separatism
A theory or doctrine which supports a state of separation between organizations, institutions, or other societal groups (e.g. between church and state) or between different political jurisdictions (e.g. a country and its former colony).
The practice of treating members of different societal groups in a politically, legally, or economically different manner.

separatisms
plural of separatism

sepat
A regional division of Ancient Egypt.

sepats
plural of sepat

sephen
A stingray of the Indian Ocean, valued for shagreen.

seraglio
A palace of a sultan.
A palace of a sultan.
A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
A brothel or place of debauchery.
An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

seraglios
plural of seraglio

serail
A seraglio.

serails
plural of serail

serapea
plural of serapeum

serapeia
plural of serapeium
plural of serapeion

serapeion
Alternative form of serapeum.

serapeium
Alternative form of serapeum.

serapeum
A temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis.

serekh
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.

serekhs
plural of serekh

sergeanties
plural of sergeanty

sergeantries
plural of sergeantry

sergeantry
Alternative form of serjeanty.

sergeanty
Alternative form of serjeanty.

seringal
A rubber-producing estate in the Amazon region.

seringals
plural of seringal

serir
A desert of pebbles or larger stones.

serirs
plural of serir

serjanties
plural of serjanty

serjanty
Obsolete spelling of serjeanty.

serjeanties
plural of serjeanty

serjeantries
plural of serjeantry

serjeantry
Obsolete form of serjeanty.

serjeanty
A land tenure in which a tenant provided his liege with some kind of personal service, as opposed to nonpersonal service, such as paying tax (socage)

serpentarium
Synonym of ophidiarium.

serpentariums
plural of serpentarium

serpentries
plural of serpentry

serpentry
A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
All serpents and serpent-like creatures, as a collective body

serraglio
Alternative form of seraglio.

serraglios
plural of serraglio

servicescape
The range of services available in the market.

servicescapes
plural of servicescape

serviceshed
The geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.

servicesheds
plural of serviceshed

sesshin
A period of intensive zazen meditation in a Buddhist monastery.

sesshins
plural of sesshin

sesspool
Archaic form of cesspool.

sesspools
plural of sesspool

setback
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
The required distance between a structure and a road.
A step-like recession in a wall.
An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

setbacks
plural of setback

settlementation
Settlement, especially in an area that has no official incorporation or legal claim made on it.
The act of settling, or becoming firm or fixed in position.

settlementations
plural of settlementation

settlerism
An ideology extolling the virtue of bettering oneself by becoming a settler in an undeveloped new country.
Group identification among settlers (as opposed to indigenous people or imported slaves), coupled with an ideology of freedom and social participation that applies exclusively to members of that group.

sevdalinka
A traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, also popular in the ex-Yugoslavia region.
A piece composed in this style.

sevdalinkas
plural of sevdalinka

sevenplex
A building divided into seven separate residences or commercial premises.

sevenplexes
plural of sevenplex

sgurr
A rocky peak in Scotland.

sgurrs
plural of sgurr

shabiha
A state-sponsored militia of the Syrian government.

shabihas
plural of shabiha

shackland
An unofficial urban settlement composed of shacks.

shacklands
plural of shackland

shadirvan
A fountain for ablutions, usually attached to a mosque.

shadirvans
plural of shadirvan

shadowland
A shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.

shagroon
A settler of the New Zealand province of Canterbury who came from somewhere other than Britain, most commonly Australia.

shagroons
plural of shagroon

shaikdom
Alternative spelling of sheikdom.

shaikdoms
plural of shaikdom

shaikhdom
Alternative spelling of sheikdom.

shaikhdoms
plural of shaikhdom

shakehole
A steep-sided, often conical, depression caused by slumping of ground into a cavity beneath. Shakeholes may or may not contain a cave entrance and/or a stream sink.

shakeholes
plural of shakehole

shakha
Either a school of the Vedas, or the traditional texts followed by a school.

shakhas
plural of shakha

shamagh
Alternative form of shemagh.

shamaghs
plural of shamagh

shamal
A hot, dry wind that blows across the Persian Gulf during the summer

shamals
plural of shamal

shamba
An area of cultivated ground; a plot of land, a small subsistence farm for growing crops and fruit-bearing trees, often including the dwelling of the farmer.

shambas
plural of shamba

shamrockery
inauthentic Irishness

shantytown
An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

shantytowns
plural of shantytown

sharaga
Alternative form of sharashka.

sharagas
plural of sharaga

sharashka
A secret research and development laboratory in the Soviet gulag.

sharashkas
plural of sharashka

sharemarket
A stock market.

sharemarkets
plural of sharemarket

sharki
Alternative form of sharqi.

sharqi
A hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.

shateen
bush, forest

shaykhdom
Alternative spelling of sheikdom.

shaykhdoms
plural of shaykhdom

shebka
A plateau cut up by a network of ravines.

shebkas
plural of shebka

sheepback
A rock formation created by glacial erosion.

sheeprun
A sheep farm.

sheepruns
plural of sheeprun

sheftsvo
In the Soviet Union, a form of patronage where more skilled or advanced workers (such as military troops or a factory) provided assistance and mentoring to the less skilled (such as farmers and construction labourers).

sheikdom
The domain ruled by a sheik.

sheikdoms
plural of sheikdom

sheikhdom
Alternative spelling of sheikdom.

sheikhdoms
plural of sheikhdom

shelfbreak
An area of increasing slope that marks the edge of a continental shelf.

shelfbreaks
plural of shelfbreak

shelfroom
A room fitted with shelves for storage.
Shelving space.

shelfrooms
plural of shelfroom

shellbag
A set of registry keys that store details about a viewed folder, such as its size, position, and icon.

shellbags
plural of shellbag

shellfisheries
plural of shellfishery

shellfishery
A place where shellfish are caught or processed.
The catching of shellfish.

shelterage
Shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.

shelterages
plural of shelterage

shelterwood
Mature trees left standing to provide shelter to new saplings.

shemagh
A headcloth designed for a desert environment to protect the wearer from sand and heat.

shemaghs
plural of shemagh

sheriffries
plural of sheriffry

sheriffry
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.

sheriffwick
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
The position or office of a sheriff.

sheriffwicks
plural of sheriffwick

sheroot
Alternative form of cheroot.

sheroots
plural of sheroot

shikargah
A hunting-ground, or enclosed preserve.
An arabesque pattern depicting a variety of figures and groups of animals.

shikargahs
plural of shikargah

shikhara
A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.