<B>semipalmated plover,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small brown and white plover with a single black ring about the neck, that breeds in arctic regions and winters in South America. </DL>
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<B>semipalmated sandpiper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, common, brown and white American sandpiper with partially webbed toes; oxeye. </DL>
<A NAME="semiparalysis">
<B>semiparalysis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a partially crippled condition; incomplete paralysis. </DL>
<A NAME="semiparameter">
<B>semiparameter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> half a parameter. </DL>
<A NAME="semiparasitic">
<B>semiparasitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Biology.) usually living on a host but able to live on decaying or dead organic matter. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) living on a host, but containing chlorophyll and therefore able to manufacture carbohydrates from the air, as mistletoe. </DL>
<A NAME="semiparasitism">
<B>semiparasitism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> incomplete or partial parasitism. </DL>
<A NAME="semipelagian">
<B>Semi-Pelagian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a follower of Semi-Pelagianism. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Semi-Pelagianism. </DL>
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<B>Semi-Pelagianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a modified form of Pelagianism which maintained that divine grace is not necessary for man to begin a supernatural conversion to God. </DL>
<A NAME="semipermanent">
<B>semipermanent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not made to last; temporary. <BR> <I>Ex. a semipermanent residence, semipermanent telegraph lines.</I> adv. <B>semipermanently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="semipermeable">
<B>semipermeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly permeable; permeable to some substances but not to others. A semipermeable membrane allows the solvent, but usually not the dissolved substance, to pass through. <BR> <I>Ex. If salt water and fresh water are separated in a chamber by a semipermeable membrane, the fresh water will flow through the membrane into the salt water (Luna B. Leopold).</I> </DL>
<B>semipostal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> (of a postage stamp) valued at more than the face amount. <DD><I>noun </I> a semipostal stamp. </DL>
<A NAME="semiprecious">
<B>semiprecious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having value, but not sufficient value to rank as precious. Amethysts and garnets are semiprecious stones; diamonds and rubies are precious stones. </DL>
<B>semipro, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-pros.</B> <B>=semiprofessional.</B> <I>Ex. a semipro baseball team.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="semiprofessional">
<B>semiprofessional, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>playing a sport for money but on a part-time basis. <BR> <I>Ex. a semiprofessional baseball player or team.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>engaged in by semiprofessional players. <BR> <I>Ex. semiprofessional sports.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>partly professional. <BR> <I>Ex. semiprofessional activities.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person who plays a sport for money but on a part-time basis. adv. <B>semiprofessionally.</B> </DL>
<B>semipublic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly or to some degree public. </DL>
<A NAME="semipyramidal">
<B>semipyramidal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form of a pyramid of three, four, or more sides, vertically bisected. </DL>
<A NAME="semiquantitative">
<B>semiquantitative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly or incompletely quantitative. </DL>
<A NAME="semiquaver">
<B>semiquaver, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a sixteenth note. </DL>
<A NAME="semiramis">
<B>Semiramis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Assyrian queen who in ancient legend was famous for her beauty, wisdom, and sensuality, and was said to have founded Babylon. </DL>
<B>semiregular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or containing a quadrilateral which has four equal sides, but only pairs of equal angles. </DL>
<B>semirevolution, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> half a revolution. </DL>
<A NAME="semirigid">
<B>semirigid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>partly rigid. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a rigid keel at the base, to which the gondola and engine are attached. <BR> <I>Ex. a semirigid airship. A dirigible is semirigid.</I> </DL>
<B>semisacred, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly sacred. <BR> <I>Ex. His eulogy of Latin as if it were a semisacred language ... (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<B>semisecrecy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of partial or incomplete secrecy. <BR> <I>Ex. working in semisecrecy.</I> </DL>
<B>semisubmersible, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> partly submersible; fixed so that it floats on water. <BR> <I>Ex. a semisubmersible oil-drilling rig.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a semisubmersible vessel, rig, or other structure. </DL>
<A NAME="semisubterranean">
<B>semisubterranean, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly underground. <BR> <I>Ex. The semisubterranean house was in excellent state of preservation (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="semisupernatural">
<B>semisupernatural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly divine and partly human; demigodlike. <BR> <I>Ex. The Greeks ... were surrounded with a world of semisupernatural beings (R. S. Perrin).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="semisweet">
<B>semisweet, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not too sweet; partially or moderately sweetened. <BR> <I>Ex. semisweet wine.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="semisynthetic">
<B>semisynthetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly artificial or synthetic. </DL>
<A NAME="semite">
<B>Semite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of the ancient and modern peoples speaking any of the Semitic languages. The ancient Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Assyrians were Semites. Arabs and Jews are sometimes called Semites. <DD><B> 2. </B>a descendant of Shem. </DL>