<B>seicento, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the 1600's (used especially in Italian art and literature of that period). </DL>
<A NAME="seiche">
<B>seiche, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an occasional rhythmical movement from side to side of the water of a lake, bay, or the like, with fluctuation of water level, usually caused by high winds or changes in atmospheric pressure. </DL>
<A NAME="seichometer">
<B>seichometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument measuring the fluctuations of the level of the water in lakes. </DL>
<A NAME="seidel">
<B>seidel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mug for beer. </DL>
<A NAME="seidlitzpowder">
<B>Seidlitz powder</B> or <B>powders,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a saline laxative consisting of two powders, one tartaric acid and the other a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (potassium sodium tartrate); Rochelle powder. These are dissolved separately, and the solutions are mixed and drunk while effervescing. Also, <B>Sedlitz powder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="seif">
<B>seif, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long dune found in sandy deserts in which the winds are variable. </DL>
<A NAME="seigneur">
<B>seigneur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a feudal lord or landowner; seignior. A grand seigneur was a person of high rank or one who behaved as a person of high rank should. (SYN) liege. <DD><B> 2. </B>(formerly, in Canada) the holder of a landed estate the title to which had its origin in a feudal grant from the king of France. </DL>
<A NAME="seigneurial">
<B>seigneurial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a seigneur or seigniory. <BR> <I>Ex. seigneurial rights.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seigneurie">
<B>seigneurie, </B>noun. =seigneury.</DL>
<A NAME="seigneury">
<B>seigneury, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gneuries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> formerly, in Canada: <DD><B> 1. </B>a landed estate held by feudal tenure. <DD><B> 2. </B>the mansion of a seigneur. </DL>
<A NAME="seignior">
<B>seignior, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a feudal lord; nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant. <DD><B> b. </B>any lord (holder) of a manor; gentleman. <DD><B> 2. </B>a title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to <I>Sir.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seigniorage">
<B>seigniorage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something claimed by a sovereign or superior as a prerogative. <DD><B> 2. </B>a charge for coining gold or silver. <DD><B> 3. </B>the difference between the face value of a coin and the cost of the bullion and the minting of it. </DL>
<A NAME="seignioral">
<B>seignioral, </B>adjective. =seigniorial.</DL>
<A NAME="seigniorial">
<B>seigniorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a seignior. </DL>
<A NAME="seigniory">
<B>seigniory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-iories.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the power, authority, rights, or privileges of a seignior. <DD><B> 2. </B>a feudal lord's domain. <DD><B> 3. </B>a group of feudal lords. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=seigneury.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="seignorage">
<B>seignorage, </B>noun. =seigniorage.</DL>
<A NAME="seignorial">
<B>seignorial, </B>adjective. =seigniorial.</DL>
<A NAME="seine">
<B>seine, </B>noun, verb, <B>seined,</B> <B>seining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a fishing net that hangs straight down in the water. A seine has floats at the top and weights at the bottom. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to fish or catch fish with a seine. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to catch (fish) with a seine. <DD><B> 2. </B>to fish (a body of water) with a seine or seines. </DL>
<A NAME="seineboat">
<B>seine boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a boat for carrying and paying out a seine. </DL>
<A NAME="seiner">
<B>seiner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a boat used in fishing with a seine. </DL>
<B>seised, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) having ownership and right of possession, as of a freehold estate. </DL>
<A NAME="seisin">
<B>seisin, </B>noun. =seizin.</DL>
<A NAME="seism">
<B>seism, </B>noun. =earthquake.</DL>
<A NAME="seismal">
<B>seismal, </B>adjective. =seismic.</DL>
<A NAME="seismetic">
<B>seismetic, </B>adjective. =seismic.</DL>
<A NAME="seismic">
<B>seismic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with earthquakes or other movements of the earth's crust. <BR> <I>Ex. Seismic waves radiate through the earth.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>caused by an earthquake or other movement of the earth's crust. <BR> <I>Ex. a seismic catastrophe.</I> </DL>
<B>seismicity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>liability to earthquakes. <DD><B> 2. </B>the relative frequency of earthquakes in a given area. <BR> <I>Ex. the well-measured seismicity of Southern California.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seismictomography">
<B>seismic tomography,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the use of seismic waves to form images of the earth's interior which are then synthesized into a single cross-sectional view. <BR> <I>Ex. the three-dimensional maps produced by seismic tomography.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seismism">
<B>seismism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the phenomena of earthquakes, collectively. </DL>
