Nouns starting with S

• SEC — Noun – English ～ an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
• sec — Noun – English ～ 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
• Secale — Noun – English ～ cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
• Secale cereale — Noun – English ～ hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
• secant — Noun – English ～ a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
• secant — Noun – English ～ ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
• secateurs — Noun – English ～ small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface
• secernment — Noun – English ～ the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
• secernment — Noun – English ～ the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
• secession — Noun – English ～ formal separation from an alliance or federation
• secession — Noun – English ～ an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
• Secession — Noun – English ～ the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
• secessionism — Noun – English ～ a doctrine that maintains the right of secession
• secessionist — Noun – English ～ an advocate of secessionism
• Sechuana — Noun – English ～ the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana
• seckel pear — Noun – English ～ small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear
• seckel — Noun – English ～ small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear
• seclusion — Noun – English ～ the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
• seclusion — Noun – English ～ the act of secluding yourself from others
• secobarbital — Noun – English ～ barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions

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