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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sēm′/i-ăd-hēr′ent, a.p. 1199Adherent part way.
  2. Sĕm′i-am-plēx′i-caul, a.p. 1199Partially amplexicaul; especially (Bot.), embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
  3. Sĕm'ī-ăn'nu-al, a.p. 1199Half yearly.
  4. Sēm'ĭ-ăn'nu-al-ly, adv.p. 1199Every half year.
  5. Sĕm′-ĭ-ăn′nu-lar, a.p. 1199Having the figure of a half circle; that is, half-round. Grew.
  6. Sĕm’/ĭ-ăp’/er-tūre, n.p. 1199The half of an aperture.
  7. Sēm'i-Ā'ri-an, n.p. 1199(Eccl. Hist.) One belonging to a branch of the Arians, who acquiesced in some of the principles of Arius, disguised under more moderate terms. They did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial…
  8. Sĕm'/i-Ā'ri-an, a.p. 1199Pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
  9. Sēm'ī-Ā'ri-an-ism, n.p. 1199The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
  10. Sĕm’ĭ-bär-bā’rĭ-an, a.p. 1199Half savage; partially civilized.
  11. Sĕm′ĭ-bar-băr′ĭc, a.p. 1199Half barbarous, or uncivilized; as, semi-barbaric display.
  12. Sĕm'i-bār'bār-ism, n.p. 1199A state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
  13. Sĕm′ĭ-bār′ba-rŏŭs, a.p. 1199In a state of semi-barbarism.
  14. Sĕm'i-brĭēf, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A semibreve. [Rare.]
  15. Sĕm’i-brēve, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A note, of half the time or duration of the breve;—called also a whole note. It is the longest note now in general use. Semibreves.
  16. Sĕm'ī-căl'çined, a.p. 1199Half calcined; as, semi-calcined iron.
  17. Sĕm'ĭ-cās'trāte, v. t.p. 1199To deprive of one testicle.
  18. Sĕm'ĭ-cas-trā'tion, n.p. 1199Half castration; deprivation of one testicle.
  19. Sĕm′ĭ-cha-ŏt′ĭc, a.p. 1199Partially chaotic.
  20. Sĕm’ĭ-chō’rus, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A short chorus performed by a few singers.
  21. Sēm'î-a-chrīs'tian-īzed, a.p. 1199Half Christianized.
  22. Sēm'ĭ-cîr'cle, n.p. 1199The half of a circle; the part of a circle comprehended between its diameter and half of its circumference. 2. A body in the form of half of a circle.
  23. Sĕm′i-cĭr′cled, a.p. 1199Having the form of half of a circle.
  24. Sĕm'ĭ-cĭr'cu-lar, a.p. 1199Having the form of half of a circle. Addison.
  25. Sĕm'ĭ-cĭr-cŭm'fĕr-ence, n.p. 1199Half of the circumference.
  26. Sĕm’ĭ-cōlon, n.p. 1199(Gram. & Punctuation.) A point or sentential mark [;] used to indicate a separation between parts or members of a sentence, more distinct than that marked by a comma, and a pause in reading usually…
  27. Sĕm′ī-cŏl′umn, n.p. 1199A half column.
  28. Sĕm′ĭ-co-lūm′nar, a.p. 1199Like half of a column; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar;—applied especially to botanical objects.
  29. Sēm′ĭ-com-pāct′, a.p. 1199Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
  30. Sĕm'ī-eŏn'scious, a.p. 1199Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.
  31. Sĕm'ĭ-crus-tā'ceoŭs, a.p. 1199Half crustaceous.
  32. Sĕm'i-crys'tal-line, a.p. 1199Imperfectly crystallized.
  33. Sĕm'ĭ-cū'bĭc-al, a.p. 1199(Math.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, a species of parabola in which the cubes of the ordinates are proportional to the squares of the abscissas, and which is the evolute of the common…
  34. Sĕm′ĭ-cū′bĭ-ŭm or Sĕm′ĭ-cū′pĭ-ŭm, n.p. 1199A half bath, or one that covers only the lower extremities and hips.
  35. Sĕm′ĭ-cy-līn′drĭc or Sĕm′ĭ-cy-līn′drĭc-al, a.p. 1199Half cylindrical.
  36. Se-mīd'a-līte, n.p. 1199(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics who lived in the sixth century, and who used wheat flour in their sacrifices. Hook.
  37. Sĕm′/ī-de-ĭst′ic-al, a.p. 1199Half deistical; bordering on deism. S. Miller.
  38. Sĕm'ĭ-dī-ăm'e-ter, n.p. 1199Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
  39. Sĕm’ī-dī-a-pā’son, n.p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect octave.
  40. Sĕm′ĭ-dī′ă-pĕn′te, n.p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect fifth. Busby.
  41. Sēm′ĭ-dĭ-ăph′a-nē′ĭ-ty, n.p. 1199Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [Rare.] Boyle.
  42. Sĕm'ĭ-dĭ-ăph'ă-noŭs, a.p. 1199Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
  43. Sēm'ī-dī-a-tēs'sa-rōn, n.p. 1199(Mus.) An imperfect or defective fourth. [Rare.] Brande.
  44. Sĕm’î-dī’tōne, n.p. 1199(Mus.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [Rare.]
  45. Sēm'i-dī-ūr'nal, a.p. 1199Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours. 2. Pertaining to, or accomplished in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a…
  46. Sēm'i-dōub'le, n.p. 1199(Rom. Cath. Church.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones, but with more than the single ones. Bailey.
  47. Sēm'i-dou'ble, a.p. 1199(Bot.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; — said of a flower.
  48. Sēm'i-fā'ble, n.p. 1199That which consists of, or contains, a part of fable and a part of truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey.
  49. Sĕm′ĭ-flō′rĕt, n.p. 1199See SEMIFLOSCULE.
  50. Sēm'ĭ-flōs'cu-lar, a.p. 1199Semi-flosculous.
  51. Sēm’ī-flōs’cūle, n.p. 1199(Bot.) A floscule or floret, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; — called also semi-floret.
  52. Sēm'i-flōs'cū-lōus, a.p. 1199(Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
  53. Sēm'i-flū'id, a.p. 1199Imperfectly fluid.
  54. Sēm'i-fōrm, n.p. 1199A half form; an imperfect form.
  55. Sēm'i-fōrmed, a.p. 1199Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semi-formed crystals.
  56. Sēm'ĭ-hō'ral, a.p. 1199Half-hourly.
  57. Sēm'i-in'dū-rā'ted, a.p. 1199Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
  58. Sĕm'ĭ-la-pĭd'ĭ-fied, a.p. 1199Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.
  59. Sēm’ĭ-len-tĭc’ū-lar, a.p. 1199Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan.
  60. Sĕm'i-lĭq'uid, a.p. 1199Half liquid; semi-fluid.