<A NAME="seismo">
<B>seismo-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>earthquake. <BR> <I>Ex. Seismology = the scientific study of earthquakes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>vibration. <BR> <I>Ex. seismocardiography = study of vibrations of the heart.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seismocardiography">
<B>seismocardiography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> seismic analysis of the rhythms of the heart, especially the left ventricle, to detect abnormalities indicating the presence of heart disease. </DL>
<A NAME="seismogram">
<B>seismogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the record made by a seismograph. </DL>
<A NAME="seismograph">
<B>seismograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for recording the direction, intensity, and duration of earthquakes or other movements of the earth's crust. </DL>
<A NAME="seismographer">
<B>seismographer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in seismography. </DL>
<B>seismography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the art of using the seismograph. <DD><B> 2. </B>the branch of seismology dealing especially with the mapping and description of earthquakes. </DL>
<B>seismological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with seismology. adv. <B>seismologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="seismologist">
<B>seismologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in seismology. </DL>
<A NAME="seismology">
<B>seismology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of earthquakes and other movements of the earth's crust. <BR> <I>Ex. Seismology has lifted our notions about the interior of our planet from the realm of wild speculation to the stage of scientific measurement and well-reasoned inferences (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seismometer">
<B>seismometer, </B>noun. =seismograph.</DL>
<A NAME="seismometric">
<B>seismometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with seismometry. </DL>
<B>seismometry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the recording and study of earthquake phenomena, especially by means of the seismometer. </DL>
<A NAME="seismoscope">
<B>seismoscope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a simple form of seismograph; instrument for indicating the occurrence of earthquake shocks. </DL>
<A NAME="seismoscopic">
<B>seismoscopic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> relating to or furnished by the seismoscope. </DL>
<A NAME="seismotectonic">
<B>seismotectonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) having to do with the structure of the earth's crust that is connected with earthquakes. </DL>
<A NAME="seismotic">
<B>seismotic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with earthquakes; seismic. </DL>
<A NAME="seiwhale">
<B>sei whale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very common rorqual of a bluish-black color; sei. </DL>
<A NAME="seizable">
<B>seizable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be seized. <BR> <I>Ex. rich foreign lands, full of seizable wealth (H. G. Wells).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seize">
<B>seize, </B>verb, <B>seized,</B> <B>seizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to take hold of suddenly; clutch; grasp. <BR> <I>Ex. In fright she seized his arm.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to grasp with the mind; apprehend. <BR> <I>Ex. to seize an idea,</I> <BR> <I>Ex. to seize the point. He was confronted with what was really the more difficult task of seizing the trend of contemporary events (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>to take possession of by force; capture. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldiers seized the city.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to take prisoner; arrest; catch. <BR> <I>Ex. to seize a man wanted for murder.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to take possession of or come upon suddenly. <BR> <I>Ex. to be seized with terror. A fever seized him.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to take possession of (goods) by legal authority. <BR> <I>Ex. to seize smuggled goods.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Law.) to put in legal possession of (as a feudal holding or property); establish in (an office or dignity). <DD><B> 7. </B>(Nautical.) to bind, lash, or join by winding around cord, wire, etc.. <BR> <I>Ex. to seize one rope to another.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Metallurgy.) to cohere. <BR><I>expr. <B>seize on</B> (or <B>upon</B>) <DD><B> a. </B>to take hold of suddenly. </I> <I>Ex. The snake seized on its prey.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to take possession of. <BR> <I>Ex. Victoria seized upon the idea with avidity (Lytton Strachey).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Figurative.) to take advantage of; make use of. <BR> <I>Ex. That group ... seized upon the day of his burial to bring out ... a fierce manifesto against him (Edmund Wilson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>seize up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>(of bearings, joints, or the like) to cohere; become jammed. </I> <I>Ex. Human hip bones seize up due to arthritis or have to be removed because of tumours (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to become deadlocked; break down. <BR> <I>Ex. There is at present a real risk that the negotiations ... will seize up (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seizer">
<B>seizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that seizes. </DL>
