| SEDATELY | • sedately adv. Calmly, without excessive emotion or force; in a composed manner. • SEDATE adv. calm, self-possessed. |
| SEDATEST | • sedatest adj. Superlative form of sedate: most sedate. • SEDATE adj. calm, self-possessed. |
| SEDATING | • sedating v. Present participle of sedate. • SEDATE v. to tranquillise. |
| SEDATION | • sedation n. The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives. • SEDATION n. the reduction of stress by sedatives. |
| SEDATIVE | • sedative n. (Pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep. • sedative adj. (Pharmacology) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing. • SEDATIVE n. a drug that induces a calm state. |
| SEDERUNT | • sederunt n. (Scotland) A formal meeting, especially of a judicial or ecclesiastical body. • sederunt n. (Scotland) Those people present at such a meeting. • SEDERUNT n. (Latin) a prolonged sitting (as for discussion). |
| SEDGIEST | • sedgiest adj. Superlative form of sedgy: most sedgy. • SEDGY adj. bordered by sedge. |
| SEDILIUM | • sedilium n. (Historical) One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre. • sedilium n. A seat in the chancel of a church near the altar, for the officiating clergyman. • SEDILIUM n. (Latin) a seat in a church for officiating clergy, also SEDILE. |
| SEDIMENT | • sediment n. A collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water. • sediment v. (Transitive) To deposit material as a sediment. • sediment v. (Intransitive) To be deposited as a sediment. |
| SEDITION | • sedition n. Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing. • sedition n. Insurrection or rebellion. • SEDITION n. incitement or rebellion against a government. |
| SEDUCERS | • seducers n. Plural of seducer. • SEDUCER n. one that seduces. |
| SEDUCING | • seducing v. Present participle of seduce. • seducing n. Seduction. • SEDUCING adj. leading astray. |
| SEDUCIVE | • seducive adj. Obsolete form of seductive. • SEDUCIVE adj. able to seduce. |
| SEDUCTOR | • seductor n. (Obsolete) One who seduces. • SEDUCTOR n. (obsolete) one who seduces or misleads. |
| SEDULITY | • sedulity n. Diligence, persistence. • SEDULITY n. the state of being sedulous, diligent. |
| SEDULOUS | • sedulous adj. Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours… • sedulous adj. Of an activity: carried out with diligence. • SEDULOUS adj. diligent, persevering. |