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SEMIDIAPENTE n.
An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby.
SEMIDIAPHANEITY n.
Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] Boyle.
SEMIDIAPHANOUS a.
Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.
SEMIDIATESSARON n.
An imperfect or diminished fourth. [R.]
SEMIDITONE n.
A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone. [R.]
SEMIDIURNAL a. 2 definitions
six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
SEMIDOME n.
A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
SEMIDOUBLE n. 2 definitions
An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.
SMIDDY n.
A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
SODAMIDE n.
A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.
SPERMIDIUM n.
An achenium.
SPUMID a.
Spumous; frothy. [Obs.]
SUCCINIMIDE n.
C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
SULPHAMIDE n.
Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
TARTRAMIDE n.
An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
THERMIDOR n.
The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire.
TIMID a.
nger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson.
TIMIDITY n.
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
TIMIDOUS a.
Timid. [Obs.] Hudibras.
TINAMIDES n.
A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.
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