First Names Rhyming SELENE
English Words Rhyming SELENE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SELENE AS A WHOLE:
| paraselene | noun (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion. |
| selenecentric | adjective (a.) As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SELENE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (elene) - English Words That Ends with elene:
| melene | noun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene. |
| stelene | adjective (a.) Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (lene) - English Words That Ends with lene:
| acetylene | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. |
| allylene | noun (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. |
| amylene | noun (n.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group. |
| butylene | noun (n.) Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable. |
| conylene | noun (n.) An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine. |
| cottolene | noun (n.) A product from cotton-seed, used as lard. |
| crotonylene | noun (n.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid. |
| diamylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene. |
| eikosylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal. |
| ethylene | noun (n.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen. |
| gasolene | noun (n.) See Gasoline. |
| hellene | noun (n.) A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. |
| heptylene | noun (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene. |
| hexylene | noun (n.) A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene. |
| lene | noun (n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). |
| | noun (n.) Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /). |
| | adjective (a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing. |
| | adjective (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /). |
| | verb (v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit. |
| melissylene | noun (n.) See Melene. |
| mesitylene | noun (n.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. |
| metaxylene | noun (n.) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colorless inf/ammable liquid. |
| methylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene. |
| naphthalene | noun (n.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline. |
| nonylene | noun (n.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series. |
| octylene | noun (n.) Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids. |
| orthoxylene | noun (n.) That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene. |
| oxymethylene | noun (n.) Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative. |
| paranaphthalene | noun (n.) Anthracene; -- called also paranaphthaline. |
| paraxylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene. |
| pentamethylene | noun (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene. |
| phenylene | noun (n.) A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine. |
| philhellene | noun (n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. |
| piperylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives. |
| propylene | noun (n.) A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene. |
| rhigolene | noun (n.) A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant. |
| rutylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially. |
| scalene | noun (n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. |
| | adjective (a.) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. |
| silene | noun (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly. |
| styrolene | noun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene. |
| tercellene | noun (n.) A small male hawk. |
| terpilene | noun (n.) A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene. |
| tetramethylene | noun (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives. |
| | noun (n.) Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene. |
| tetrylene | noun (n.) Butylene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule. |
| thallene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence. |
| thiotolene | noun (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3S.CH3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene. |
| toluylene | noun (n.) Same as Stilbene. |
| | noun (n.) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene. |
| tolylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives. |
| tridecatylene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon, C13H26, of the ethylene series, corresponding to tridecane, and obtained from Burmah petroleum as a light colorless liquid; -- called also tridecylene, and tridecene. |
| trimethylene | noun (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons. |
| tritylene | noun (n.) Propylene. |
| valerylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C5H8; -- called also pentine. |
| valylene | noun (n.) A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene and acetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the third degree. It is the only known member of a distinct series of compounds. It has a garlic odor. |
| xanthoxylene | noun (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as an aromatic oil. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ene) - English Words That Ends with ene:
| abietene | noun (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California. |
| achene | noun (n.) Alt. of Achenium |
| akene | noun (n.) Same as Achene. |
| alpigene | adjective (a.) Growing in Alpine regions. |
| amphigene | noun (n.) Leucite. |
| antenicene | adjective (a.) Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith. |
| anthracene | noun (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. |
| arrasene | noun (n.) A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery. |
| azobenzene | noun (n.) A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene, forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible. |
| analgene | noun (n.) A crystalline compound used as an antipyretic and analgesic, employed chiefly in rheumatism and neuralgia. It is a complex derivative of quinoline. |
| bene | noun (n.) See Benne. |
| | noun (n.) A prayer; boon. |
| | noun (n.) Alt. of Ben |
| benzene | noun (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. |
| cacoxene | noun (n.) Alt. of Cacoxenite |
| cadene | noun (n.) A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. |
| cajuputene | noun (n.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput. |
| calymene | noun (n.) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age. |
| camphene | noun (n.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes. |
| cannabene | noun (n.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties. |
| carene | noun (n.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. |
| carvene | noun (n.) An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway. |
| cedrene | noun (n.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. |
| cerotene | noun (n.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin. |
| cetene | noun (n.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti. |
| chrysene | noun (n.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities. |
| cinnamene | noun (n.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene. |
| colophene | noun (n.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene. |
| conimene | noun (n.) Same as Olibene. |
| coryphene | noun (n.) A fish of the genus Coryphaena. See Dolphin. (2) |
| cumene | noun (n.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol. |
| cymene | noun (n.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen. |
| cymogene | noun (n.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures. |
| damascene | noun (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson. |
| | adjective (a.) Of or relating to Damascus. |
| | verb (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. |
| decene | noun (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series. |
| disthene | noun (n.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite. |
| diterebene | noun (n.) See Colophene. |
| durene | noun (n.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor. |
| elaeoptene | noun (n.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. |
| elaoptene | noun (n.) See Elaeoptene. |
| eocene | noun (n.) The Eocene formation. |
| | adjective (a.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. |
| epicene | noun (a. & n.) Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. |
| | noun (a. & n.) Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other. |
