Sem`i*vit"ri*fied (?), a. Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially
converted into glass.
Sem`i*vo"cal (?), a. (Phon.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half
cocal; imperfectly sounding.
Sem"i*vow`el (?), n. (Phon.) (a) A sound intermediate between a vowel
and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English
w and y. (b) The sign or letter representing such a sound.
Sem`i*week"ly (?), a. Coming, or made, or done, once every half week;
as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly trip. -- n. That which comes
or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly periodical. -- adv.
At intervals of half a week each.
||Sem`o*lel"la (?), n. [It.] See Semolina.
Sem`o*li"na (?), n. [It. semolino, from semola bran, L. simila the
finest wheat flour. Cf. Semoule, Simnel.] The fine, hard parts of
wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.
||Sem`o*li"no (?), n. [It.] Same as Semolina.
||Se*moule" (?), n. [F.] Same as Semolina.
Sem`per*vi"rent (?), a. [L. semper always + virens, p. pr. of virere to
be green.] Always fresh; evergreen. [R.] Smart.
Sem"per*vive (?), n. [L. semperviva, sempervivum, fr. sempervivus ever-
living; semper always + vivus living.] (Bot.) The houseleek.
||Sem`per*vi"vum (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of
||which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.
Sem`pi*ter"nal (?), a. [L. sempiternus, fr. semper always: cf. F.
sempiternel.] 1. Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having
beginning, but no end. Sir M. Hale.