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Seawife
- - A European wrasse (Labrus vetula).
Sechium
- - The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.
Sectile
- - Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.
Section
- noun - (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
- a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"
- a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
- a land unit equal to 1 square mile
- a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange"
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"
- a small army unit usually having a special function
- a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course"
- a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
- a specialized divisi
Sectist
- - One devoted to a sect; a sectary.
Seedier
- adjective - full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"
- morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
- shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"
Seedily
- unknown - In a sordid way
Seeding
- verb - bear seeds
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- inoculate with microorganisms
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
- remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"