sequestration
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~ seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
sequin
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~ adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
Sequoia gigantea
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~ extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
Sequoia National Park
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~ a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney
sequoia
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~ either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
Sequoia sempervirens
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~ lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats
Sequoiadendron
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~ giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae
Sequoiadendron giganteum
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~ extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
Sequoya
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~ Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
sequoyah
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~ Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
seraglio
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~ living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
serail
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~ living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
serape
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~ a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men
seraph
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~ an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child
Serax
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~ a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal
serb
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~ a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
serbia
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~ a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
Serbia and Montenegro
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~ a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
serbian
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~ a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
serbo-croatian
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~ the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet