<B>semivowel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sound that is acoustically like a vowel but functions like a consonant, such as the English sounds represented by <I>y</I> in <I>yes</I> and <I>w</I> in <I>well.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a letter or character representing such a sound, <I>W</I> in <I>win</I> and <I>now</I> or <I>y</I> in <I>yes</I> and <I>boy</I> are semivowels. </DL>
<A NAME="semiweekly">
<B>semiweekly, </B>adjective, adverb, noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> occurring or appearing twice a week. <DD><I>adv. </I> twice a week. <DD><I>noun </I> something that occurs or appears twice a week, especially a magazine, newspaper, or other periodical published twice a week. </DL>
<A NAME="semiyearly">
<B>semiyearly, </B>adjective, adverb, noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> occurring or appearing twice a year. <DD><I>adv. </I> twice a year. <DD><I>noun </I> something that occurs or appears twice a year. </DL>
<A NAME="semolina">
<B>semolina, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the coarsely ground hard parts of wheat remaining after the fine flour has been sifted through, used in making puddings, macaroni, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="sempereadem">
<B>semper eadem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) always the same (motto of Queen Elizabeth I of England, 1533-1603). </DL>
<A NAME="semperfidelis">
<B>semper fidelis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) always faithful (motto of the U.S. Marine Corps). </DL>
<A NAME="semperidem">
<B>semper idem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) always the same. </DL>
<A NAME="semperparatus">
<B>semper paratus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) always prepared; always ready (motto of the U.S. Coast Guard). </DL>
<A NAME="sempervirent">
<B>sempervirent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> evergreen, as plants. </DL>
<A NAME="sempervivum">
<B>sempervivum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any crassulaceous plant of a genus that includes the houseleek and many other species. </DL>
<A NAME="sempiternal">
<B>sempiternal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> everlasting; eternal. <BR> <I>Ex. All truth is from the sempiternal source of light divine (William Cowper).</I> adv. <B>sempiternally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sempiternity">
<B>sempiternity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> sempiternal quality or condition; everlasting duration. </DL>
<A NAME="semplice">
<B>semplice, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) unaffected; simple; to be played in an unadorned and unpretentious manner in both tempo and expression (a direction). </DL>
<A NAME="sempre">
<B>sempre, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) always; in the same (or the designated) style throughout. </DL>
<A NAME="sempster">
<B>sempster, </B>noun. =seamster.</DL>
<A NAME="sempstress">
<B>sempstress, </B>noun. =seamstress.</DL>
<A NAME="sen">
<B>sen, </B>noun, pl. <B>sen.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a former Japanese money of account, a copper or bronze coin worth 1/100 of a yen. <DD><B> 2. </B>a Kampuchean coin worth 1/100 of a riel. <DD><B> 3. </B>an Indonesian coin worth 1/100 of a rupiah. </DL>
<A NAME="sen">
<B>Sen.</B> or <B>sen.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>Senate. <DD><B> b. </B>senator. <DD><B> 2. </B>senior. </DL>
<A NAME="senarius">
<B>senarius, </B>noun, pl. <B>-narii.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a verse of six feet in Greek and Latin poetry; an iambic trimeter. </DL>
<A NAME="senary">
<B>senary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with the number six. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mathematics.) having six for the base. <BR> <I>Ex. the senary scale.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="senate">
<B>senate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a governing or lawmaking assembly of a state or nation. <DD><B> b. </B>the upper and smaller branch of an assembly that makes laws. <DD><B> 2. </B>the highest council of state in ancient Rome, whose membership and functions varied at different periods. <DD><B> 3. </B>an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in the government of a state. <DD><B> 4. </B>a governing or disciplinary body in certain universities. </DL>
<A NAME="senate">
<B>Senate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the upper house of Congress (of the United States of America) or of a state legislature. <DD><B> 2. </B>the upper house of the legislature of certain other countries, such as Canada and Australia. </DL>
<A NAME="senator">
<B>senator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a senate. </DL>
<A NAME="senatorial">
<B>senatorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or befitting a senator or senators. <BR> <I>Ex. a senatorial election.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>consisting of senators. <BR> <I>Ex. a senatorial subcommittee.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>entitled to elect a senator. <BR> <I>Ex. a senatorial district.</I> adv. <B>senatorially.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="senatorialcourtesy">
<B>senatorial courtesy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the custom of the Senate of not confirming nominations for office made by the President without the approval of the senators from the state where the nominee lives. </DL>
<A NAME="senatorian">
<B>senatorian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> senatorial (used chiefly with reference to the senators of ancient Rome). </DL>
<A NAME="senatorship">
<B>senatorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position, duties, or authority of a senator. </DL>
<A NAME="senatusconsultum">
<B>senatus consultum, </B>pl. <B>senatus consulta.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a decree of the senate of ancient Rome. </DL>
