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semiconducteur: semiconducting
semiperméable: semipermeable
semirigide: semirigid
semis: a technique for planting seeds on a terrain
semisimple: semisimple
semnopithèque: semnopithecine
semoir: seed bag; seeder (machine)
semonce: reprimand
semoncer: to scold, reprimand, rebuke
semoule: semolina
semoulerie: semolina factory; semolina production
sempiterne: perpetuana
sempiternel: sempiternal, constant, never-ending, everlasting
sempiternellement: sempiternally
semple: a type of transfer used in weaving looms
semé: dotted, riddled; sprinkled or sown; said of a field or charge when strewn with small charges
senestre: (on the) left; sinister; left-hand side of the shield
seneçon: alternative spelling of séneçon
seneçon jacobée: alternative spelling of séneçon jacobée (“common ragwort”) (Jacobaea vulgaris)
senior: senior (older player); elderly person
senneur: seiner (fishing boat)
sens: meaning, sense; sense, sensation; sense, intelligence; direction of circulation
sens anti-horaire: counterclockwise rotation
sens commun: common sense (ordinary understanding); intuition
sens de l'humour: sense of humour
sens des aiguilles d'une montre: clockwise rotation
sens des réalités: sense of reality
sens dessus dessous: upside-down
sens devant derrière: back to front
sens horaire: clockwise rotation
sens trigonométrique: counterclockwise rotation
sens unique: one-way street
sensass: cool; ace; fantastic; excellent
sensation: sensation
sensation forte: thrill, strong feeling
sensationnalisme: sensationalism (use of style and subject matter that is intentionally controversial, lurid, or attention-grabbing)
sensationnaliste: sensationalist, attention-grabbing
sensationnel: sensational (very good)
sensationnellement: sensationally
sensei: sensei (martial arts instructor)
senseur: sensor
sensibilisant: sensitized
sensibilisateur: sensitizing
sensibilisateur: sensitizer
sensibilisation: sensitisation
sensibiliser: to make sensitive; to raise awareness
sensibilité: sensitivity
sensible: sensitive
sensible: leading tone
sensiblement: pretty much, roughly, approximately; appreciably, perceptibly; sensitively
sensiblerie: sentimentality
sensitif: sensory
sensitive: sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
sensitivité: sensitivity
sensitométrie: sensitometry
sensorialité: sensoriality
sensoriel: sensory, sensorial
sensorimoteur: sensorimotor
sensorimétrie: sensorimetry
sensorimétrique: sensorimetric