Seal may refer to any of the following:

Common uses

Pinniped Pinnipeds (pronounced ), commonly known as seals, are a widely range (biology), distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant taxon, extant families Odobenidae (whose onl ...

, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, also called "true seal" ** Fur seal ** Eared seal *

Seal (emblem) A seal is a device for making an impression in Sealing wax, wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an Paper embossing, embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or ...

, a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of authentication, on paper, wax, clay or another medium (the impression is also called a seal) * Seal (mechanical), a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join ** Hermetic seal, an airtight mechanical seal * Security seals such as labels, tapes, bands, or ties affixed onto a container in order to prevent and detect tampering

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Seal'' (1991 album), by Seal * ''Seal'' (1994 album), sometimes referred to as ''Seal II'', by Seal * '' Seal IV'', a 2003 album by Seal * '' Seal Online'', a 2003 massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Law

* Seal (contract law), a legal formality for contracts and other instruments *

Seal (East Asia) In the Sinosphere, seals (Seal (emblem), stamps) can be applied on objects to establish personal identification. They are commonly applied on items such as personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, and art. They are used similarly to si ...

, a stamp used in East Asia as a form of a signature * Record sealing

Military

* '' Fairey Seal'', a 1930s British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft * HMS ''Seal'', two Royal Navy ships and one submarine * USS ''Seal'', two American submarines * Supermarine Seal II, the 1921 British flying boat

Special forces

* United States Navy SEALs, the principal special operations force of the U.S. Navy *

Thai Navy Seals The Naval Special Warfare Command (), commonly known as the Royal Thai Navy SEALs (an acronym for SEa–Air–Land), is an elite special operations force of the Royal Thai Navy. The unit was set up in the name of Underwater Demolition Assault Un ...

, Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs * Naval Special Operations Command, also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs *ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla

People

* Seal (musician) (born 1963), English singer and songwriter * Seal (surname): ** Aditya Seal (born 1988), Indian actor ** Barbara Seal, Canadian former judge from Montreal, Quebec ** Barry Seal (1939–1986), American drug smuggler and DEA informant ** Brajendra Nath Seal (1864–1938), Indian humanist philosopher and educator ** David Seal (born 1972), Australian soccer player **

Elizabeth Seal Elizabeth Anne Seal (born 28 August 1933) is a British actress. In 1961, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance in the title role of '' Irma La Douce''. Career Elizabeth Seal made her professional de ...

(born 1933), Italian actress ** Frances Thurber Seal, American Christian Science practitioner and teacher ** Jaynie Seal (born 1973), Australian television presenter ** Jimmy Seal (born 1950), English footballer ** Kevin Seal, American television presenter and actor ** Manuel Seal (born 1960), American songwriter-producer ** Michael Seal (born 1970), British orchestral conductor and classical violinist ** Mike Seal (fighter) (born 1977), Mexican mixed martial artist ** Mutty Lall Seal (1792–1854), Indian Bengali businessman and philanthropist ** Paul Seal (born 1952), American football tight end ** Sudhangshu Seal (born 1945), Indian politician

Places

* Seal, Kent, a village and civil parish in England * Seal, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Seal Beach, California, a city located in Orange County, USA * Seal Cay, а island within the Bahamas * Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia, a community in Guysborough County, Canada * Seal Lake, a lake in Greenland

Other uses

* "Seal", a generic term for the surface treatment of sealed roads (and by extension, a term used for the roads themselves) * Seal brown *

Seal of the prophets Seal of the Prophets (; or ) is a title used in the Qur'an and by Muslims to designate the Islamic prophet Muhammad as the last of the prophets sent by God. The title is applied to Muhammad in verse 33:40 of the Qur'an, with the popular Yu ...

, a title given to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad *

Seal script Seal script or sigillary script () is a Chinese script styles, style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC. It evolved organically out of bronze script during the Zhou dynasty (1 ...

, ancient Chinese calligraphy * BYD Seal, an electric sedan * Select Entry Accelerated Learning, a program used in Victoria, Australia, in some secondary schools