Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z semitaur A mythical beast, half man, half bull. Semite A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language. semitechnical Partially or somewhat technical. semitendinosus A fusiform muscle (one of the hamstrings) in the back of the thigh. semitendinous Relating to the semitendinosus muscle; tendinous for half its length. semiterete Half terete; rounded on one side but flat on the other. semiterrestrial partly terrestrial, living sometimes on land semitertian Having a paroxysm every day, and a second stronger one every two days semithalloid somewhat thalloid semitheatrical Having some elements of theatre. semitheological Somewhat or partly theological. semithick Neither thin nor very thick; of limited thickness. semithin somewhat thin Semitic Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc. Semitically In a Semitic manner. Semiticism Synonym of Semitism. Semiticist Synonym of Semitist. Semiticization Synonym of Semitization Semiticize Synonym of Semitize. Semiticness The quality or state of being Semitic. Semitics Synonym of Semitic studies Semitism A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew. Semitist A scholar who specializes in the study of the languages, history and cultures of the Semitic peoples. Semitistic Pertaining to, or resembling, Semitic languages. Semitistics Synonym of Semitic studies semitization The process or result of Semitizing. Semitize To make Semitic as to language or culture. Semitological Of or relating to Semitology. Semitologist Synonym of Semitist. Semitology Synonym of Semitic studies semitonal Relating to semitones. semitonally In a semitonal manner. semitone One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided. semitonic Of or pertaining to a semitone. semitonically In a semitonic manner. semitontine A form of tontine insurance in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face value is paid. semitopological Having a topology such that, for each c in G, the two functions G → G defined by x↦xc and x↦cx are continuous. semitoroid A surface formed by the intersection of a toroid and a plane through its centre semitoroidal Relating to a semitoroid semitorpid Somewhat torpid. semitortured Somewhat tortured. semitorus Half of a torus; a shape formed by rotating a semicircle around a point. semitotalistic Totalistic only on the outer planes. semitough Somewhat tough. semitoxic Partly toxic; toxic to a certain degree. semitraditional Partially traditional. semitragic Having certain elements of tragedy. semitrained Having completed only part of a course of training. semitrance A state of mild trance. semitranscendental Somewhat or partially transcendental. semitransept One half of a transept. semitranslucency The quality of being semitranslucent. semitranslucent Slightly translucent; allowing a small amount of light to pass through. semitransmissive Partially transmissive. semitransparency The state of being semitransparent; partial transparency semitransparent Allowing some visibility but partially clouded or obscured; transparent in some portions but not others; translucent. semitreasonable Somewhat or partially treasonable. semitreasonous Somewhat or partially treasonous. semitrimmed Partly trimmed. semitritone A diminished fifth. semitrivial semisystematic semitropical Intermediate between temperate and tropical. semitropics The semitropical regions. semitrue Somewhat or partially true. semitruth half-truth semitrypsin A form of trypsin that cleaves peptide bonds only at one end of a protein semitryptic Describing proteins that have been cleaved by trypsin at one end only (during a proteomic analysis) semituberous Somewhat or partly tuberous. semitubular Shaped like half of a tube divided longitudinally. semitutorial Something that has some characteristics of, or is in effect only a partial, tutorial semiunderground Partially underground. semiunified Partly or somewhat unified. semiuniform Somewhat uniform; partially uniform. semiuniformity The quality of being semiuniform. semiuniformly In a semiuniform manner. semiupright Partially upright or erect semiurban Partially urban. semiurgic Pertaining to semiurgy; involving the creation of new meanings through the production of signifiers. semiurgically In a semiurgic manner. semiurgy The production of new meanings by the creation of new signs; the expansion of the semiosphere. semivacancy A vacancy defect in which two adjacent lattice sites are unoccupied and an atom occupies the interstitial site between the two vacant sites. semivacant Partly or somewhat vacant. semivalid Only partially valid. semivalue A function on a vector space of all coalitional games which verifies linearity, anonymity, positivity, and inessential games. semivalvate Partially valvate. semivalvular Partially valvular. semivariability The condition of being semivariable semivariable Comprising both a fixed cost and a variable cost. semivariance A measure of the dispersion of those values that fall below the mean or target value of a data set semivariation Variation that only considers certain parts of a function or a stochastic process, typically focusing on only the positive or only the negative changes rather than all changes. semivariogram A function of the spatial dependence of semivariance; a graph of this function. semivegetarian One who does not eat certain kinds of flesh (often red meat). semivegetarianism The practice of being semivegetarian. semiverbatim Partially or approximately verbatim. semiverticillate Partially verticillate. semiviability The quality of being semiviable. semiviable Partially viable semiviral Partially viral (of or relating to a biological virus). semivirgin Almost pristine or untouched. semivirtual Of a workplace or other relationship: taking place largely online but occasionally face to face. semiviscid Partly or somewhat viscid. semiviscous Partly or somewhat viscous. semivisible Only partly visible. semivitreous Partially vitreous. semivitrification Partial vitrification. semivitrified Partially or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass. semivocal Of or relating to a semivowel. semivocalic Of or pertaining to a semivowel. semivolatile Partially volatile semivoltine Less than univoltine; having a brood or generation less often than once per year. semivoluntary Partly voluntary. semivowel A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel. semiwaking Half-awake. semiwater Of or relating to a mixture of water gas and producer gas made by passing a mixture of air and steam through heated coke. semiwave Half of a wave. semiwaveless Having a small number of waves. semiweak Producing only two different subkeys. semiweekly A periodical published twice a week. semiwet Partially wet. semiwhisper A low voice close to a whisper. semiwidth A half of a width. semiwild Partly wild. semiwildcat Relating to oil exploration in new areas that are close to established drilling sites. semiwoody Somewhat or partly woody. semiword The initial or final constituent of compounds that cannot occur outside the domain of compounds, i.e., they are not freely combinable with words or phrases into syntactic constituents, but can undergo coordination reduction in both directions. semiyear Half of a year; a period of six months. semiyearly semiannually semizygous Synonym of hemizygous. Semjong A gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan. semla A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Semler A surname. Semley A village in Sedgehill and Semley parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8926). Semmens A surname. Semmering A town in Lower Austria, Austria. Semmes A surname. Semmler A surname. Semnan A city in Iran, the seat of Semnan County's Central District and the capital of Semnan Province. Semnani Any of a group of languages spoken in the Semnan province of Iran semnoderid Relating to any kinorhynch of the family Semnoderidae Semnones A Suevian people who were settled between the Elbe and the Oder in the 1st century when they were described by Tacitus. semnopithecine Belonging to the Semnopithecinae. semnopitheque A semnopithecine monkey. semola semolina semolexeme A combination of one or more semons that has a lexeme as a realization. semolexemic Relating to semolexemes. semolina Coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling. semon A unit of semiology or semantics. semonic Relating to semons. Semonidean Of or relating to Semonides of Amorgos (fl. 7th century BC), Greek poet. semordnilap A word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.