| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| suavifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Suavify |
| suaviloquy | noun | Sweetness of speech. |
| subashdary | noun | Alt. of Subashship |
| subashship | noun | The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar. |
| subalmoner | noun | An under almoner. |
| subangular | adjective | Slightly angular. |
| subaquatic | adjective | Alt. of Subaqueous |
| subaqueous | adjective | Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet., Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits. |
| subarcuate | adjective | Alt. of Subarcuated |
| subcaliber | adjective | Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. |
| subcentral | adjective | Under the center., Nearly central; not quite central. |
| subchanter | noun | An underchanter; a precentor’s deputy in a cathedral; a succentor. |
| subclavian | adjective | Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries. |
| subconcave | adjective | Slightly concave. |
| subconical | adjective | Slightly conical. |
| subcordate | adjective | Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape. |
| subcranial | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial. |
| subdeanery | noun | Office or rank of subdean. |
| subdecanal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery. |
| subdecuple | adjective | Containing one part of ten. |
| subdeposit | noun | That which is deposited beneath something else. |
| subdialect | noun | A subordinate dialect. |
| subdilated | adjective | Partially dilated. |
| subdivided | imp. & past participle | of Subdivide |
| subduction | noun | The act of subducting or taking away., Arithmetical subtraction. |
| subduement | noun | Subdual. |
| subendymal | adjective | Situated under the endyma. |
| subfibrous | adjective | Somewhat fibrous. |
| subfuscous | adjective | Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny. |
| subgeneric | adjective | Of or pertaining to a subgenus. |
| subglacial | adjective | Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams. |
| subglobose | adjective | Not quite globose. |
| subglossal | adjective | Situated under the tongue; sublingual. |
| subglottic | adjective | Situated below the glottis; — applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords. |
| subhepatic | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; — applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein. |
| subhyaloid | adjective | Situated under the hyaliod membrane. |
| subindices | plural | of Subindex |
| subjecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Subject |
| subjection | adjective | The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing., The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws. |
| subjectist | noun | One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist. |
| subjective | adjective | Of or pertaining to a subject., Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one’s own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one’s own internal states., Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. |
| subjicible | adjective | Capable of being subjected. |
| subjoining | present participle & vb. noun | of Subjoin |
| subjoinder | noun | An additional remark. |
| sub judice | Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration. | |
| subjugated | imp. & past participle | of Subjugate |
| subjugator | noun | One who subjugates; a conqueror. |
| subkingdom | noun | One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia. |
| sublapsary | adjective | Sublapsarian. |
| subletting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sublet |
| sublimable | verb t. | Capable of being sublimed or sublimated. |
| sublimated | imp. & past participle | of Sublimate, Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified. |
| sublinguae | plural | of Sublingua |
| sublingual | adjective | Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland., Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia. |
| sublobular | adjective | Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver. |
| submammary | adjective | Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation. |
| submarshal | noun | An under or deputy marshal. |
| submediant | noun | The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant. |
| submerging | present participle & vb. noun | of Submerge |
| submersion | noun | The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning., The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned. |
| submission | noun | The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance., The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation., Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error., An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. |
| submissive | adjective | Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one’s inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble., Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor. |
| submitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Submit |
| subnascent | adjective | Growing underneath. |
| subnuvolar | adjective | Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy. |
| suboctuple | adjective | Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. |
| subofficer | noun | An under or subordinate officer. |
| suborbital | adjective | Alt. of Suborbitar |
| suborbitar | adjective | Situated under or below the orbit. |
| subpleural | adjective | Situated under the pleural membrane. |
| subpoenaed | imp. & past participle | of Subpoena |
| subreption | noun | The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. |
| subreptive | adjective | Surreptitious. |
| subriguous | adjective | Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. |
| subscribed | imp. & past participle | of Subscribe |
| subscriber | noun | One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing., One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like. |
| subsellium | noun | One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall. |
| subsequent | adjective | Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome., Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. |
| subserving | present participle & vb. noun | of Subserve |
| subsesqui- | A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base. | |
| subsidence | noun | Alt. of Subsidency |
| subsidency | noun | The act or process of subsiding. |
| subsidiary | adjective | Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream., Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally., One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. |
| subsidized | imp. & past participle | of Subsidize |
| subsigning | present participle & vb. noun | of Subsign |
| subsisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Subsist |
| subsistent | adjective | Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit., Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter. |
| subspecies | noun | A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race. |
| subspinous | adjective | Subvertebral., Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus. |
| substitute | noun | One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else, a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man., To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange. |
| substratum | noun | That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil., The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance. |
| subsultive | adjective | Subsultory. |
| subsultory | adjective | Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. |
| subsumable | adjective | Capable of being subsumed. |
| subtangent | noun | The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. |
