English words starting with sec - page 2

Meanings of Secondly:

adverb

In the second place (used to introduce a second point or reason).

Usage examples:

He was presented first of all as a hopelessly unqualified candidate and secondly as an extremist

Meanings of Secondment:

noun

The temporary transfer of an official or worker to another position or employment.

Usage examples:

He spent two years on secondment to the department of industry

Meanings of Secondo:

noun

The second or lower part in a duet.

Usage examples:

Far from the old-style duet where the secondo is merely playing backup for the primo, this duet fea…

Meanings of Seconds:

verb

Formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion.

Usage examples:

Bridgeman seconded maxwell's motion calling for the reform

noun

A sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the si unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom.

Usage examples:

Torrance squeezed the trigger, waited twenty five seconds and fired again.

ordinal number

Constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd.

Usage examples:

He married for a second time

plural noun

An extra serving of food given after the first serving has been eaten

Usage examples:

Would anybody like seconds?

Meanings of Secrecy:

noun

The action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret.

Usage examples:

The bidding is conducted in secrecy

Meanings of Secret:

adjective

Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.

Usage examples:

How did you guess i'd got a secret plan?

noun

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

Usage examples:

A state secret

Meanings of Secret-agent:

noun

A government employee whose job involves getting secret information about the governments of unfriendly foreign countries

Meanings of Secretagogue:

noun

A substance which promotes secretion.

Usage examples:

Potent secretagogues for calcitonin

Meanings of Secretaire:

noun

A small writing desk; an escritoire.

Usage examples:

One of the finest pieces of french royal furniture in the wallace collection is the secretaire made…

Meanings of Secretarial:

adjective

Relating to the work or position of a secretary.

Usage examples:

A secretarial job

Meanings of Secretariat:

noun

A permanent administrative office or department, especially a governmental one.

Usage examples:

The european secretariat in luxembourg

Meanings of Secretariats:

noun

A permanent administrative office or department, especially a governmental one.

Usage examples:

The european secretariat in luxembourg

Meanings of Secretaries:

noun

A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks.

Usage examples:

She was secretary to david wilby mp

Meanings of Secretary:

noun

A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks.

Usage examples:

She was secretary to david wilby mp

Meanings of Secretary-of-state:

noun

In the uk, a member of parliament who is in charge of a government department

Usage examples:

She became secretary of state for education after spending three years as environment secretary.

Meanings of Secrete:

verb

(of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance).

Usage examples:

Insulin is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood

Meanings of Secreted:

verb

(of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance).

Usage examples:

Insulin is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood

Meanings of Secretes:

verb

(of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance).

Usage examples:

Insulin is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood

Meanings of Secretin:

noun

A hormone released into the bloodstream by the duodenum (especially in response to acidity) to stimulate secretion by the liver and pancreas.

Usage examples:

The duodenum is important in the secretion of a number of hormones, including secretin, cholecystok…

Meanings of Secreting:

verb

(of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance).

Usage examples:

Insulin is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood

Meanings of Secretion:

noun

A process by which substances are produced and discharged from a cell, gland, or organ for a particular function in the organism or for excretion.

Usage examples:

Alcohol had a stimulatory effect on gastric acid secretion

Meanings of Secretions:

noun

A process by which substances are produced and discharged from a cell, gland, or organ for a particular function in the organism or for excretion.

Usage examples:

Alcohol had a stimulatory effect on gastric acid secretion

Meanings of Secretive:

adjective

(of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information.

Usage examples:

She was very secretive about her past

Meanings of Secretively:

adverb

In a way that hides your feelings, thoughts, intentions, or actions from other people

Usage examples:

They denied meeting secretively., she smiled secretively.

Meanings of Secretiveness:

noun

The quality or fact of hiding your feelings, thoughts, intentions, and actions from other people

Usage examples:

I don't see the need for all this secretiveness., the secretiveness of the organization has aroused…