Seventies (pl. ) of Seventy
Seventy (n.) The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.
Seventy (n.) A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
Seventy-four (n.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
Seven-up (n.) The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
Severed (imp. &. p. p.) of Sever
Severing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sever
Sever (v. t.) To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
Sever (v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
Sever (v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
Sever (v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
Sever (v. i.) To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
Sever (v. i.) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
Severable (a.) Capable of being severed.
Several (a.) Separate; distinct; particular; single.
Several (a.) Diverse; different; various.
Several (a.) Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.
Several (adv.) By itself; severally.
Several (n.) Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
Several (n.) Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
Several (n.) An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
Severalities (pl. ) of Severality
Severality (n.) Each particular taken singly; distinction.
Severalize (v. t.) To distinguish.
Severally (adv.) Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.
Severalty (n.) A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.
Severance (n.) The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
Severance (n.) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate.
Severe (superl.) Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
Severe (superl.) Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
Severities (pl. ) of Severity
Severity (n.) The quality or state of being severe.
Severity (n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
Severity (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
Severity (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
Severy (n.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
Sevocation (n.) A calling aside.
Sevres blue () A very light blue.
Sevres ware () Porcelain manufactured at Sevres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.
Sew (n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
Sew (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.
Sewed (imp.) of Sew
Sewed (p. p.) of Sew
Sewn () of Sew
Sewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sew
Sew (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
Sew (v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
Sewage (n.) The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers
Sewage (n.) Sewerage, 2.
Sewe (v. i.) To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.
Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
Sewellel (n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
Sewen (n.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
Sewer (n.) One who sews, or stitches.
Sewer (n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
Sewer (n.) A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.
Sewer (n.) Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
Sewerage (n.) The construction of a sewer or sewers.
Sewerage (n.) The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
Sewerage (n.) The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
Sewin (n.) Same as Sewen.
Sewing (n.) The act or occupation of one who sews.
Sewing (n.) That which is sewed with the needle.
Sewster (n.) A seamstress.
Sex- () A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.
Sex (n.) The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.
Sex (n.) One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
Sex (n.) The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.
Sex (n.) One of the groups founded on this distinction.
Sexagenarian (n.) A person who is sixty years old.
Sexagenary (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
Sexagenary (n.) Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.
Sexagenary (n.) A sexagenarian.
Sexagesima (n.) The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.
Sexagesimal (a.) Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
Sexagesimal (n.) A sexagesimal fraction.
Sexangle (n.) A hexagon.
Sexangled (a.) Alt. of Sexangular
Sexangular (a.) Having six angles; hexagonal.
Sexangularly (adv.) Hexagonally.
Sexavalent (a.) See Sexivalent.
Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
Sexdigitist (n.) One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
Sexed (a.) Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.
Sexenary (a.) Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.
Sexennial (a.) Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.
Sexennial (n.) A sexennial event.
Sexennially (adv.) Once in six years.
Sexfid (a.) Alt. of Sexifid
Sexifid (a.) Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
Sexisyllabic (a.) Having six syllables.
Sexisyllable (n.) A word of six syllables.
Sexivalent (a.) Hexavalent.