English words starting with semi

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…

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…