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sabellianism noun The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
sabrina work A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc.
saccharified imp. & past participle of Saccharify
saccharinate noun A salt of saccharinic acid., A salt of saccharine.
saccharizing present participle & vb. noun of Saccharize
saccharoidal adjective Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
saccharonate noun A salt of saccharonic acid.
saccholactic adjective Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.
sacerdotally adverb In a sacerdotal manner.
sacramentary adjective Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental., Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians., An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany., Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1.
sacramentize verb i. To administer the sacraments.
sacrificable adjective Capable of being offered in sacrifice.
sacrificator noun A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice.
sacrilegious adjective Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.
sacrosciatic adjective Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone.
safe-conduct noun That which gives a safe passage, a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy’s country or a foreign country, a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety., To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to.
safe-keeping noun The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
saintologist noun One who writes the lives of saints.
salamandrina noun A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
salamandrine adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.
salamandroid adjective Like or pertaining to the salamanders.
salification noun The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.
saliniferous adjective Same as Saliferous.
saltatorious adjective Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.
salutatorian noun The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, — an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.
salutatorily adverb By way of salutation.
salutiferous adjective Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.
salvationist noun An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.
sanctificate verb t. To sanctify.
sanctimonial adjective Sanctimonious.
sanders-blue noun See Saunders-blue.
sanguiferous adjective Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.
sanguifluous adjective Flowing or running with blood.
sanguigenous adjective Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food.
sanguinarily adverb In a sanguinary manner.
sanguineless adjective Destitute of blood; pale.
sanguineness noun The quality of being sanguine.
sanguinolent adjective Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.
sanguivorous adjective Subsisting upon blood; — said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.
sans-culotte noun A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; — a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons., Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.
santalaceous adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.
sapindaceous adjective Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.
saponifiable adjective Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.
saprophagous adjective Feeding on carrion.
sarcological adjective Of or pertaining to sarcology.
sarcophagous adjective Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
sarcorhamphi noun pl. A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.
sarsaparilla noun Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax., The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
satellitious adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites.
satisfaction noun The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands., Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation., That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
satisfactive adjective Satisfactory.
satisfactory adjective Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation., Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
satisfyingly adverb So as to satisfy; satisfactorily.
satsuma ware A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.
saw palmetto See under Palmetto.
scabrousness noun The quality of being scabrous.
scale-winged adjective Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
scaly-winged adjective Scale-winged.
scandalizing present participle & vb. noun of Scandalize
scandalously adverb In a manner to give offense; shamefully., With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
scandinavian adjective Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark., A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
scapegallows noun One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
scaphocerite noun A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.
scarificator noun An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.
scatteringly adverb In a scattering manner; dispersedly.
sceneshifter noun One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
scenographic adjective Alt. of Scenographical
schindylesis noun A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
schismatical adjective Same as Schismatic.
schismatized imp. & past participle of Schismatize
schistaceous adjective Of a slate color.
schizopodous adjective Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
schneiderian adjective Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.
scholastical adjective & noun Scholastic.
schoolfellow noun One bred at the same school; an associate in school.
schoolmaster noun The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school., One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.
schorlaceous adjective Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.
sciatherical adjective Belonging to a sundial.
scientifical adjective Scientific.
scintillated imp. & past participle of Scintillate
scire facias A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated.
sciscitation noun The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
scissiparity noun Reproduction by fission.
scissorsbill noun See Skimmer.
scissorstail noun A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
scitamineous adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
sciuromorpha noun pl. A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
sclerenchyma noun Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic., The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
sclerenchyme noun Sclerenchyma.
sclerodermic Alt. of Sclerodermous
sclerogenous adjective Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
scorpionidea noun pl. Same as Scorpiones.
scorpionwort noun A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.
scoundreldom noun The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels.
scoundrelism noun The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.
scraggedness noun Quality or state of being scragged.
scrag-necked adjective Having a scraggy neck.
scratchbrush noun A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
scratch coat The first coat in plastering; — called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
screw-driver noun A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
scribblement noun A scribble.