| subtending | present participle & vb. noun | of Subtend |
| subterfuge | noun | That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. |
| subterrane | noun | A cave or room under ground. |
| subterrany | adjective | Subterranean., A subterranean place. |
| subterrene | adjective | Subterraneous. |
| subtiliate | verb t. | To make thin or rare. |
| subtilized | imp. & past participle | of Subtilize |
| subtilizer | noun | One who subtilizes. |
| subtleness | noun | The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety. |
| subtleties | plural | of Subtlety |
| subtracted | imp. & past participle | of Subtract |
| subtracter | noun | One who subtracts., The subtrahend. |
| subtrahend | noun | The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another. |
| subtruding | present participle & vb. noun | of Subtrude |
| subtypical | adjective | Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant. |
| subuliform | adjective | Subulate. |
| subulipalp | noun | One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi. |
| subumbonal | adjective | Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell. |
| subvaginal | adjective | Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve. |
| subvariety | noun | A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. |
| subvention | noun | The act of coming under., The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help., A government aid or bounty., To subventionize. |
| subversion | noun | The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. |
| subversive | adjective | Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. |
| subverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Subvert |
| succedanea | plural | of Succedaneum |
| succeeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Succeed, The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. |
| succeedant | adjective | Succeeding one another; following. |
| successary | noun | Succession. |
| successful | adjective | Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. |
| succession | noun | The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters., A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology., An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent., The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne., The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order., The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. |
| successive | adjective | Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer., Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. |
| succiduous | adjective | Ready to fall; falling. |
| succinamic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts. |
| succinuric | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts. |
| succorable | adjective | Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief. |
| succorless | adjective | Destitute of succor. |
| succulence | noun | Alt. of Succulency |
| succulency | noun | The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach. |
| succumbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Succumb |
| succumbent | adjective | Submissive; yielding. |
| succussion | noun | The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax. |
| succussive | adjective | Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes. |
| suckanhock | noun | A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan. |
| suctorious | adjective | Suctorial. |
| sudatorium | noun | A sudatory. |
| sudatories | plural | of Sudatory |
| sufferable | adjective | Able to suffer or endure; patient., That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. |
| sufferance | noun | The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance., Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress., Loss; damage; injury., Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation., Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave., A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. |
| sufficient | adjective | Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country., Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit., Capable of meeting obligations; responsible., Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. |
| suffisance | noun | Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. |
| suffixment | noun | Suffixion. |
| sufflation | noun | The act of blowing up or inflating. |
| suffocated | imp. & past participle | of Suffocate |
| suffossion | noun | A digging under; an undermining. |
| suffragant | adjective & noun | Suffragan. |
| suffragate | adjective | To vote or vote with. |
| suffragist | noun | One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter., One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist. |
| sugariness | noun | The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet. |
| suggesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Suggest |
| suggestion | noun | The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea., That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation., Charge; complaint; accusation., Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party., The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; — a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown. |
| suggestive | adjective | Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. |
| suggillate | verb t. | To beat livid, or black and blue. |
| suicidical | adjective | Suicidal. |
| sulphamate | noun | A salt of sulphamic acid. |
| sulphamide | noun | Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines. |
| sulphauric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts. |
| sulphinate | noun | A salt of a sulphinic acid. |
| sulphinide | noun | A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates). |
| sulphonate | noun | A salt of sulphonic acid. |
| sulphonium | noun | A hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines. |
| sulphosalt | noun | A salt of a sulphacid. |
| sulphurate | adjective | Sulphureous., To sulphurize. |
| sulphurine | adjective | Sulphureous. |
| sulphuring | noun | Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur. |
| sulphurize | verb t. | To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing. |
| sulphurous | adjective | Of or pertaining to sulphur., Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds., Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds. |
| sulphydric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution. |
| sultan-red | adjective | Having a deep red color. |
| sultanship | noun | The office or dignity of a sultan. |
| sultriness | noun | The quality or state of being sultry. |
| summerstir | verb t. | To summer-fallow. |
| summertide | noun | Summer time. |
| summertree | noun | A summer. See 2d Summer. |
| summitless | adjective | Having no summit. |
| sunburning | present participle & vb. noun | of Sunburn, Sunburn; tan. |
| sun-burner | noun | A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings. |
| sunglasses | plural | of Sunglass |
| sunsetting | noun | The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively., Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. |
| sun-struck | adjective | Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers. |
| superadded | imp. & past participle | of Superadd |
| superaltar | noun | A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino. |
| superbiate | verb t. | To make (a person) haughty. |
| supercargo | noun | An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage. |
| superchery | noun | Deceit; fraud; imposition. |
| superexalt | verb t. | To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. |
| superhuman | adjective | Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom. |
