| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sabbatarianism | noun | The tenets of Sabbatarians. |
| sacchariferous | adjective | Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes. |
| sacramentalism | noun | The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments. |
| sacramentalist | noun | One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ’s body and blood in the holy eucharist. |
| sacramentarian | noun | A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist., One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments., Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental., Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. |
| sacrovertebral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle. |
| saint-simonian | noun | A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist. |
| salamandroidea | noun pl. | A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela. |
| salutiferously | adverb | Salutarily. |
| sanctification | noun | The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;, the act of God’s grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified., The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. |
| sandemanianism | noun | The faith or system of the Sandemanians. |
| sanguification | noun | The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis. |
| sanguinariness | noun | The quality or state of being sanguinary. |
| sanguinivorous | adjective | Subsisting on blood. |
| sans-culottism | noun | Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes. |
| saponification | noun | The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate. |
| saturnicentric | adjective | Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center. |
| saurobatrachia | noun pl. | The Urodela. |
| sauroidichnite | noun | The fossil track of a saurian. |
| saxifragaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants. |
| scabbard plane | See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. | |
| scandalousness | noun | Quality of being scandalous. |
| scaphocephalic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly. |
| scaphognathite | noun | A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity. |
| scenographical | adjective | Of or pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective. |
| schilerization | noun | The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass. |
| schizognathism | noun | The condition of having a schizognathous palate. |
| schizognathous | adjective | Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds. |
| schizonemertea | noun pl. | A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| schoharie grit | The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; — so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology. | |
| scholastically | adverb | In a scholastic manner. |
| schoolmistress | noun | A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher. |
| school-teacher | noun | One who teaches or instructs a school. |
| schweitzerkase | noun | Gruyere cheese. |
| schwenkfeldian | noun | A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ. |
| scientifically | adverb | In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science. |
| scleroskeleton | noun | That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses. |
| scripturalness | noun | Quality of being scriptural. |
| scroddled ware | Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays. | |
| scutibranchian | noun | One of the Scutibranchiata. |
| scyphobranchii | noun pl. | An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families. |
| sea pincushion | A sea purse., A pentagonal starfish. | |
| searchableness | noun | Quality of being searchable. |
| sea wood louse | A sea slater. | |
| second-sighted | adjective | Having the power of second-sight. |
| secrete-metory | adjective | Causing secretion; — said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion. |
| secularization | noun | The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property. |
| selenographist | noun | A selenographer. |
| self-abasement | noun | Degradation of one’s self by one’s own act., Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame. |
| self-adjusting | adjective | Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; — said of a piece in machinery. |
| self-approving | adjective | Approving one’s own action or character by one’s own judgment. |
| self-asserting | adjective | asserting one’s self, or one’s own rights or claims; hence, putting one’s self forward in a confident or assuming manner. |
| self-assertion | noun | The act of asserting one’s self, or one’s own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting. |
| self-assertive | adjective | Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting. |
| self-centering | adjective | Alt. of Self-centring |
| self-communion | noun | Communion with one’s self; thoughts about one’s self. |
| self-conceited | adjective | Having an overweening opinion of one’s own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. |
| self-confident | adjective | Confident of one’s own strength or powers; relying on one’s judgment or ability; self-reliant. |
| self-conjugate | adjective | Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles. |
| self-conscious | adjective | Conscious of one’s acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one’s self., Conscious of one’s self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious. |
| self-consuming | adjective | Consuming one’s self or itself. |
| self-contained | adjective | Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one’s self., Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. |
| self-convicted | adjective | Convicted by one’s own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts. |
| self-deception | noun | Self-deceit. |
| self-defensive | adjective | Defending, or tending to defend, one’s own person, property, or reputation. |
| self-dependent | adjective | Dependent on one’s self; self-depending; self-reliant. |
| self-depending | adjective | Depending on one’s self. |
| self-destroyer | noun | One who destroys himself; a suicide. |
| self-devouring | adjective | Devouring one’s self or itself. |
| self-diffusive | adjective | Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. |
| self-enjoyment | noun | Enjoyment of one’s self; self-satisfaction. |
| self-evolution | noun | Evolution of one’s self; development by inherent quality or power. |
| self-examinant | noun | One who examines himself; one given to self-examination. |
| self-existence | noun | Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being’s own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; — an attribute peculiar to God. |
| self-ignorance | noun | Ignorance of one’s own character, powers, and limitations. |
| self-imparting | adjective | Imparting by one’s own, or by its own, powers and will. |
| self-important | adjective | Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one’s own importance or merit. |
| self-imposture | noun | Imposture practiced on one’s self; self-deceit. |
| self-indulgent | adjective | Indulging one’s appetites, desires, etc., freely. |
| self-justifier | noun | One who excuses or justifies himself. |
| self-knowledge | noun | Knowledge of one’s self, or of one’s own character, powers, limitations, etc. |
| self-opinioned | adjective | Having a high opinion of one’s self; opinionated; conceited. |
| self-perplexed | adjective | Perplexed by doubts originating in one’s own mind. |
| self-possessed | adjective | Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed. |
| self-regulated | adjective | Regulated by one’s self or by itself. |
| self-repelling | adjective | Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling. |
| self-reproving | adjective | Reproving one’s self; reproving by consciousness of guilt. |
| self-repugnant | adjective | Self-contradictory; inconsistent. |
| self-repulsive | adjective | Self-repelling. |
| self-restraint | noun | Restraint over one’s self; self-control; self-command. |
| self-reverence | noun | A reverent respect for one’s self. |
| self-righteous | adjective | Righteous in one’s own esteem; pharisaic. |
| self-sacrifice | noun | The act of sacrificing one’s self, or one’s interest, for others; self-devotion. |
| self-satisfied | adjective | Satisfied with one’s self or one’s actions; self-complacent. |
| self-slaughter | noun | Suicide. |
| self-sufficing | adjective | Sufficing for one’s self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. |
| self-suspended | adjective | Suspended by one’s self or by itself; balanced. |