scribblingly adverb In a scribbling manner.
scripturally adverb In a scriptural manner.
scrobiculate adjective Alt. of Scrobiculated
scrophularia noun A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
scrupulosity noun The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision.
scrutinizing present participle & vb. noun of Scrutinize
scutch grass A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
scutellation noun the entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
scutelliform adjective Scutellate., Having the form of a scutellum.
scyphistomae plural of Scyphistoma
scyphomeduse noun pl. Same as Acraspeda, or Discophora.
scytodermata noun pl. Same as Holothurioidea.
sea colander A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.
sea colewort Sea cabbage.
sea crawfish Alt. of Sea crayfish
sea crayfish Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.
sea cucumber Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa).
sea daffodil A European amarylidaceous plant (Pancratium maritimum).
sea dotterel The turnstone.
sea elephant A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
sea hedgehog A sea urchin.
sea language The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor’s cant.
sea lavender See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
sea milkwort A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.
sea pheasant The pintail duck.
sea purslane See under Purslane.
sea sandwort See Sea chickweed.
sea scorpion A European sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines., The scorpene.
sea withwind A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.
sea woodcock The bar-tailed godwit.
sea wormwood A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.
secessionism noun The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.
secessionist noun One who upholds secession., One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.
second-class adjective Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.
second-sight noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.
secretariate noun The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.
secretitious adjective Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors.
sectarianism noun The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
sectarianize verb t. To imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect.
sectionalism noun A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
sectionality noun The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
sectionalize verb t. To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.
secularizing present participle & vb. noun of Secularize
segmentation noun The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.
seignioralty noun The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.
seismography noun A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes., The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
seismometric adjective Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.
selachostomi noun pl. A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.
seleniferous adjective Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
seleniureted adjective Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.
selenography noun The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; — corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
self-abasing adjective Lowering or humbling one’s self.
self-accused adjective Accused by one’s self or by one’s conscience.
self-affairs noun pl. One’s own affairs; one’s private business.
self-assumed adjective Assumed by one’s own act, or without authority.
self-assured adjective Assured by or of one’s self; self-reliant; complacent.
self-centred adjective Centered in itself, or in one’s self.
self-charity noun Self-love.
self-celored adjective Being of a single color; — applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
self-command noun Control over one’s own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
self-commune noun Self-communion.
self-conceit noun Conceit of one’s self; an overweening opinion of one’s powers or endowments.
self-concern noun Concern for one’s self.
self-control noun Control of one’s self; restraint exercised over one’s self; self-command.
self-created adjective Created by one’s self; not formed or constituted by another.
self-culture noun Culture, training, or education of one’s self by one’s own efforts.
self-defence noun See Self-defense.
self-defense noun The act of defending one’s own person, property, or reputation.
self-denying adjective Refusing to gratify one’s self; self-sacrificing.
self-devised adjective Devised by one’s self.
self-devoted adjective Devoted in person, or by one’s own will.
self-evident adjective Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.
self-healing adjective Having the power or property of healing itself.
self-imposed adjective Voluntarily taken on one’s self; as, self-imposed tasks.
self-kindled adjective Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.
self-knowing adjective Knowing one’s self, or one’s own character, powers, and limitations., Knowing of itself, without help from another.
selflessness noun Quality or state of being selfless.
self-opinion noun Opinion, especially high opinion, of one’s self; an overweening estimate of one’s self or of one’s own opinion.
self-posited adjective Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one’s self or in itself.
self-reliant adjective Reliant upon one’s self; trusting to one’s own powers or judgment.
self-reproof noun The act of reproving one’s self; censure of one’s conduct by one’s own judgment.
self-respect noun Respect for one’s self; regard for one’s character; laudable self-esteem.
self-seeking adjective Seeking one’s own interest or happiness; selfish., The act or habit of seeking one’s own interest or happiness; selfishness.
self-torture noun The act of inflicting pain on one’s self; pain inflicted on one’s self.
self-worship noun The idolizing of one’s self; immoderate self-conceit.
