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- English Word Sergeanty Definition Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.
- English Word Serial Definition Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
- English Word Serial Definition Of or pertaining to rows.
- English Word Serial Definition A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.
- English Word Seriality Definition The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence.
- English Word Serially Definition In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published serially.
- English Word Seriate Definition Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.
- English Word Seriatim Definition In regular order; one after the other; severally.
- English Word Seriation Definition Arrangement or position in a series.
- English Word Sericeous Definition Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
- English Word Sericeous Definition Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
- English Word Sericeous Definition Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
- English Word Sericin Definition A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
- English Word Sericite Definition A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.
- English Word Sericterium Definition A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
- English Word Sericulture Definition The raising of silkworms.
- English Word Serie Definition Series.
- English Word Seriema Definition A large South American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
- English Word Series Definition A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.
- English Word Series Definition Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
- English Word Series Definition An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
- English Word Serin Definition A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.
- English Word Serine Definition A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.
- English Word Serio-comic Definition Alt. of Serio-comical
- English Word Serio-comical Definition Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.
- English Word Serious Definition Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
- English Word Serious Definition Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
- English Word Serious Definition Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
- English Word Serious Definition Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.
- English Word Seriph Definition See Ceriph.