Adjectives

sensate

adjective

having physical sensation

sententious

adjective

concise and full of meaning

sepaloid

adjective

resembling or characteristic of a sepal

sepaline

adjective

resembling or characteristic of a sepal

separative

adjective

serving to separate or divide into parts

septal

adjective

of or relating to a septum

septate

adjective

of or relating to a septum

septuple

adjective

having seven units or components

sepulchral

adjective

suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial

sequent

adjective

occurring with or following as a consequence

seraphic

adjective

having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

sericeous

adjective

covered with fine soft hairs or down

seriocomic

adjective

mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating

serologic

adjective

of or relating to serology

serried

adjective

(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed toget...

serrulate

adjective

minutely serrated

servomechanical

adjective

of or involving servomechanisms

sessile

adjective

attached directly by the base; not having an intervening sta...

setaceous

adjective

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines...

setose

adjective

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines...

seventieth

adjective

the ordinal number of seventy in counting order

severable

adjective

capable of being divided or dissociated

sexagenarian

adjective

being from 60 to 69 years old

sextuple

adjective

having six units or components

shellproof

adjective

able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells

shingly

adjective

abounding in small stones

shopworn

adjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

shoreward

adjective

(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land

shortish

adjective

somewhat short

showery

adjective

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

shrewish

adjective

continually complaining or faultfinding

shrubby

adjective

of or relating to or resembling a shrub

sibilant

adjective

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constrict...

sibylline

adjective

having a secret or hidden meaning

sidesplitting

adjective

very funny

sightly

adjective

very pleasing to the eye

sigmoid

adjective

of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine

significative

adjective

(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

siliceous

adjective

relating to or containing or resembling silica

silicious

adjective

relating to or containing or resembling silica

silvern

adjective

resembling or reminiscent of silver

simplex

adjective

allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or i...

sinistral

adjective

of or on the left

sinistrorse

adjective

spiraling upward from right to left

sinuate

adjective

curved or curving in and out

sinusoidal

adjective

having a succession of waves or curves

sissified

adjective

having unsuitable feminine qualities

sixpenny

adjective

of trifling worth

slangy

adjective

constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of sl...

slatternly

adjective

characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used espe...