semaphorical adjective Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
semeiography noun Alt. of Semiography
semiologioal adjective Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
semeniferous adjective Seminiferous.
semiadherent adjective Adherent part way.
semiannually adverb Every half year.
semibarbaric adjective Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
semicalcined adjective Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.
semicastrate verb t. To deprive of one testicle.
semicircular adjective Having the form of half of a circle.
semicolumnar adjective Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
semidetached adjective Half detached; partly distinct or separate.
semidiameter noun Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
semidiapason noun An imperfect octave.
semidiapente noun An imperfect or diminished fifth.
semifloscule noun A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; — called also semifloret.
semiligneous adjective Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
semimetallic adjective Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.
seminiferous adjective Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.
semiofficial adjective Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement.
semiological Same as Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.
semipalmated adjective Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.
semiparabola noun One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
semipellucid adjective Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
semiprecious adjective Somewhat precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.
semiquadrate noun Alt. of Semiquartile
semiquartile noun An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
semiquintile noun An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
semitransept noun The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.
semivitreous adjective Partially vitreous.
sempervirent adjective Always fresh; evergreen.
sempiternity noun Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal.
senatorially adverb In a senatorial manner.
sensibleness noun The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility., Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
sensifacient adjective Converting into sensation.
sensualistic adjective Sensual., Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
sensualizing present participle & vb. noun of Sensualize
sententially adverb In a sentential manner.
sentinelling of Sentinel
sentisection noun Painful vivisection; — opposed to callisection.
separability noun Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.
separatistic adjective Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.
septemfluous adjective Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents.
septemtrioun noun Septentrion.
septemvirate noun The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.
septennially adverb Once in seven years.
septifarious adjective Turned in seven different ways.
septifolious adjective Having seven leaves.
septilateral adjective Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
septuagenary adjective Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old., A septuagenarian.
septuagesima noun The third Sunday before Lent; — so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
sepulchering present participle & vb. noun of Sepulchre
sequestering present participle & vb. noun of Sequester
sequestrable adjective Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.
sequestrated imp. & past participle of Sequestrate
sequestrator noun One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits., One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.
seraskierate noun The office or authority of a seraskier.
sergeantship noun The office of sergeant.
sermocinator noun One who makes sermons or speeches.
serpentarius noun A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; — called also Ophiuchus.
serpentiform adjective Having the form of a serpent.
serpentinely adverb In a serpentine manner.
serpentinian noun See 2d Ophite.
serpentinize verb t. To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
serpentinous adjective Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.
serrirostres noun pl. Same as Lamellirostres.
servitorship noun The office, rank, or condition of a servitor.
sesquialtera noun A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
sessile-eyed adjective Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; — opposed to stalk-eyed.
set-stitched adjective Stitched according to a formal pattern.
seventy-four noun A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
severalities plural of Severality
sexagenarian noun A person who is sixty years old.
sexangularly adverb Hexagonally.
sexisyllabic adjective Having six syllables.
sexisyllable noun A word of six syllables.
sextodecimos plural of Sextodecimo
sharpshooter noun One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
sharp-witted adjective Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
sheep-headed adjective Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
sheep’s-foot noun A printer’s tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, — used as a lever and hammer.
sheet anchor verb t. A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; — called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor., Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
shepherdling noun A little shepherd.
shipbuilding noun Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
shipwrecking present participle & vb. noun of Shipwreck
shittah tree noun A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; — now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
shittim wood noun The wood of the shittah tree.
shock-headed adjective Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
shoeing-horn noun A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe., Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; — by way of contempt., Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
shortclothes noun Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, — worn with long stockings.
short-handed adjective Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
shortsighted adjective Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia., Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect., Having little regard for the future; heedless.
short-spoken adjective Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
short-winded adjective Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.
shovel-nosed adjective Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.
shudderingly adverb In a shuddering manner.
shuffleboard noun See Shovelboard.
sick-brained adjective Disordered in the brain.
siderography noun The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.
sightfulness noun The state of being sightful; perspicuity.
sight-seeing adjective Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities., The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
significance noun Alt. of Significancy
significancy noun The quality or state of being significant., That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression., Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
significator noun One who, or that which, signifies.
