Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [1225]
2search noun : the act of searching
search engine noun : computer software or a Web site used to search data (as text or other Web sites) for specified information
search·light noun : an apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light; also : the light projected
sear·ing adjective : very sharp, harsh or intense <~ pain> sea scallop noun : a large scallop of the Atlantic coast of No. America that is harvested for food sea·scape noun 1 : a view of the sea 2 : a picture representing a scene at or of the sea sea·shell noun : the shell of a marine animal and esp. a mollusk sea·shore noun : the shore of a sea sea·sick adjective : nauseated by or as if by the motion of a ship — sea·sick·ness noun sea·side noun : SEASHORE 1season noun [ORIGIN: ME sesoun, fr. AF seison natural season, appropriate time, fr. L sation-, satio action of sowing, fr. serere to sow] 1 : one of the divisions of the year (as spring or summer) 2 : a period of the year associated with a particular activity, event, or holiday — sea·son·al adjective — sea·son·al·ly adverb 2season verb 1 : to make pleasant to the taste by use of salt, pepper, or spices 2 : to make (as by aging or drying) suitable for use 3 : to accustom or habituate to something (as hardship) — sea·son·er noun Synonyms [1] flavor, savor, spice; also enhance, enrich, sauce; salt, pepper [3] fortify, harden, steel, strengthen, toughen—more at HARDEN sea·son·able adjective : occurring at a good or proper time — sea·son·ably adverb seasonal affective disorder noun : depression that recurs as the days grow shorter during the fall and winter sea·soned adjective 1 : made fit by use 2 : made skillful or wise through experience Synonyms [2] accomplished, ace, adept, crack, experienced, expert, master, masterful, masterly, practiced, proficient, skilled, skillful, versed—more at EXPERIENCED sea·son·ing noun : something that seasons : CONDIMENT Synonyms flavor, spice; also sauce 1seat noun 1 : a chair, bench, or stool for sitting on 2 : a place which serves as a capital or center 3 : the part of the body that bears the weight in sitting Synonyms [2] base, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus—more at CENTER [3] backside, bottom, butt, buttocks, posterior, rear, rump—more at BUTTOCKS 2seat verb 1 : to place in or on a seat 2 : to provide seats for Synonyms place, put, set down, sit; also ensconce, settle; lay, lie, rest; recline, repose seat belt noun : straps designed to hold a person in a seat SEATO abbreviation Southeast Asia Treaty Organization seat–of–the–pants adjective : employing or based on personal experience, judgment, and effort rather than technological aids <~ navigation> sea turtle noun : any of two families of marine turtles that have the feet modified into paddles sea urchin noun : any of numerous spiny marine echinoderms having thin brittle globular shells sea·wall noun : an embankment to protect the shore from erosion 1seaward noun : the direction or side away from land and toward the open sea 2seaward also sea·wards adverb : toward the sea 3seaward adjective 1 : directed or situated toward the sea 2 : coming from the sea sea·wa·ter noun : water in or from the sea sea·way noun : an inland waterway that admits ocean shipping sea·weed noun : a marine alga (as a kelp); also : a mass of marine algae sea·wor·thy adjective : fit for a sea voyage se·ba·ceous adjective : of, relating to, or secreting fatty material sec abbreviation 1 second; secondary 2 secretary 3 section 4 [ORIGIN L secundum] according to SEC abbreviation Securities and