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  • English Word Semidiapason Definition An imperfect octave.
  • English Word Semidiapente Definition An imperfect or diminished fifth.
  • English Word Semidiaphaneity Definition Half or imperfect transparency; translucency.
  • English Word Semidiaphanous Definition Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
  • English Word Semidiatessaron Definition An imperfect or diminished fourth.
  • English Word Semiditone Definition A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.
  • English Word Semidiurnal Definition Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.
  • English Word Semidiurnal Definition Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
  • English Word Semidome Definition A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
  • English Word Semidouble Definition An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.
  • English Word Semidouble Definition Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.
  • English Word Semifable Definition That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable.
  • English Word Semiflexed Definition Half bent.
  • English Word Semifloret Definition See Semifloscule.
  • English Word Semifloscular Definition Semiflosculous.
  • English Word Semifloscule Definition A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
  • English Word Semiflosculous Definition Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
  • English Word Semifluid Definition Imperfectly fluid.
  • English Word Semifluid Definition A semifluid substance.
  • English Word Semiform Definition A half form; an imperfect form.
  • English Word Semiformed Definition Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
  • English Word Semiglutin Definition A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.
  • English Word Semihistorical Definition Half or party historical.
  • English Word Semihoral Definition Half-hourly.
  • English Word Semiiannual Definition Half-yearly.
  • English Word Semiimute Definition Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
  • English Word Semiindurated Definition Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
  • English Word Semilapidified Definition Imperfectly changed into stone.
  • English Word Semilens Definition The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
  • English Word Semilenticular Definition Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.