significavit noun Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man’s standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
siliciferous adjective Producing silica; united with silica.
siliciureted adjective Combined or impregnated with silicon.
silviculture noun See Sylviculture.
simultaneity noun The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
simultaneous adjective Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.
sinew-shrunk adjective Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.
sinistrality noun The quality or state of being sinistral.
sinistrorsal adjective Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
sinistrously adverb In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily., With a tendency to use the left hand.
sinupalliate adjective Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.
siphonophora noun pl. An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
siphonophore noun One of the Siphonophora.
siphonostome noun Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata., A siphonostomatous shell.
siphorhinian noun A siphorhinal bird.
sipunculacea noun pl. A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.
siraskierate noun See Seraskierate.
sixty-fourth adjective Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
skeletonized imp. & past participle of Skeletonize
skeletonizer noun Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.
skutterudite noun A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.
skye terrier See Terrier.
slatterpouch noun A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise.
slaughtering present participle & vb. noun of Slaughter
slaughtermen plural of Slaughterman
slaughterman noun One employed in slaughtering.
slaughterous adjective Destructive; murderous.
slaveholding adjective Holding persons in slavery.
sleepwalking noun Walking in one’s sleep.
slickensides noun The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another., A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
slipperiness noun The quality of being slippery.
slovenliness noun The quality or state of being slovenly.
slubberingly adverb In a slovenly, or hurried and imperfect, manner.
slumberingly adverb In a slumbering manner.
smallclothes noun pl. A man’s garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
smotheriness noun The quality or state of being smothery.
smotheringly adverb In a smothering manner.
snake’s-head noun The Guinea-hen flower; — so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake’s head.
snatch block a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
snobbishness noun Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.
sober-minded adjective Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.
soboliferous adjective Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.
sociableness noun The quality of being sociable.
socinianized imp. & past participle of Socinianize
sociological adjective Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.
socratically adverb In the Socratic method.
soft-hearted adjective Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.
soft-shelled adjective Having a soft or fragile shell.
solarization noun Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun’s light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
solecistical adjective Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.
solenoconcha noun pl. Same as Scaphopoda.
solenogastra noun pl. An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.
solenoglypha noun pl. A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.
solidifiable adjective Capable of being solidified.
solidungular adjective Solipedous.
soliloquized imp. & past participle of Soliloquize
solisequious adjective Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants.
soliitariety noun The state of being solitary; solitariness.
solitariness noun Condition of being solitary.
solvableness noun Quality of being solvable.
somatopleure noun The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure.
somnambulate verb i. & t. To walk when /sleep.
somnambulism noun A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.
somnambulist noun A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.
somniloquism noun The act or habit of talking in one’s sleep; somniloquy.
somniloquist noun One who talks in his sleep.
somniloquous adjective Apt to talk in sleep.
somnipathist noun A person in a state of somniapathy.
sonification noun The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.
sophisticate verb t. To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine., Alt. of Sophisticated
sophomorical adjective Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation.
soporiferous adjective Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific.
sorbefacient adjective Producing absorption., A medicine or substance which produces absorption.
sortilegious adjective Pertaining to sortilege.
soupe-maigre noun Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
southcottian noun A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.
southeastern adjective Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
southernmost adjective Farthest south.
southernwood noun A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
southwestern adjective Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
sovereignize verb i. To exercise supreme authority.
sparrowgrass noun Asparagus.
spatangoidea noun pl. An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.
spatter-dock noun The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
specialities plural of Speciality
specifically adverb In a specific manner.
soecificness noun The quality or state of being specific.
speciocities plural of Speciosity
speckledness noun The quality of being speckled.
specksioneer noun The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; — so called among whalers.
spectatorial adjective Of or pertaining to a spectator.
spectrometer noun A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
spectroscope noun An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.
spectroscopy noun The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.
speechifying present participle & vb. noun of Speechify, The act of making a speech or speeches.
spendthrifty adjective Spendthrift; prodigal.
spermathecae plural of Spermatheca
spermatocyte noun Same as Spermoblast.