| superiorly | adverb | In a superior position or manner. |
| superlunar | adjective | Alt. of Superlunary |
| superorder | noun | A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass. |
| superoxide | noun | See Peroxide. |
| superplant | noun | A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte. |
| superposed | imp. & past participle | of Superpose |
| superregal | adjective | More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king. |
| superroyal | adjective | Larger than royal; — said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n. |
| superseded | imp. & past participle | of Supersede |
| supersolar | adjective | Above the sun. |
| supertonic | noun | The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale. |
| supervened | imp. & past participle | of Supervene |
| supervisal | noun | Supervision. |
| supervised | imp. & past participle | of Supervise |
| supervisor | noun | One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools., A spectator; a looker-on. |
| supination | noun | The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward., The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation. |
| supperless | adjective | Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. |
| supplanted | imp. & past participle | of Supplant |
| supplanter | noun | One who supplants. |
| supplement | verb t. | That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply., That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors., The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180ยก; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle., To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to. |
| suppleness | noun | The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy. |
| suppletive | adjective | Alt. of Suppletory |
| suppletory | adjective | Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath., That which is to supply what is wanted. |
| suppliance | noun | That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction., Supplication; entreaty. |
| supplicant | adjective | Entreating; asking submissively., One who supplicates; a suppliant. |
| supplicate | verb t. | To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel., To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity., To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. |
| supplyment | noun | A supplying or furnishing; supply. |
| supporting | present participle & vb. noun | of Support |
| supportful | adjective | Abounding with support. |
| supposable | adjective | Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case. |
| suppositor | noun | An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum. |
| suppressed | imp. & past participle | of Suppress |
| suppressor | noun | One who suppresses. |
| suppurated | imp. & past participle | of Suppurate |
| suprahyoid | adjective | Hyomental. |
| supraloral | adjective | Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird., A supraloral feather. |
| supralunar | adjective | Alt. of Supralunary |
| suprapedal | adjective | Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland. |
| suprapubic | adjective | Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone. |
| suprarenal | adjective | Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys., A suprarenal capsule. |
| supravisor | noun | A supervisor. |
| surangular | adjective | Above the angular bone; supra-angular; — applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds., The surangular bone. |
| surbedding | present participle & vb. noun | of Surbed |
| surcharged | imp. & past participle | of Surcharge |
| surcharger | noun | One who surcharges. |
| surcingled | adjective | Bound with the surcingle. |
| surcloying | present participle & vb. noun | of Surcloy |
| suretiship | noun | Suretyship. |
| suretyship | noun | The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. |
| surfeiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Surfeit |
| surgically | adverb | By means of surgery. |
| surmisable | adjective | Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result. |
| surmounted | imp. & past participle | of Surmount, Having its vertical height greater than the half span; — said of an arch., Partly covered by another charge; — said of an ordinary or other bearing. |
| surmounter | noun | One who, or that which, surmounts. |
| surnominal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames. |
| suroxidate | verb t. | To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide. |
| surpassing | present participle & vb. noun | of Surpass, Eminently excellent; exceeding others. |
| surplusage | noun | Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted., Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected., A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. |
| surprising | present participle & vb. noun | of Surprise, Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. |
| surquedous | adjective | Alt. of Surquedrous |
| surrebound | verb i. | To give back echoes; to reecho. |
| surrebuter | noun | The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant’s rebutter. |
| surreption | noun | The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth., A coming unperceived or suddenly. |
| surrounded | imp. & past participle | of Surround |
| surveyance | noun | Survey; inspection. |
| survivance | noun | Alt. of Survivancy |
| survivancy | noun | Survivorship. |
| survivency | noun | Survivorship. |
| susception | noun | The act of taking; reception. |
| susceptive | adjective | Susceptible. |
| suscipient | adjective | Receiving; admitting., One who takes or admits; one who receives. |
| suscitated | imp. & past participle | of Suscitate |
| suspecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Suspect |
| suspectful | adjective | Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. |
| suspection | noun | Suspicion. |
| suspending | present participle & vb. noun | of Suspend |
| suspensely | adverb | In suspense. |
| suspension | noun | The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook., Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation, Of labor, study, pain, etc., Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced., Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank., Of punishment, or sentence of punishment., Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman., Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act., A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition., The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state., A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed., A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary., The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation. |
| suspensive | adjective | Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. |
| suspensory | adjective | Suspended; hanging; depending., Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle., Of or pertaining to a suspensorium., That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss, a bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum. |
| suspicable | verb t. | Liable to suspicion; suspicious. |
| suspicious | adjective | Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof., Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear., Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. |
| sustaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Sustain |
| sustenance | noun | The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life., That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. |
| sustentate | verb t. | To sustain. |
| sustention | noun | Sustentation. |
| sutlership | noun | The condition or occupation of a sutler. |
| suzerainty | noun | The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority. |