English words starting with sem - page 2

Meanings of Semicircles:

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 Semicircular:

adjective

Forming or shaped like a semicircle.

Usage examples:

A semicircular driveway

Meanings of Semicivilized:

adjective

Partially civilized.

Meanings of Semiclassical:

adjective

(of music) having elements of both classical and popular music.

Meanings of Semicolon:

noun

A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

Usage examples:

I took my seat in creative writing and listened as mr. thompson lectured the class on when to use c…

Meanings of Semicolons:

noun

A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

Usage examples:

I took my seat in creative writing and listened as mr. thompson lectured the class on when to use c…

Meanings of Semicolony:

noun

A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

Usage examples:

I took my seat in creative writing and listened as mr. thompson lectured the class on when to use c…

Meanings of Semiconducting:

adjective

(of a material or device) having the properties of a semiconductor.

Usage examples:

Previous fingerprint sensors have exploited the capacitance between the skin and the surface of a s…

Meanings of Semiconductor:

noun

A solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of most metals, either due to the addition of an impurity or because of temperature effects. devices made of semiconductors, notably silicon, are essential components of most electronic circuits.

Usage examples:

Excitons are created in semiconductors when a laser field promotes an electron from the valance ban…

Meanings of Semiconductors:

noun

A solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of most metals, either due to the addition of an impurity or because of temperature effects. devices made of semiconductors, notably silicon, are essential components of most electronic circuits.

Usage examples:

Excitons are created in semiconductors when a laser field promotes an electron from the valance ban…

Meanings of Semiconscious:

adjective

Only partially conscious.

Usage examples:

He dragged out the semi-conscious pilot

Meanings of Semiconservative:

adjective

Relating to or denoting replication of a nucleic acid in which one complete strand of each double helix is directly derived from the parent molecule.

Usage examples:

In contrast to the semi-conservative process of dna replication where both strands are synthesized …

Meanings of Semicrystalline:

adjective

(of a solid) possessing crystalline character to some degree.

Usage examples:

Water is an uncharged small molecule that readily penetrates lipid monolayers, biological membranes…

Meanings of Semicylinder:

noun

Half of a cylinder cut longitudinally.

Usage examples:

The physical dimensions of a semi-cylinder are defined by the cylinder radius, cylinder length and …

Meanings of Semidarkness:

noun

A light level in which it is possible to see, but not clearly.

Usage examples:

I made for the door and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons

Meanings of Semidetached:

adjective

(of a house) joined to another house on one side only by a common wall.

Usage examples:

Red house today stands secluded behind a pleasantly weathered red-brick wall surrounded by a forest…

noun

A semi-detached house.

Usage examples:

But this weekend, lurking behind the twitching curtains of semi-detacheds, was the nasty realisatio…

Meanings of Semidiameter:

noun

Half of a diameter.

Usage examples:

The moon will, at the full, be totally eclipsed, if its latitude is less than the difference betwee…

Meanings of Semidocumentary:

adjective

(of a film) having a factual background and a fictitious story.

Usage examples:

Experimental, semi-documentary film, showing london's east end through the lives of two deaf-mutes.

noun

A semi-documentary film.

Usage examples:

His fiction films (as opposed to certain of his documentaries or semi-documentaries) are rather pal…

Meanings of Semidome:

noun

A half-dome formed by vertical section.

Usage examples:

The semicircular chancel is covered by a semi-dome

Meanings of Semidomes:

noun

A half-dome formed by vertical section.

Usage examples:

The semicircular chancel is covered by a semi-dome

Meanings of Semidouble:

adjective

(of a flower) intermediate between single and double in having only the outer stamens converted to petals.

Usage examples:

The trees burst into sumptuous semi-double flowers of pure icing-sugar pink

Meanings of Semielliptical:

adjective

Having the shape of half of an ellipse bisected by one of its diameters, especially the major axis.

Usage examples:

Convex anterior border is transversely semi-elliptical in outline, with length equal to nearly 30 p…

Meanings of Semifinal:

noun

A match or round immediately preceding the final, the winner of which goes on to the final.

Usage examples:

Their semi-final defeat

Meanings of Semifinalist:

noun

A competitor or team that has reached the semi-final or semi-finals of a competition.

Usage examples:

She was a semi-finalist in last year's championship

Meanings of Semifinals:

noun

A match or round immediately preceding the final, the winner of which goes on to the final.

Usage examples:

Their semi-final defeat