spermatozoid noun The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
spermatozoon noun Same as Spermatozoid.
spermococcus noun The nucleus of the sperm cell.
spermogonium noun A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.
spermologist noun One who treats of, or collects, seeds.
spermophytic adjective Capable of producing seeds; ph/nogamic.
spermoplasma noun The protoplasm of the sperm cell.
spermosphere noun A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.
sphacelating present participle & vb. noun of Spacelate
sphacelation noun The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
sphaerospore noun One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.
sphenethmoid adjective Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal., The sphenethmoid bone.
sphenography noun The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.
spheroidical adjective See Spheroidal.
sphigmometer noun See Sphygmometer.
sphragistics noun The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
sphygmograph noun An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.
sphygmometer noun An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
sphygmophone noun An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
sphygmoscope noun Same as Sphygmograph.
spider’s web The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.
spiegeleisen noun See Spiegel iron.
spiegel iron A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.
spina bifida A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.
spine-finned adjective Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; — said of certain fishes.
spine-tailed adjective Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
spinulescent adjective Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
spiralozooid noun One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells.
spiritualism noun The quality or state of being spiritual., The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul — that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte., A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.
spiritualist noun One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic., One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism., One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist., Spiritualistic.
spirituality noun The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness., That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities., An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
spiritualize verb t. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul., To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; — opposed to literalize., To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
spirituosity noun The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
spitchcocked adjective Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; — said of eels.
spitzenburgh noun A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.
splatterdash n . Uproar.
splaymouthed adjective Having a splaymouth.
splendidious adjective Splendid.
splendidness noun The quality of being splendid.
splenization noun A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.
splenography noun A description of the spleen.
spoilsmonger noun One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
spongiopilin noun A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.
spoon-billed adjective Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
sporadically adverb In a sporadic manner.
sporogenesis noun reproduction by spores.
sportability noun Sportiveness.
spread-eagle adjective Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
spriteliness adjective Alt. of Spritely
squamigerous adjective Bearing scales.
squamipennes plural of Squamipen
stabat mater A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making “the way of the cross” (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).
stable stand The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; — one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king’s deer.
stablishment noun Establishment.
stage-struck adjective Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
staggeringly adverb In a staggering manner.
stake-driver noun The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); — so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
stalactoform adjective Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite.
stalwartness noun The quality of being stalwart.
standergrass noun A plant (Orchis mascula); — called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
stanniferous adjective Containing or affording tin.
staphylotomy noun The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
star-chamber noun An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king’s council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.
starchedness noun The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
star-crossed adjective Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
startfulness noun Aptness to start.
stathmograph noun A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
statistician noun One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
statistology noun See Statistics, 2.
statuesquely adverb In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.
stealthiness noun The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.
steamboating noun The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats., The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards.
steam engine An engine moved by steam.
steatomatous adjective Of the nature of steatoma.
steatopygous adjective Having fat buttocks.
steganopodes noun pl. A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.
stegocephala noun pl. An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.
stelleridean noun A starfish, or brittle star.
stelliferous adjective Having, or abounding with, stars.
stelmatopoda noun pl. Same as Gymnolaemata.
stem-winding adjective Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.
stenodermine adjective Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.
stenographed imp. & past participle of Stenograph
stenographer noun One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.
stenographic adjective Alt. of Stenographical
stepdaughter noun A daughter of one’s wife or husband by a former marriage.
stercoranism noun The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
stercoranist noun A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient.
stercorarian noun A Stercoranist.
stercoration noun Manuring with dung.
sterelmintha noun pl. Same as Platyelminthes.
stereochrome noun Stereochromic picture.
stereochromy noun A style of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble glass (a silicate of soda).
stereography noun The art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined.
stereometric adjective Alt. of Stereometrical
stereopticon noun An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.
stereoscopic adjective Alt. of Stereoscopical
stereostatic adjective Geostatic.
stereotyping present participle & vb. noun of Stereotype
stereotypery noun The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates., A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
stereotypist noun A stereotyper.