<A NAME="send">
<B>send, </B>verb, <B>sent,</B> <B>sending,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to go from one place to another. <BR> <I>Ex. to send someone for a doctor. Mother sends my brother on errands.</I> (SYN) dispatch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause to be carried. <BR> <I>Ex. to send good news, to send one's compliments. We sent the letter by airmail.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to cause to come, occur, or be. <BR> <I>Ex. Send help at once. May God send peace. Ah, spring was sent for lass and lad (A. E. Housman).</I> (SYN) bestow. <DD><B> 4. </B>to compel or force to go; drive, impel, or throw. <BR> <I>Ex. to send a ball or an arrow. The blow sent him staggering to a chair. The arrival of the police sent the rioters flying in all directions. The volcano sent clouds of smoke into the air.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to cause (a person) to live in a certain place, engage in certain employment, or the like, for a period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. to send a boy to college, to send a man to Congress.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to refer (a reader) to some author or authority. <BR> <I>Ex. to send a reader to the dictionary.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to cause (something) to go (down, up, or in some other condition). <BR> <I>Ex. The news sent the stock market up.</I> <DD><B> 8a. </B>to transmit (as radio signals). <DD><B> b. </B>to transmit (as a current or electromagnetic wave) by means of pulsation. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Slang.) to excite greatly or inspire, especially by jazz. <BR> <I>Ex. Two pumas snarled savagely at an Irish Jig but Home Sweet Home and Annie Laurie sent them (Cape Times).</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>(Archaic.) to cause to be or become. <BR> <I>Ex. God send him well! (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) grant. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to send a message or messenger. <BR> <I>Ex. to send for a doctor, to send for a taxi. I have sent every half hour to know how she does (Samuel Richardson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of a ship: <DD><B> a. </B>to lurch forward into the trough of a wave. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=scend.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the driving impulse or force of a wave or waves on a ship. <BR> <I>Ex. The Mayflower ... stood for the open Atlantic, borne on the send of the sea (Longfellow).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a sudden lurch forward of a ship into the trough of a wave. <BR><I>expr. <B>send down,</B> </I>(British.) to expel from a university. <BR> <I>Ex. Another told us that he had been sent down from Oxford before coming to Exeter (Listener).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>send packing,</B> </I>to send away in a hurry; dismiss without delay or formality. <BR> <I>Ex. Sure as fate, we'll send you packing (Robert Browning).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>send up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>(U.S. Informal.) to send to prison. </I> <I>Ex. They sent that fellow Sparser up for a year (Theodore Dreiser).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(British Slang.) to make a parody on; ridicule; caricature. <BR> <I>Ex. Like Carson, he performs many of the commercials himself, sending many of them up. The harder he attacks a product, the more it is likely to sell the next morning (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sendaivirus">
<B>Sendai virus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a paramyxovirus that induces rapid fusion of different types of cells. </DL>
<A NAME="sendal">
<B>sendal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thin, rich silk fabric used during the Middle Ages. <DD><B> 2. </B>a garment made of it. </DL>
<A NAME="sender">
<B>sender, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that sends. <DD><B> 2. </B>a transmitter, as in telegraphy. </DL>
<A NAME="sendoff">
<B>send-off, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a friendly demonstration in honor of a person setting out on a journey, course, career, etc. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a start (favorable or unfavorable) given to a person or thing. <BR> <I>Ex. Each of these groups sent representatives today to a press conference ... to give the new bill a send-off (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sendup">
<B>send-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a parody or caricature; burlesque; take-off. <BR> <I>Ex. It [the book] is a splendidly detached send-up of the brainy female (Punch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="seneca">
<B>Seneca, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cas</B> or <B>-ca.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of American Indians, living mainly in western New York State. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Iroquoian language of this tribe. </DL>
<A NAME="senecan">
<B>Senecan, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Seneca (4 B.C.?-A.D. 65), a Roman Stoic philosopher, and the tragedies written by him and his imitators. </DL>
<A NAME="senecasnakeroot">
<B>Seneca snakeroot,</B> =senega.</DL>
<A NAME="senecio">
<B>senecio, </B>noun, pl. <B>-os.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> groundsel; ragwort. </DL>
<A NAME="senega">
<B>senega, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the dried root of a milkwort of eastern North America, used medicinally as an expectorant; rattlesnake root. <DD><B> 2. </B>the plant itself. </DL>
<A NAME="senegalese">
<B>Senegalese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Senegal, a republic in western Africa, its people, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Senegal. <DD><B> 2. </B>their language. </DL>
