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Definitions: Seminal |
SeminalAdjective1. Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal fluid". 2. Containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "seminal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Synonyms: SeminalSynonyms: germinal (adj), originative (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cause | Adjective: caused; v; causal, original; primary, primitive, primordial; aboriginal; protogenal; radical; embryonic, embryotic; in embryo, in ovo; seminal, germinal; at the bottom of; connate, having a common origin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Seminal |
| English words defined with "seminal": bulbourethral gland ♦ Cowper's gland ♦ ejaculatory duct ♦ milt ♦ seminal duct, seminal fluid, Seminal leaf, Seminal receptacle, seminal vesicle, Seminality, Spermatogonium, Spermist, Spermospore ♦ Unseminared ♦ vasovesiculitis, Verumontanum, vesiculitis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "seminal": ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATOR ♦ Bulbourethral Glands ♦ Genitalia, Male ♦ Huffman coding ♦ inseminator ♦ object-oriented programming, open source ♦ Pepsinogen C ♦ seminal vesicles, seminal vesiculitis, spermatic calculus, spermatocystitis, stage III prostate cancer ♦ Wesley Clark, William Gibson. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Seminal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (seminal), Romanian (seminal), Spanish (seminal). |
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Screenplays | You can blow the seminal prisoner class infrastructure out your ass! (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) Did you see the film we made at the San Reno jail breakout demonstrating the rising up of the seminal prisoner class infrastructure? (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This composite slide shows the Lobund-Wistar rat on the left, and on the right shows a dissection of the rat with urogenital (prostate and/or seminal vesicle) tumors. The Lobund-Wistar rat is an excellent animal model to develop prevention and treatment modalilities, such as retinoids, of urogenital cancers.Credit: Janet Stephens (photographer). |
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| "Seminal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.52% of the time. "Seminal" is used about 208 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.52% | 207 | 21,147 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 208 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "seminal": seminal discharge ♦ seminal duct ♦ seminal fluid ♦ seminal leaf ♦ seminal receptacle ♦ seminal vesicle ♦ seminal vesicles ♦ seminal vesiculitis. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "seminal": seminal-sac. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
seminal fluid | 27 |
seminal vesicle | 18 |
seminal | 16 |
seminal vesicles | 12 |
fluid increase seminal | 7 |
liquido seminal | 6 |
seminal vesicula | 4 |
seminal vesiculitis | 4 |
college community seminal | 3 |
fluid pre seminal | 2 |
human hypersensitivity plasma seminal | 2 |
fluid seminal test | 2 |
fluid increasing seminal | 2 |
hypersensitivity plasma seminal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "seminal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | themelor (basal, basic, Cardinal, constitutive, essential, fundamental, main, primal, primary, prime, principal, radical, ultimate, underlying), i farës, bazë (alkali, base, bases, basis, bedrock, bottom, evidence, foundation, grassroots, ground, groundwork, juice, radix, reason, score, substratum, substructure, ultimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | семенен (seminiferous, spermatic), творчески (constructive, creative, imaginative, inventive, original, originative, parturient, positive, productive), оплодотворителен (fecundating), зародишен (antenatal, embryo, fetal, foetal, germinal), зачатъчен (germinal, inchoate, infant, rudimental), плодотворен (beneficial, fruitful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 精液 (semen, sperm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vlivný (great, important, influent, influential, powerful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spermatocystitis (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), saedepitel (seminal epithelium), saedcylinder (seminal cast), saedblaeresekret (secretion of the seminal vesicle), saedblaerer (seminal vesicles), plexus glandulae vesiculosae (plexus of the seminal vesicles), colliculus seminalis (seminal colliculus, seminal crest), colliculus seminalis-syndrom (seminal colliculus syndrome), corpus vesiculae seminalis (body of seminal vesicle, corpus vesiculae seminalis), ductus excretorius vesiculi seminalis (duct of seminal vesicle), gonecystitis (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), calculus canalis seminalis (seminal calculus), kondomejakulat (seminal fluid collected in a condom), vesiculitis seminalis (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), veru montanum (seminal crest), hydrocele i funiklen (cyst of the seminal cord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spermavlekken (seminal strains), spermatocystitis (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), zaadheuvel (seminal colliculus), colliculitis (seminal colliculus syndrome), colliculus seminalis (seminal colliculus, seminal crest), crista urethralis (seminal crest, urethral crest, urethral crest of female urethra, urethral crest of male urethra), cystospermitis (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), ductus excretorius glandulae vesiculosae (duct of seminal vesicle), ductus excretorius vesiculae seminalis (duct of seminal vesicle), verumontanitis (seminal colliculus syndrome), caput gallinaginis (seminal colliculus, seminal crest), zaadepitheel (seminal epithelium), zaadkanaaltje (duct of seminal vesicle), verumontanum (seminal colliculus, seminal crest), vesiculitis (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), zaadblaasje (seminal vesicle), zaadblaasjes (seminal vesicles), zaadblaasjes-ontsteking (seminal vesiculitis, spermatocystitis), epithelium seminale (seminal epithelium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نطفه ای (Germinal), وابسته به منی , اصلی (Arch, Basic, Cardinal, Elementary, Essential, Fundametal, Genuine, Germinal, Head, Immanent, Ingrown, Inherent, Initial, Innate, Intrinsic, Main, Net, Original, Primary, Prime, Primordial, Principal), بدوی (Bedouin, Germinal, Incipient, Initial, Nomad, Primitive, Rudimentary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | spermatahra (seminal strains). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | séminal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | samen-, ertragreich (fertile, fruitful, fruitfully, lucrative, productive, profitable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπερματικόσ (germinal, spermatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זרעי (spermatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mag- (nuclear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | seminale (sperm), riproduttivo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 精管 (seminal duct), 精嚢 (seminal vesicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいのう (ability, efficiency, hard-working farmer or agriculturalist, seminal vesicle), せいか" (can manufacturing, careful supervision, fearless, grand spectacle, intrepid, peaceful, quiet, reaching the home plate, returning alive, seminal duct, sexual feelings, tranquility, watchful waiting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 액 (semen, sperm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rassagh (seed-producing;ripping, seedy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eminalsay seminal, relativo ao sêmen. (various references) seminal. (various references) семенной (spermatic). (various references) semeni, prvobitni, iskonski (primaeval, pristine). (various references) seminal. (various references) nyskapande (original), inflytelserik (influential), frö-, avgörande (Cardinal, conclusion, conclusive, crucial, deciding, decision, decisive, definitive, fateful, operative, vital). (various references) spermaya ait, sperm (sperm, spermatozoon), yeni ufuklar açan, tohum (germ, germinal, legume, ovum, seed, spermo-), üreme (breeding, increase, proliferation, propagation, reproduction, reproductive, semination). (various references) tohumlyk (seeded). (various references) сім'яний (spermatic), зародковий (embryonic, fetal, foetal, germinal, primordial), плідний (fruitful, parturient). (various references) còn trứng nước (embryo, embryonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "seminal": seminally. (additional references) | |
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"Seminal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sahiwal, Samangan, samina, seaminal, seemanii, selina, Semaine, semana, semanal, Sembilan, semenal, semian, semical, semin, Semina, seminel, seminis, seminla, Semino, seminol, semminal, Semoigne, Semonda, senial, seninal, shekinah, shemaal, Shemona, Sinisalo, smial, sminal, Snemovna, sominal, Suominen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "seminal" (pronounced se"munul) |
| 5 | -m u n u l | abdominal, criminal, luminal, nominal, noncriminal, phenomenal, subliminal, terminal. |
| 4 | -u n u l | aberrational, aboriginal, additional, Arsenal, attitudinal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, coeducational, collisional, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, correctional, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, erosional, exceptional, factional, fictional, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, impersonal, improvisational, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, juvenile, latitudinal, longitudinal, marginal, medicinal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, personal, polygonal, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, sensational, sentinel, situational, superregional, supranational, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, virginal, vocational. |
| 3 | -n u l | adrenal, anal, annal, annul, atonal, autumnal, carnal, channel, Colonel, communal, cornel, Darnel, departmental, diurnal, empanel, eternal, external, faunal, fennel, final, flannel, fraternal, funnel, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, infernal, internal, journal, kennel, kernel, maternal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, nocturnal, panel, paternal, penal, polyvinyl, renal, semifinal, shrapnel, signal, spinal, tonal, tribunal, tunnel, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: malines, menials. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: aliens, alines, amines, animes, elains, emails, inseam, lemans, lianes, limans, limens, mailes, maline, menial, mensal, mesial, mesian, saline, samiel, semina, silane, simnel. | |
-2 letters: aisle, alien, aline, almes, amens, amies, amine, amins, anile, anils, anime, anise, elain, elans, email, lames, lanes, leans, leman, lenis, liane, liens, liman, limas, limen, limes, limns, lines, maile. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-m-n-s" | |
+1 letter: ailments, alienism, aliments, alumines, bailsmen, bimensal, flamines, impanels, inflames, laminose, linesman, manilles, maniples, manliest, marlines, melanics, melanins, melanism, melanist, meniscal, minerals, mislearn, semolina, smaltine. | |
+2 letters: alienisms, alimonies, almonries, analcimes, anomalies, bailments, balminess, calamines, calumnies, dismantle, enamelist, filaments, filenames, inflamers, laminates, landmines, lemniscal, ligaments, mainlines, maligners, malingers, manciples, mandibles, manliness, masculine, melamines, melanisms, melanists, melanites, melanizes, melanoids, mentalism, mentalist, mescaline, messaline, mishandle, mislearns, mislearnt, normalise, plainsmen, semifinal, semilunar, seminally, semitonal, semolinas, signalmen, smaltines, terminals, tramlines. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6D 69 6E 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -- .. -. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e m i n a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006D 0069 006E 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53717975806778 |
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