seiche | (noun) a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances | - |
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seid | (noun) an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. | Synonyms: seidh, seidhr, seidr, seith, seithr |
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seidel | (noun) a glass for beer | - |
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seidh | (noun) an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. | Synonyms: seid, seidhr, seidr, seith, seithr |
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seidhr | (noun) an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. | Synonyms: seid, seidh, seidr, seith, seithr |
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seidr | (noun) an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. | Synonyms: seid, seidh, seidhr, seith, seithr |
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seigneur | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seignior |
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seigneury | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigniory |
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(noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigniory, signory |
seignior | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seigneur |
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seigniorage | (noun) charged by a government for coining bullion | - |
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seigniory | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigneury |
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(noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, signory |
seine | (noun) a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom | - |
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(verb) fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine | - |
seism | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: earthquake, quake, temblor |
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seismal | (adjective) subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration | Synonyms: seismic |
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seismic | (adjective) subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration | Synonyms: seismal |
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seismogram | (noun) the graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph | - |
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seismograph | (noun) a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake) | - |
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seismography | (noun) the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes | - |
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seismologic | (adjective) of or concerned with seismology | Synonyms: seismological |
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seismological | (adjective) of or concerned with seismology | Synonyms: seismologic |
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seismologist | (noun) a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth | - |
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seismology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies | - |
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seismosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America | Synonyms: ground-shaker |
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seith | (noun) an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. | Synonyms: seid, seidh, seidhr, seidr, seithr |
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seithr | (noun) an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery which was practiced in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. | Synonyms: seid, seidh, seidhr, seidr, seith |
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seize | (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: grab |
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(verb) affect | Synonyms: clutch, get hold of |
(verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, prehend, take hold, take hold of |
(verb) take or capture by force | - |
(verb) hook by a pull on the line | Synonyms: strike |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, capture, conquer |
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, sequester |
(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, assume, take over, usurp |
seizer | (noun) a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | Synonyms: shanghaier |
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seizing | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, prehension, taking hold |
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(noun) small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together | - |
seizure | (noun) the taking possession of something by legal process | - |
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(noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: capture, gaining control |
(noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: capture |
(noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: ictus, raptus |