English words starting with sem - page 1

Meanings of Semee:

adjective

Covered with small bearings of indefinite number (e.g. stars, fleurs-de-lis) arranged all over the field.

Usage examples:

Semé of crosses flory

Meanings of Semeiology:

noun

Another term for semiotics.

Meanings of Semeiotical:

adjective

Relating to signs and symbols.

Usage examples:

The gestures, images, and objects notated in his scripts share a semiotic importance equal to the s…

Meanings of Semeiotics:

noun

Old-fashioned spelling of semiotics.

Meanings of Sememe:

noun

The unit of meaning carried by a morpheme.

Usage examples:

If hitchens were to read this, his ears would bleed at the sememe carried in ‘untrue’.

Meanings of Sememes:

noun

The unit of meaning carried by a morpheme.

Usage examples:

If hitchens were to read this, his ears would bleed at the sememe carried in ‘untrue’.

Meanings of Semen:

noun

The male reproductive fluid, containing spermatozoa in suspension.

Usage examples:

The prostate produces a thick, white fluid called semen that mixes with the sperm when it is ejacul…

Meanings of Semes:

noun

Another term for semanteme.

adjective

Covered with small bearings of indefinite number (e.g. stars, fleurs-de-lis) arranged all over the field.

Usage examples:

Semé of crosses flory

Meanings of Semester:

noun

A half-year term in a school or university, especially in north america, typically lasting for fifteen to eighteen weeks.

Usage examples:

The opening week of harvard's autumn semester

One of two divisions of an academic year

Meanings of Semesters:

noun

A half-year term in a school or university, especially in north america, typically lasting for fifteen to eighteen weeks.

Usage examples:

The opening week of harvard's autumn semester

Meanings of Semi:

noun

A semi-detached house.

Usage examples:

A three-bedroomed semi

prefix

Half.

Usage examples:

Semicircular

Meanings of Semi-darkness:

noun

The quality of having little light, but not being completely dark

Usage examples:

In the semi-darkness of the early evening, we could still see the ball well enough to keep playing.…

Meanings of Semi-detached house:

collocation

A dwelling that is attached to something on only one side

Meanings of Semi-final:

noun

The game or set of games before the final game in a competition

Usage examples:

France was eliminated in saturday’s semifinal.

Meanings of Semiannual:

adjective

Occurring twice a year.

Usage examples:

Their semi-annual meetings

Meanings of Semiaquatic:

adjective

(of an animal) living partly on land and partly in water.

Usage examples:

Semiaquatic crocodiles

Meanings of Semiarid:

adjective

(of a region or climate) dry but having slightly more rain than an arid region or climate.

Usage examples:

A leguminous tree that grows in the arid and semi-arid regions of northern and central chile

Meanings of Semiautomatic:

adjective

Partially automatic.

Usage examples:

A semi-automatic gearbox

noun

A semi-automatic firearm.

Usage examples:

My browning semi-automatic

Meanings of Semiautomatics:

noun

A semi-automatic firearm.

Usage examples:

My browning semi-automatic

adjective

Partially automatic.

Usage examples:

A semi-automatic gearbox

Meanings of Semiautonomous:

adjective

(of a country, state, or community) having a degree of, but not complete, self-government.

Usage examples:

One of spain's 17 semi-autonomous regions

Meanings of Semibasement:

noun

A storey of a building partly below ground level.

Usage examples:

The semi-basement flat

Meanings of Semibold:

adjective

Printed in a typeface with thick strokes but not as thick as bold.

Usage examples:

We have a client that needs arial in semibold form, but from what i (think) i know, arial semi-bold…

Meanings of Semibreve:

noun

A note having the time value of two minims or four crotchets, represented by a ring with no stem. it is the longest note now in common use.

Usage examples:

The theme, an eight-bar structure of stentorian semibreve piano chords, receives six doggedly unvar…

Meanings of Semicircle:

noun

A half of a circle or of its circumference.

Usage examples:

It is a complete circle and then down on the bottom half there is a semicircle with a little circle…

Meanings of Semicircled:

noun

A half of a circle or of its circumference.

Usage examples:

It is a complete circle and then down on the bottom half there is a semicircle with a little circle…