sternbergite noun A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black.
sternocostal adjective Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.
sternutation noun The act of sneezing.
sternutative adjective Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.
sternutatory adjective Sternutative., A sternutatory substance or medicine.
stethoscopic adjective Alt. of Stethoscopical
stiff-backed adjective Obstinate.
stiff-necked adjective Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
stiff-tailed adjective Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
stigmatizing present participle & vb. noun of Stigmatize
stigonomancy noun Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.
stimulatress noun A woman who stimulates.
stipulaceous adjective Alt. of Stipular
stockjobbing noun The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.
stoechiology noun Alt. of Stoechiometry
stoichiology noun That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues., The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought., The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
stomatodaeum noun Same as Stomodaeum.
stomatoscope noun An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.
stonebrearer noun A machine for crushing or hammering stone.
stonecutting noun Hewing or dressing stone.
stonesmickle noun The stonechat; — called also stonesmitch.
stopping-out noun A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.
stork-billed adjective Having a bill like that of the stork.
story-teller noun One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller., An historian; — in contempt., A euphemism or child’s word for
story-writer noun One who writes short stories, as for magazines., An historian; a chronicler.
stragglingly adverb In a straggling manner.
straightedge noun A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, — used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.
straightener noun One who, or that which, straightens.
straighthorn noun An orthoceras.
straightness noun The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path., A variant of Straitness.
straight-out adjective Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.
straightways adverb Straightway.
strait-laced adjective Bound with stays., Restricted; stiff; constrained., Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
strangleable adjective Capable of being strangled.
strangulated adjective Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia., Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
strangurious adjective Of or pertaining to strangury.
strap-shaped adjective Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
strategetics noun Strategy.
straticulate adjective Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.
stratigraphy noun That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
stratography noun A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.
straw-cutter noun An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
streetwalker noun A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
strengthened imp. & past participle of Strengthen
strengthener noun One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.
strengthless adjective Destitute of strength.
strepsiptera noun pl. A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; — called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.
strepsorhina noun pl. Same as Lemuroidea.
strepsorhine adjective Having twisted nostrils; — said of the lemurs., One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.
streptococci plural of Streptococcus
streptoneura noun pl. An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.
streptothrix noun A genus of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched threads, either straight or twisted.
stridulation noun The act of stridulating., The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts., The noise itself.
stridulatory adjective Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.
stringcourse noun A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.
strobilation noun The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
strobiliform adjective Shaped like a strobile.
stromatology noun The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
stromeyerite noun A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.
strong-water noun An acid., Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
strontianite noun Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.
strophanthus noun A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
strophiolate adjective Alt. of Strophiolated
strumousness noun The state of being strumous.
struthioidea noun pl. Same as Struthiones.
struthionine adjective Struthious.
stump-tailed adjective Having a short, thick tail.
stupefacient adjective Producing stupefaction; stupefactive., Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.
stupefaction noun The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
stupefactive adjective & noun Same as Stupefacient.
stylagalmaic adjective Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic figures or images.
styloglossal adjective Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.
stylographic adjective Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets., Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.
stylomastoid adjective Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.
suaviloquent adjective Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.
subagitation noun Unlawful sexual intercourse.
subalternant noun A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2.
subalternate adjective Succeeding by turns; successive., Subordinate; subaltern; inferior., A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.
subaquaneous adjective Subaqueous.
subarachnoid adjective Alt. of Subarachnoidal
subarytenoid adjective Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.
subbronchial adjective Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.
subcelestial adjective Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories.
subcommittee noun An under committee; a part or division of a committee.
subconscious adjective Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; — said of states of the soul., Partially conscious; feebly conscious.
subcultrated adjective Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other.
subcutaneous adjective Situated under the skin; hypodermic.
subcuticular adjective Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin.
subcylindric adjective Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.
subdiaconate adjective Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon., The office or rank of a subdeacon.
subdichotomy noun A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision.
subdititious adjective Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in.
subdiversify verb t. To diversify aggain what is already diversified.
subdivisible adjective Susceptible of subdivision.
subduplicate adjective Expressed by the square root; — said of ratios.
