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sempozyum
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
semptom
(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash; strictly, a symptom is felt or experienced by the patient, while a sign can be detected by an observer.
semptomsuz
(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.
şemsiye
A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
semt
The residential area near one's home.
Sen
A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.
Sen Nehri
A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.
senaryo
(authorship, cinematography) A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically.
senato
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
senatör
A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
sendelemek
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
şendere
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
sendrom
(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Senegal
A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.
senet
(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
senfoni
An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
seni
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]
senin
(archaic, EME) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
senkretizm
(chiefly, religion) The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
senkronizasyon
The state or property of being synchronized.
senkronize etmek
(transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
senli benli
(of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
şenlik
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
şenlik ateşi
A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
sensör
A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
sensüel
Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.
sent
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
sentaks
A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
sepet
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
sepetlemek
(informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
sepici
A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
sepilemek
(transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
sepsis
(pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
septik
Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe. [from 16th c.]
septisemi
(medicine, pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
septisizm
(philosophy) The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.
sera
A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
seramik
Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
serap
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
serbest
(idiomatic) On the loose; roaming freely; not confined.
serbest bırakma
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
serbest bırakmak
(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
serbest düşüş
(physics) A state of motion affected by no acceleration or force other than that of gravity.
serbestlik
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
şerbet
Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
şerç
(anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
serçe
A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.
şeref
The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
şerefe
Cheers! (the drinking toast)
seremoni
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
seren
(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
sergen
A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
Sergey
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj).
sergi
A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
sergileme
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).
sergilemek
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
şerh
(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
şerh etmek
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
Serhas
(historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
serhat
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
seri
(snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
şeriat
(Islam) A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.
şerif
A traditional Arab tribal title for one who serves as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets.
serim
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).
serin
Of a mildly low temperature.
serinletmek
(intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
şerit
A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
şerit sakız
a stick of gum A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
şeritli
Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.
şeriye
(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
serkeş
Defying.
sermaye
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
sermayedar
A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
serotonin
(neurotransmitter) An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc.
serpantin
(mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
serpinti
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
serpiştirmek
(transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
serpmek
(transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
sersem
(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
sersemletici
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
sersemletmek
(transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
serseri
A roving vagabond.
sert
Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
sert kat
(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
sert tabaka
(anatomy) The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
sertifika
A document containing a certified statement.
sertifikasyon
The act of certifying.
sertleşme
(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
sertleşmek
(intransitive) To become hard.
sertleştirmek
(transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
serum
(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
seruven
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
serüvencilik
The quality of being adventurous.
serüvenli
(of an, act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
server
(computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
servet
A large amount of money.
servet tutkusu
Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
servi
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.
serviks
(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
servis
(chiefly, Commonwealth, dated, in, _, US) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
servis etmek
(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
servis kırmak
(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
servis yapmak
(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
servo sistem
Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback.
ses
Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
ses benzeşmesi
The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
sesbirim
(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
seslendirme
(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.
sesli
(idiomatic) Using the voice; not silently; aloud.
sesli sesli
In a loud manner; at a high volume.
seslice
In a loud manner; at a high volume.
sessiz
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
sessiz ayakkabı
(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.
sessiz sinema
game
sessizce
In a silent manner; making no noise.
sessizlik
A silence, especially after some noise
sesteş
(broadly) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
sesteş kelime
(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
set
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
seter
Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
setürreis
(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
Seul
The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.
şev
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Sevahilice
An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.
sevap
(Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed.
sevda papağanı
Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.
sevdicek
Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
seve seve
In a wholehearted manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.
sevecen
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
sevgi
(uncountable) Strong affection.
sevgilerimle
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
sevgili
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
sevgilim
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
sevgisiz
Without love.
sevi
(uncountable) Strong affection.
seviçe
(cooking) Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.
sevici
A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
sevilen
Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.
Sevilla
The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
sevimli
Loved; lovable.
sevimsiz
Not pleasant.
sevinç
Joy; pleasure.
sevinçli
Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.
sevindirmek
(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
sevinmek
(intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14th c.]
sevişmek
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
seviye
Degree or amount.
şevk
(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
sevk etme
The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
sevk etmek
(transitive, business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.

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