| culmination | | |
| n. (time) | 1. apogee, culmination | a final climactic stage.; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" |
| ~ phase, stage | any distinct time period in a sequence of events.; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" |
| n. (location) | 2. culmination | (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ celestial point | a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere). |
| n. (communication) | 3. climax, culmination | the decisive moment in a novel or play.; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" |
| ~ story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.; "he writes stories for the magazines" |
| ~ moment, instant, minute, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| n. (act) | 4. closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup | a concluding action. |
| ~ consummation | the act of bringing to completion or fruition. |
| ~ consummation | the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ finishing, finish | the act of finishing.; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" |
| ~ finalisation, finalization | the act of finalizing. |
| ~ follow-through | carrying some project or intention to full completion.; "I appreciated his follow-through on his promise" |
| ~ follow-through | the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion.; "his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target"; "squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through" |
| ~ graduation | the successful completion of a program of study. |
| seal | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. seal, sealing wax | fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ lac | resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. seal, stamp | a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents. |
| ~ bulla | the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull. |
| ~ cachet | a seal on a letter. |
| ~ device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery). |
| ~ great seal | the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty. |
| ~ handstamp, rubber stamp | a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand. |
| ~ signet | a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially). |
| n. (substance) | 3. seal, sealskin | the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal.; "a coat of seal" |
| ~ fur, pelt | the dressed hairy coat of a mammal. |
| n. (person) | 4. navy seal, seal | a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare.; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and Land" |
| ~ naval special warfare, nsw | the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy, sailor | a serviceman in the navy. |
| n. (communication) | 5. seal | a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it).; "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" |
| ~ stamp, impression | a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving.; "he put his stamp on the envelope" |
| n. (communication) | 6. cachet, seal, seal of approval | an indication of approved or superior status. |
| ~ accolade, honor, laurels, award, honour | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.; "an award for bravery" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. seal | a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture. |
| ~ coating, coat | a thin layer covering something.; "a second coat of paint" |
| ~ undercoat, underseal | seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. seal | fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure. |
| ~ break seal | a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed.; "it was stored in a tube with a break seal" |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ gasket | seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint. |
| ~ piston ring | seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall. |
| ~ washer | seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage. |
| n. (animal) | 9. seal | any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions. |
| ~ pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal | aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers. |
| ~ crab-eating seal, crabeater seal | silvery grey Antarctic seal subsisting on crustaceans. |
| ~ eared seal | pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur. |
| ~ earless seal, hair seal, true seal | any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers. |
| v. (contact) | 10. seal, seal off | make tight; secure against leakage.; "seal the windows" |
| ~ close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| ~ seal | close with or as if with a seal.; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" |
| ~ reseal | seal again.; "reseal the bottle after using the medicine" |
| ~ waterproof | make watertight.; "Waterproof the coat" |
| ~ caulk, calk | seal with caulking.; "caulk the window" |
| ~ pack | seal with packing.; "pack the faucet" |
| v. (contact) | 11. seal | close with or as if with a seal.; "She sealed the letter with hot wax" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ seal, seal off | make tight; secure against leakage.; "seal the windows" |
| ~ fill up, close | fill or stop up.; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. seal | decide irrevocably.; "sealing dooms" |
| ~ decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something.; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" |
| v. (contact) | 13. seal | affix a seal to.; "seal the letter" |
| ~ affix, stick on | attach to.; "affix the seal here" |
| v. (contact) | 14. seal, varnish | cover with varnish. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| ~ shellac, shellack | cover with shellac.; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots" |
| v. (competition) | 15. seal | hunt seals. |
| ~ hunt, hunt down, track down, run | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).; "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
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