subepidermal adjective Situated immediately below the epidermis.
subhastation noun A public sale or auction.
subjectivism noun Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.
subjectivist noun One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.
subjectivity noun The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.
sublapsarian noun & adjective Same as Infralapsarian.
sublibrarian noun An under or assistant librarian.
sublineation noun A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.
submaxillary adjective Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland., Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.
subobscurely adverb Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
suboccipital adjective Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.
subopercular adjective Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum., The suboperculum.
suboperculum noun The lower opercular bone in fishes.
suborbicular adjective Alt. of Suborbiculate
subordinance adjective Alt. of Subordinancy
subordinancy adjective Subordinacy; subordination.
subordinated imp. & past participle of Subordinate
subpolygonal adjective Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.
subpulmonary adjective Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.
subpurchaser noun A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.
subquadruple adjective Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion.
subquintuple adjective Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion.
subsannation noun Derision; mockery.
subscapulary adjective Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.
subscribable adjective Capable of being subscribed.
subscription noun The act of subscribing., That which is subscribed., A paper to which a signature is attached., The signature attached to a paper., Consent or attestation by underwriting the name., Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund., The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination., Submission; obedience., That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary., A method of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced, without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus executed.
subscriptive adjective Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.
subsequently adverb At a later time; afterwards.
subservience noun Alt. of Subserviency
subserviency noun The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another’s purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
subsidiarily adverb In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
subsidiaries plural of Subsidiary
subsinnation noun The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation.
subspherical adjective Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.
substantials noun pl. Essential parts.
substantiate verb t. To make to exist; to make real., To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.
substantival adjective Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.
substituting present participle & vb. noun of Substitute
substitution noun The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium., The state of being substituted for another., The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority., The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him., The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory., The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.
substitutive adjective Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted.
substraction noun Subtraction; deduction., See Subtraction, 3.
substruction noun Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground.
substructure noun Same as Substruction., An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
subtartarean adjective Being or living under Tartarus; infernal.
subterfluent adjective Alt. of Subterfluous
subterfluous adjective Running under or beneath.
subterraneal adjective Subterranean.
subterranean adjective Alt. of Subterraneous
subterranity noun A place under ground; a subterrany.
subtreasurer noun The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
subtrihedral adjective Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth.
subulicornes noun pl. A division of insects having slender or subulate antennae. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.
subvertebral adjective Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
subvitalized adjective Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.
subzigomatic adjective Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.
succedaneous adjective Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.
successional adjective Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.
successively adverb In a successive manner.
succussation noun A trot or trotting., A shaking; succussion.
sudoriferous adjective Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous.
sudoriparous adjective Same as Sudoriferous.
sufficiently adverb To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.
sufflaminate verb t. To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise., Hence, to stop; to impede.
suffragating present participle & vb. noun of Suffragate
suffraginous adjective Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast.
suffruticose adjective Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.
suffruticous adjective Suffruticose.
suffumigated imp. & past participle of Suffumigate
suggillation noun A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.
sulpharsenic adjective Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and known only in its salts.
sulphocyanic adjective Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous.
sulphurating present participle & vb. noun of Sulphurate
sulphuration noun The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
summerhouses plural of Summerhouse
summerliness noun The quality or state of being like summer.
superangelic adjective Superior to the angels in nature or rank.
superannuate verb t. To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity., To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension., To last beyond the year; — said of annual plants.
supercharged imp. & past participle of Supercharge
superciliary adjective Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital., Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.
supercilious adjective Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
supercurious adjective Excessively curious or inquisitive.
supereminent adjective Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.
supererogant adjective Supererogatory.
supererogate verb i. To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.
superethical adjective More than ethical; above ethics.
superexalted imp. & past participle of Superexalt
superficiary noun One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man’s ground., Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial., Situated or built on another man’s land, as a house.
superfinical adjective Extremely finical.
superfluence noun Superfluity.
superfrontal noun A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.
superheating present participle & vb. noun of Superheat
superimposed imp. & past participle of Superimpose
superinduced imp. & past participle of Superinduce
superinspect verb t. To over see; to superintend by inspection.
