n. Act of seceding. secessionist n. & adj. [latin: related to *secede]

n. Secluded state or place.

colour n. Result of mixing two primary colours.

- picketing n. Picketing of premises of a firm not directly involved in an industrial dispute.

- —adj. - coming after or next below what is primary.

- derived from or supplementing what is primary.

- (of education, a school, etc.) Following primary, esp. From the age of 11. —n. (pl. -ies) secondary thing. secondarily adv. [latin: related to *second1]

bird n. Long-legged crested african bird.

- n. (pl. -ies) 1 employee who assists with correspondence, records, making appointments, etc.

- official of a society or company who writes letters, organizes business, etc.

- principal assistant of a government minister, ambassador, etc. secretarial adj. Secretaryship n. [latin secretarius: related to *secret]

- of state n. - head of a major government department.

- us = *foreign minister.

n. - a process of secreting. B secreted substance.

- act of concealing. [latin: related to *secret]

adj. Inclined to make or keep secrets; uncommunicative. secretively adv. Secretiveness n.

—adj. - of a sect.

- devoted, esp. Narrow-mindedly, to one's sect. —n. Member of a sect. sectarianism n. [medieval latin sectarius adherent]

adj. - a of a social group (sectional interests). B partisan.

- made in sections.

- local rather than general. sectionally adv.

adj. - sitting.

- (of work etc.) Done while sitting.

- (of a person) disinclined to exercise. [latin sedeo sit]

n. - seducing or being seduced.

- thing that tempts or attracts.