Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
seigneurial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial., Vested with large powers; independent. |
seigniorage |
noun |
Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it., A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent. |
seigniorial |
adjective |
Same as Seigneurial. |
seigniorize |
verb t. |
To lord it over. |
seismograph |
noun |
An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes. |
seismometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions. |
seismometry |
noun |
The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of space. |
seismoscope |
noun |
A seismometer. |