supermaxilla noun The supermaxilla.
supermundane adjective Being above the world; — opposed to inframundane.
supermundial adjective Supermundane.
supernacular adjective Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine.
supernaculum adverb & noun A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; — used formerly by topers., Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one’s nail.
supernatural adjective Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.
superplusage noun Surplusage.
superpolitic adjective More than politic; above or exceeding policy.
superposable adjective Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another.
supersalient adjective Leaping upon.
superscribed imp. & past participle of Superscribe
supersecular adjective Being above the world, or secular things.
supersensual adjective Supersensible.
supersession noun The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.
superspinous adjective Supraspinuos.
superstition noun An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious., An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion., The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects., Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like., Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
superterrene adjective Being above ground, or above the earth.
supervenient adjective Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
supervention noun The act of supervening.
suppalpation noun The act of enticing by soft words; enticement.
suppedaneous adjective Being under the feet.
supplemented imp. & past participle of Supplement
supplemental adjective Alt. of Supplementary
suppletories plural of Suppletory
supplicating present participle & vb. noun of Supplicate
supplication noun The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship., A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty., A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.
supplicatory adjective Containing supplication; humble; earnest.
supportation noun Maintenance; support.
suppressible adjective That may be suppressed.
suprachoroid adjective Alt. of Suprachoroidal
supraciliary adjective Superciliary.
supracranial adjective Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.
suprahepatic adjective Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; — applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.
supralapsary adjective Supralapsarian., A Supralapsarian.
supramaxilla noun The upper jaw or maxilla.
supramundane adjective Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.
supraorbital adjective Alt. of Supraorbitar
supraorbitar adjective Situated above the orbit of the eye.
supraprotest noun An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee.
supraspinate adjective Alt. of Supraspinous
supraspinous adjective Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.
suprasternal adjective Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
supravaginal adjective Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
surceaseance noun Cessation.
surinam toad A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa.
surintendant noun Superintendent.
surmountable adjective Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
surprisement noun Surprisal.
surrejoinder noun The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant’s rejoinder.
surrendering present participle & vb. noun of Surrender
surveillance noun Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
surveillants plural of Surveillant
surveyorship noun The office of a surveyor.
survivorship noun The state of being a survivor., The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other.
susceptivity noun Capacity for receiving; susceptibility.
suspensation noun The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.
suspensorium noun Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
sustentation noun The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance., The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
sustentative adjective Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.
swag-bellied adjective Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swan-hopping noun A corruption of Swan-upping.
sward-cutter noun A plow for turning up grass land., A lawn mower.
swashbuckler noun A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.
sway-bracing noun The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying.
swimmingness noun Act or state of swimming; suffusion.
sword-shaped adjective Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
sycophantish adjective Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
sycophantism noun Sycophancy.
sycophantize verb i. To play the sycophant.
syllabically adverb In a syllabic manner.
syllabicated imp. & past participle of Syllabicate
syllabifying present participle & vb. noun of Syllabify
sylviculture noun The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
symbological adjective Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.
symmetrician noun Same as Symmetrian.
symmetrizing present participle & vb. noun of Symmetrize
sympathizing present participle & vb. noun of Sympathize
symphonizing present participle & vb. noun of Symphonize
symphysotomy noun Symphyseotomy.
synantherous adjective Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.
synapticulae plural of Synapticula
synarthrodia noun Synarthrosis.
synarthroses plural of Synarthrosis
synarthrosis noun Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.
synchronical adjective Happening at the same time; synchronous.
synchronized imp. & past participle of Synchronize
synclinorium noun A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.
syncretistic adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols., Of or pertaining to Syncretists.
syndactylous adjective Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.
syndesmology noun That part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.
syngenesious adjective Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia.
synonymizing present participle & vb. noun of Synonymize
synosteology noun That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.
syringocoele noun The central canal of the spinal cord.
systematical adjective Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study., Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence., Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical., Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.
systematized imp. & past participle of Systematize
systematizer noun One who systematizes.