| self-respect |
the proper regard for oneself and one's worth as a person. |
| self-service |
relating to a business in which customers serve themselves. |
| self-sufficient |
able to get along without any help from others. |
| sell |
to exchange with another for money. [5 definitions] |
| seller |
one who sells. |
| semester |
one half of a school or college year. |
| semicircle |
one half of a circle. |
| semicolon |
a punctuation mark (;). It is used to separate independent clauses in a sentence when there is no conjunction. |
| semifinal |
relating to the game or match that comes just before the last one. [2 definitions] |
| seminary |
a school for training men and women for work as ministers, priests, or rabbis. |
| Seminole |
a member of a North American Indian people that now live mostly in Florida and Oklahoma. |
| semitrailer |
a large trailer used for carrying freight. The trailer is attached at the front to the tractor cab that pulls it. |
| senate |
(capitalized) one of the two houses of the United States Congress, or a similar part of national government in other countries. [2 definitions] |
| senator |
a member of a senate, a governmental body that serves in the making of laws for a state or country. |
| send |
to cause to be carried to another place; have delivered. [3 definitions] |
| Senegal |
an African country on the Atlantic Ocean that lies between Mauritania and Guinea. The capital of Senegal is Dakar. |
| senior |
being the older of two male relatives having the same name. The word "Senior," often written as "Sr.," is used after the name of a father whose son has the same name. [7 definitions] |
| senior citizen |
an older person, especially one who is past the age of sixty-five and retired. |
| sensation |
a condition of being aware of something or feeling something by means of one of the senses. [4 definitions] |
| sensational |
causing or meant to cause great excitement or interest. [2 definitions] |
| sense |
any of five ways to understand or experience one's surroundings. The senses are touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing. [9 definitions] |