erized; callous, case-hardened.

searing, n. scorching, cautery, cauterization, cauterizing.
Associated Words: cauter, cauterant, cauterism, cautery.

seashore, n. seacoast, seaside, seaboard.

seasickness, n. nausea, _mal de mer_.

sea soldier. marine.

season, v. habituate, inure, harden, accustom, acclimatize,
acclimate; dry, mature; flavor, spice.

seasonable, a. opportune, timely, suitable, apropos, convenient.

seasoning, n. condiment, spice, relish, sauce, flavor, salt,
_hautgout_.

seat, n. site, abode, situation, station; fundament, buttocks,
bottom, breech; chair, sofa, tete-a-tete, divan, settee; banquette,
dickey, rumble; bench, form; pew.

seat, v. usher.

seaweeds, n. pl. algae, dulse, sea lettuce, confervae, wrack; sargasso;
kelp, fucus, rockweed. Associated Words: algology, algous, fucivorous,
fucoid, fucoidal, fucosol, laver, barilla, phycology, phycography, varec,
rhabdolith.

secluded, a. sequestered, isolated, retired, withdrawn, covert,
lonely.

seclusion, n. sequestration, isolation, solitude, loneliness,
retirement.

second, n. backer, supporter, assistant.--v.. back, support,
abet.

secondary, a. subordinate, second, inferior, minor, collateral.

secondary, n. subordinate, deputy, delegate, proxy, underling,
auxiliary.

second-class, a. inferior, second-rate.

second son. Associated Word: secundogeniture.

second sight. prophetic vision, deuteroscopy.

second thought. reconsideration.

secrecy, n. seclusion, privacy, retirement, concealment, confidence.

secret, a. mystery, arcanum; pl. confidences; pl.
genitals; pl. _penetralia_. Associated Words: secretive, secretory,
confide, confidential.

secret, a. hidden, concealed, unrevealed, mysterious, cryptic,
recondite, occult, esoteric, cabalistic, abstruse, unknown, latent;
secluded, privy, withdrawn, retired, covert, private, sequestered;
stealthy, underhand, clandestine, sly, surreptitious, confidential,
undetected. Antonyms: overt, revealed, open, exoteric, manifest.

secretary, n. amanuensis, clerk, writer, scribe; writing-desk,
escritoire, scrutoire. Associated Words: secretarial, secretariat,
portfolio.

secrete, v. bury, hide, conceal, shroud, disguise, cloak.

secretion, n. concealment, hiding.

secretive, a. uncommunicative, taciturn, reserved, silent, wary.

secretiveness, n. taciturnity, reserve, silence, uncommunicativeness,
wariness.

secret language. cryptology, argot, flash.

secret name. cry