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Selcraig
- noun - Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
Selected
- verb - chosen in preference to another
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
Selectee
- unknown - A US military conscript
Selector
- noun - a person who chooses or selects out
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
Selenate
- - A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.
Selenian
- unknown - 1. (adj.) Pertaining to the moon.
2. (mineralogy) Containing selenium (especially when this replaces another element).
Selenide
- - A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
Selenio-
- - A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
Selenite
- - A salt of selenious acid.
- Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.