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  • English Word Semisextile Definition An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
  • English Word Semisolid Definition Partially solid.
  • English Word Semisoun Definition A half sound; a low tone.
  • English Word Semispheric Definition Alt. of Semispherical
  • English Word Semispherical Definition Having the figure of a half sphere.
  • English Word Semispheroidal Definition Formed like a half spheroid.
  • English Word Semisteel Definition Puddled steel.
  • English Word Semita Definition A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
  • English Word Semitae Definition of Semita
  • English Word Semitangent Definition The tangent of half an arc.
  • English Word Semite Definition One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
  • English Word Semiterete Definition Half terete.
  • English Word Semitertian Definition Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.
  • English Word Semitertian Definition An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
  • English Word Semitic Definition Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
  • English Word Semitism Definition A Semitic idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
  • English Word Semitone Definition Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
  • English Word Semitonic Definition Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
  • English Word Semitransept Definition The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.
  • English Word Semitranslucent Definition Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.
  • English Word Semitransparency Definition Imperfect or partial transparency.
  • English Word Semitransparent Definition Half or imperfectly transparent.
  • English Word Semiverticillate Definition Partially verticillate.
  • English Word Semivif Definition Only half alive.
  • English Word Semivitreous Definition Partially vitreous.
  • English Word Semivitrification Definition The quality or state of being semivitrified.
  • English Word Semivitrification Definition A substance imperfectly vitrified.
  • English Word Semivitrified Definition Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.
  • English Word Semivocal Definition Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
  • English Word Semivowel Definition A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.