| epicoene | adjective (a.) Epicene. |
| epigene | adjective (a.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found. |
| | adjective (a.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks. |
| essene | noun (n.) One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence. |
| ethene | noun (n.) Ethylene; olefiant gas. |
| ethidene | noun (n.) Ethylidene. |
| fluoranthene | noun (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C/H/, of a complex structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar. |
| fluorene | noun (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially. |
| gangrene | noun (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SELENE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (selen) - Words That Begins with selen:
| selenate | noun (n.) A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate. |
| selenhydric | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid. |
| selenic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds. |
| selenide | noun (n.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide. |
| seleniferous | adjective (a.) Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites. |
| selenious | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds. |
| selenite | noun (n.) A salt of selenious acid. |
| | noun (n.) A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses. |
| selenitic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Selenitical |
| selenitical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite. |
| selenium | noun (n.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9. |
| seleniuret | noun (n.) A selenide. |
| seleniureted | adjective (a.) Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen. |
| selenograph | noun (n.) A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it. |
| selenographer | noun (n.) One skilled in selenography. |
| selenographic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Selenographical |
| selenographical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to selenography. |
| selenographist | noun (n.) A selenographer. |
| selenography | noun (n.) The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth. |
| selenonium | noun (n.) A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium. |
| selenology | noun (n.) That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (sele) - Words That Begins with sele:
| select | adjective (a.) Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice. |
| | verb (v. t.) To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal. |
| selecting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Select |
| selection | noun (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference. |
| | noun (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books. |
| selective | adjective (a.) Selecting; tending to select. |
| selectman | noun (n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town. |
| selectness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being select. |
| selector | noun (n.) One who selects. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sel) - Words That Begins with sel:
| selachian | noun (n.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| selachii | noun (n. pl.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei. |
| selachoidei | noun (n. pl.) Same as Selachii. |
| selachostomi | noun (n. pl.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth. |
| selaginella | noun (n.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories. |
| selah | noun (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song. |
| selcouth | noun (n.) Rarely known; unusual; strange. |
| seld | adjective (a.) Rare; uncommon; unusual. |
| | adverb (adv.) Rarely; seldom. |
| seldom | adjective (a.) Rare; infrequent. |
| seldomness | noun (n.) Rareness. |
| seldseen | adjective (a.) Seldom seen. |
| seldshewn | adjective (a.) Rarely shown or exhibited. |
| self | noun (n.) The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality. |
| | noun (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim. |
| | noun (n.) Personification; embodiment. |
| | adjective (a.) Same; particular; very; identical. |
| | adjective (a.) Having its own or a single nature or character, as in color, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed; as, a self bow, one made from a single piece of wood; self flower or plant, one which is wholly of one color; self-colored. |
| selfhood | noun (n.) Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality. |
| selfish | adjective (a.) Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. |
| | adjective (a.) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self. |
| selfishness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others. |
| selfism | noun (n.) Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness. |
| selfist | noun (n.) A selfish person. |
| selfless | adjective (a.) Having no regard to self; unselfish. |
| selflessness | noun (n.) Quality or state of being selfless. |
| selfness | noun (n.) Selfishness. |
| selfsame | adjective (a.) Precisely the same; the very same; identical. |
| selion | noun (n.) A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows. |
| seljukian | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. |
| seljuckian | noun (n.) A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk. |
| sell | noun (n.) Self. |
| | noun (n.) A sill. |
| | noun (n.) A cell; a house. |
| | noun (n.) A saddle for a horse. |
| | noun (n.) A throne or lofty seat. |
| | noun (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. |
| | verb (v. t.) To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. |
| | verb (v. t.) To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. |
| | verb (v. i.) To practice selling commodities. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. |
| selling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sell |
| sellanders | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Sellenders |
| sellenders | noun (n. pl.) See Sallenders. |
| seller | noun (n.) One who sells. |
| selvage | noun (n.) Alt. of Selvedge |
| selvedge | noun (n.) The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling. |
| | noun (n.) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes. |
| | noun (n.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4. |
| selvaged | adjective (a.) Alt. of Selvedged |
| selvedged | adjective (a.) Having a selvage. |
| selvagee | noun (n.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc. |
| selve | adjective (a.) Self; same. |
| selves | noun (n.) pl. of Self. |
| | (pl. ) of Self |
| sely | adjective (a.) Silly. |
| selvas | noun (n. pl.) Vast woodland plains of South America. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SELENE:
English Words which starts with 'se' and ends with 'ne':
| secundine | noun (n.) The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine. |
| | noun (n.) The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural. |
| seine | noun (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. |
| semicrystalline | adjective (a.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter. |
| semiditone | noun (n.) A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. |
| semilune | noun (n.) The half of a lune. |
| semitone | noun (n.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. |
| sempiterne | adjective (a.) Sempiternal. |
| sentine | noun (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. |
| sepaline | adjective (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals. |
| septane | noun (n.) See Heptane. |
| sequoiene | noun (n.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea). |
| seraphine | noun (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument. |
| serene | noun (n.) Serenity; clearness; calmness. |
| | noun (n.) Evening air; night chill. |
| | adjective (a.) Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. |
| | adjective (a.) Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make serene. |
| serine | noun (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin. |
| serotine | noun (n.) The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus). |
| serpentine | noun (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of ancient cannon. |
| | adjective (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid. |
| | verb (v. i.) To serpentize. |
| servaline | adjective (a.) Related to, or resembling, the serval. |
| sesquitone | noun (n.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones. |
| sestine | noun (n.) See Sextain. |
| semitontine | adjective (a.) Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine life insurance. See Tontine insurance. |
