun) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | Synonyms: secondary coil, secondary winding |
| (noun) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | - |
| seconder | (noun) someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote | - |
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