SEMI-METAL
SEM'I-METAL, noun [semi and metal.] An imperfect metal, or rather a metal that is not malleable,as bismuth, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, zinc, antimony, maganese, tungsten, molybden...
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SEMI-METALLIC
SEMI-METAL'LIC, adjective Pertaining to a semi-metal, or partaking of its noture and qualities.
SEMI-OPA-COUS
SEMI-OPA-COUS,
SEMI-OPAKE
SEMI-OPA'KE, adjective [Latin semi and opacus.] Half transparent only.
SEMI-OPAL
SEM'I-OPAL, noun A variety of opal.
SEMI-ORBICLAR
SEMI-ORBIC'LAR, adjective [semi and orbicular.] Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.
SEMI-ORDINATE
SEMI-OR'DINATE, noun [semi and ordinate.] In conic sections, a line drawn at right angles to and bisected by the axis, and reaching from one side of the section to the other; th...
SEMI-OSSEOUS
SEMI-OS'SEOUS, adjective [semi and osseous.] Half as hard as bone.
SEMI-OVATE
SEMI-O'VATE, adjective [semi and ovate.] Half egg-shaped.
SEMI-OXYGENATED
SEMI-OX'YGENATED, adjective Half saturated with oxygen.
SEMI-PALMATE
SEMI-PAL'MATE, adjective [semi and palmate.] Half palmated or webbed.
SEMI-PALMATED
SEMI-PAL'MATED,
SEMI-PELAGIAN
SEMI-PELA'GIAN, noun In ecclesiastical history, the Semi-pelagians are persons who retain some tincture of the doctrines of pelagius. See Pelegianism. They hold that God has not...
SEMI-PELAGIANISM
SEMI-PELA'GIANISM, noun The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-pelagians, supra.
SEMI-PELLUCID
SEMI-PELLU'CID, adjective [semi and pellucid.] Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as a semi-pellucid gem.
SEMI-PELLUCIDITY
SEMI-PELLUCID'ITY, noun The quality or state of being imperfecty transparent.
SEMI-PERSPICUOUS
SEMI-PERSPIC'UOUS, adjective [semi and perspicuous.] Half transparent; imperfectly clear.
SEMI-PHLOGISTICATE
SEMI-PHLOGIS'TICATED, a. [semi and phlogisticated.] Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
SEMI-PRIMIGENOUS
SEMI-PRIMIG'ENOUS, adjective [semi and primigenous.] In geology, of a middle nature between substances of primary and secondaryformation.
SEMI-PROOF
SEM'I-PROOF, noun [semi and proof.] Half proof evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [Little used.]
SEMI-PROTOLITE
SEMI-PRO'TOLITE, noun [semi and Gr. first and stone.] A species of fossil of a middle nature between substances of primary and those of secondary formation.
SEMI-QUADRATE
SEMI-QUAD'RATE, noun [Latin semi and quadratus, or quartus, fourth.] An aspect of the SEMI-QUAR'TILE, planets, when distant from each other at half a quadrant, or forty-five deg...
SEMI-QUINTILE
SEMI-QUIN'TILE, noun [Latin semi and quintilis.] An aspect of the planets, when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
SEMI-SAVAGE
SEMI-SAV'AGE, adjective [semi and savage.] Half savage; half barbarian.SEMI-SAV'AGE, noun One who is half savage or imperfectly civilized.
SEMI-SEXTILE
SEMI-SEX'TILE, noun [semi and sextile.] An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
SEMI-SPHERIC
SEMI-SPHER'IC, adjective [semi and spherical.] Having the figure of a half sphere.
SEMI-SPHERICAL
SEMI-SPHER'ICAL,