| silkworm seed | eggs of a silkworm |
| seed oyster | a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation |
seed shrimp
mussel shrimp
ostracod | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
seed beetle
seed weevil | a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes |
crystal
watch crystal
watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| crystal | glassware made of quartz |
| crystal | a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices |
| crystal ball | a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers |
| crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
| crystal detector | a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal, acts as a rectifier |
| crystal microphone | a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage |
crystal oscillator
quartz oscillator | an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal |
| crystal pickup | a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal |
| crystal set | an early radio receiver using a crystal detector |
diode
semiconductor diode
junction rectifier
crystal rectifier | a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction |
liquid crystal display
LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
| piezoelectric crystal | a crystal that can be used as a transducer |
| quartz crystal | a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency, used in crystal oscillators |
semen
seed
seminal fluid
ejaculate
cum
come | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
space lattice
crystal lattice
Bravais lattice | a -dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal |
| crystal gazing | staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events |
source
seed
germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
seed catalog
seed catalogue | a list advertising seeds and their prices |
seedcake
seed cake | a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon |
sunflower oil
sunflower-seed oil | oil from sunflower seeds |
| caraway seed bread | bread containing caraway seeds |
| edible seed | many are used as seasoning |
| pumpkin seed | the edible seed of a pumpkin |
| sunflower seed | edible seed of sunflowers, used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil |
| canary seed | a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds |
cumin
cumin seed | aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family |
| coriander coriander seed | dried coriander seeds used whole or ground |
| fennel seed | aromatic anis-scented seeds |
fenugreek
fenugreek seed | aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry |
| mustard seed | black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders |
anise
aniseed
anise seed | liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors |
sesame seed
benniseed | small oval seeds of the sesame plant |
| caraway seed | aromatic seeds of the caraway plant, used widely as seasoning |
| poppy seed | small grey seed of a poppy flower, used whole or ground in baked items |
| dill seed | seed of the dill plant used as seasoning |
| celery seed | seed of the celery plant used as seasoning |
crystal
crystallization | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance, has regularly repeating internal structure, external plane faces |
seeded player
seed | one of the outstanding players in a tournament |
ice crystal
snow mist
diamond dust
poudrin
ice needle
frost snow
frost mist | small crystals of ice |
| fern seed | the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust, once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible |
spermatophyte
phanerogam
seed plant | plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores |
seed fern
pteridosperm | an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) |
testa
episperm
seed coat | protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants |
| seed | a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa |
pericarp
seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |