Semiverticillate
(Sem`i*ver*tic"il*late), a. Partially verticillate.
Semivif
(Sem"i*vif) a. [L. semivivus.] Only half alive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Semivitreous
(Sem`i*vit"re*ous) a. Partially vitreous.
Semivitrification
(Sem`i*vit"ri*fi*ca"tion) n.
1. The quality or state of being semivitrified.
2. A substance imperfectly vitrified.
Semivitrified
(Sem`i*vit"ri*fied) a. Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.
Semivocal
(Sem`i*vo"cal) a. (Phon.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
Semivowel
(Sem"i*vow`el) n. (Phon.) (a) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or
partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y. (b) The sign or letter representing such a
sound.
Semiweekly
(Sem`i*week"ly) a. Coming, or made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly
newspaper; a semiweekly trip. — n. That which comes or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly
periodical. — adv. At intervals of half a week each.
Semolella
(||Sem`o*lel"la) n. [It.] See Semolina.
Semolina
(Sem`o*li"na) n. [It. semolino, from semola bran, L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semoule,
Simnel.] The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, — used in cookery.
Semolino
(||Sem`o*li"no) n. [It.] Same as Semolina.
Semoule
(||Se*moule") n. [F.] Same as Semolina.
Sempervirent
(Sem`per*vi"rent) a. [L. semper always + virens, p. pr. of virere to be green.] Always
fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart.
Sempervive
(Sem"per*vive) n. [L. semperviva, sempervivum, fr. sempervivus ever- living; semper
always + vivus living.] (Bot.) The houseleek.
Sempervivum
(||Sem`per*vi"vum) n. (Bot.) A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek
(Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.
Sempiternal
(Sem`pi*ter"nal) a. [L. sempiternus, fr. semper always: cf. F. sempiternel.]
1. Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end. Sir M. Hale.
2. Without beginning or end; eternal. Blackmore.
Sempiterne
(Sem"pi*terne) a. Sempiternal. [Obs.]
Sempiternity
(Sem`pi*ter"ni*ty) n. [L. sempiternitas.] Future duration without end; the relation or state
of being sempiternal. Sir M. Hale.
Sempre
(Sem"pre) adv. [It., fr. L. semper.] (Mus.) Always; throughout; as, sempre piano, always soft.
Sempster
(Semp"ster) n. A seamster. [Obs.]
