Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SEM-I-CHA-OT'IC, a.

Partially chaotic. – Hitchcock.

SEM-I-CHO'RUS, n.

A short chorus performed by a few singers.

SEM-I-CHRIS'TIAN'IZ-ED, a.

Half christianized.

SEM'I-CIR-CLE, n. [semi and circle.]

1. The half of a circle; the part of a circle comprehended between its diameter and half of its circumference. – Encyc.
2. Any body in the form of a half circle.

SEM'I-CIR-CLED, or SEM-I-CIR'CU-LAR, a.

Having the form of a half circle. – Addison. [Semicircular is generally used.]

SEM'I-CO-LON, n. [semi and colon.]

In grammar and punctuation, the point [;] the mark of a pause to be observed in reading or speaking, of less duration than the colon, double the duration of the comma, or half the duration of the period. It is used to distinguish the conjunct members of a sentence. Encyc.

SEM'I-COL-UMN, n.

A half column.

SEM-I-CO-LUM'NAR, a. [semi and columnar.]

Like a half column; flat on one side and round on the other; a term of botany, applied to a stem, leaf or petiole. – Martyn.

SEM-I-COM'PACT, a. [semi and compact.]

Half compact; imperfectly indurated. – Kirwan.

SEM-I-CRUS-TA'CEOUS, a. [semi and crustaceous.]

Half crustaceous. – Nat. Hist.

SEM-I-CRYS'TAL-INE, a.

Half crystallized. – Hitchcock.

SEM-I-CU'PI-UM, n. [Gr. ἡμκεφάλιον.]

A half-bath, or one that covers only the lower extremities and hips.

SEM-I-CY-LIN'DRIC, or SEM-I-CY-LIN'DRIC-AL, a. [semi and cylindric.]

Half cylindrical. – Lee.

SEM-I-DE-IST'IC-AL, a.

Half deistical; bordering on deism. – S. Miller.

SEM-I-DI-AM'E-TER, n. [semi and diameter.]

Half the diameter; a right line or the length of a right line drawn from the center of a circle or sphere to its circumference or periphery; a radius. – Encyc.

SEM-I-DI-A-PA'SON, n. [semi and diapason.]

In music, an imperfect octave, or an octave diminished by a lesser semitone. – Encyc.

SEM-I-DI-A-PEN'TE, n.

An imperfect fifth; a hemi-diapente. – Busby.

SEM-I-DI-APH-A-NE'I-TY, n. [See Semi-diaphanous.]

Half or imperfect transparency. [Little used.] – Boyle. [Instead of this, translucency is now used.]

SEM-I-DI-APH'AN-OUS, a. [semi and diaphanous.]

Half or imperfectly transparent. – Woodward. [Instead of this, translucent is now used.]

SEM-I-DI-A-TES'SA-RON, n. [semi and diatessaron.]

In music, an imperfect or defective fourth.

SEM'I-DI-TONE, n. [semi and It. ditono.]

In music, a lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemi-ditone. – Encyc.

SEM'I-DOUB-LE, n. [semi and double.]

In the Romish breviary, an office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones, but with more than the single ones. – Bailey.

SEM'I-FLO-RET, n. [semi and floret.]

A floret whose corol consists of a single ligule, i. e. a single strap-shaped petal; as the florets of Leontodon Taraxacum, or dandelion. [Obs.] [This term is barbarous, and has not been in use since the Linnean era. Semifloscule is the correct term.]

SEM-I-FLOS'CU-LOUS, a. [semi and L. flosculus, a little flower. Semifloscular is also used, but is less analogical.]

Composed of semiflorets or ligulate florets; as, a semiflosculous flower. – Martyn.

SEM-I-FLU'ID, a. [semi and fluid.]

Imperfectly fluid. – Arbuthnot.