| self-tormentor | noun | One who torments himself. |
| semaphorically | adverb | By means of a semaphore. |
| semicalcareous | adjective | Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant. |
| semicentennial | adjective | Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration., A fiftieth anniversary. |
| semidemiquaver | noun | A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note. |
| semidiaphanous | adjective | Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. |
| semiflosculous | adjective | Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion. |
| semihistorical | adjective | Half or party historical. |
| semilapidified | adjective | Imperfectly changed into stone. |
| semilenticular | adjective | Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. |
| seminification | noun | Propagation from seed. |
| semioxygenated | adjective | Combined with oxygen only in part. |
| semispheroidal | adjective | Formed like a half spheroid. |
| senatusconsult | noun | A decree of the Roman senate. |
| sensationalism | noun | The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; — opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism., The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel. |
| sensationalist | noun | An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism., One who practices sensational writing or speaking. |
| sensualization | noun | The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized. |
| sentimentalism | noun | The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality. |
| sentimentalist | noun | One who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling. |
| sentimentality | noun | The quality or state of being sentimental. |
| sentimentalize | verb t. | To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject., To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. |
| septentrionate | verb i. | To tend or point toward the north; to north. |
| septomaxillary | adjective | Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts., A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians. |
| septuagenarian | noun | A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary. |
| sequaciousness | noun | Quality of being sequacious. |
| serpentigenous | adjective | Bred of a serpent. |
| serratirostral | adjective | Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan. |
| sesquialterate | adjective | Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one. |
| sesquialterous | adjective | Sesquialteral. |
| sesquipedalian | adjective | Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; — sometimes humorously applied to long words. |
| sesquipedalism | noun | Sesquipedality. |
| sesqyipedality | noun | The quality or condition of being sesquipedal., The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism. |
| sesquisulphide | noun | A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; — formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide. |
| seven-thirties | noun pl. | A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded. |
| shallow-bodied | adjective | Having a moderate depth of hold; — said of a vessel. |
| sheep-shearing | noun | Act of shearing sheep., A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. |
| short-breathed | adjective | Having short-breath, or quick respiration., Having short life. |
| shrill-tongued | adjective | Having a shrill voice. |
| siderographist | noun | One skilled in siderography. |
| silicatization | noun | Silicification. |
| silicification | noun | Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood. |
| silicispongiae | noun pl. | Same as Silicoidea. |
| silicofluoride | noun | A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid. |
| silicotungstic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates). |
| similitudinary | adjective | Involving or expressing similitude. |
| simple-hearted | adjective | Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. |
| simplification | noun | The act of simplifying. |
| single-hearted | adjective | Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. |
| siphonostomata | noun pl. | A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood., An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells. |
| sisters-in-law | plural | of Sister-in-law |
| slatternliness | noun | The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness. |
| slaughterhouse | noun | A house where beasts are butchered for the market. |
| smolderingness | noun | Alt. of Smoulderingness |
| smooth-chinned | adjective | Having a smooth chin; beardless. |
| smooth-tongued | adjective | Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering. |
| snake’s-tongue | noun | Same as Adder’s-tongue. |
| snipper-snaper | noun | A small, insignificant fellow. |
| soapberry tree | Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; — also called soap tree. | |
| solecistically | adverb | In a solecistic manner. |
| solertiousness | noun | The quality or state of being solert. |
| solidification | noun | Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified. |
| somnambulation | noun | The act of walking in sleep. |
| somnambulistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist. |
| sophisticating | present participle & vb. noun | of Sophisticate |
| sophistication | noun | The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs. |
| sounding-board | noun | A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments., A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker’s voice., See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. |
| southernliness | noun | Southerliness. |
| spalding knife | A spalting knife. | |
| spalting knife | A knife used in splitting codfish. | |
| specialization | noun | The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized., The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function. |
| specificalness | noun | The quality of being specific. |
| speckled-belly | noun | The gadwall. |
| spectrological | adjective | Of or pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological studies or experiments. |
| spectroscopist | noun | One who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the spectroscope. |
| spermatogenous | adjective | Sperm-producing. |
| spermatogonium | noun | A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids. |
| spermatorrhoea | noun | Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation. |
| sphenethmoidal | adjective | Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid. |
| sphenographist | noun | A sphenographer. |
| spherobacteria | noun pl. | See the Note under Microbacteria. |
| spherosiderite | noun | Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses. |
| sphygmographic | adjective | Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a sphygmographic tracing. |
| spindle-legged | adjective | Having long, slender legs. |
| spindle-shaped | adjective | Having the shape of a spindle., Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; — applied chiefly to roots. |
| spiritualistic | adjective | Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism. |
| spiritualities | plural | of Spirituality |
| spiritualizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Spiritualize |
| spirituousness | noun | The quality or state of being spirituous. |
| sporangiophore | noun | The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia. |
| sprocket wheel | Same as Chain wheel. | |
| stadtholderate | noun | Alt. of Stadtholdership |
| stag-horn fern | See under Stag. | |
| stalactitiform | adjective | Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform. |
| stalking-horse | noun | A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill., Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense. |
| stannofluoride | noun | Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element. |
| staphylomatous | adjective | Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma. |
| staphyloplasty | noun | The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost. |
| states-general | noun | In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty., In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers. |
| stationariness | noun | The quality or state of being stationary; fixity. |
| steelbow goods | Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord. | |
| steeplechasing | noun | The act of riding steeple chases. |
| stenographical | adjective | Of or pertaining to stenography. |
| stentorophonic | adjective | Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. |
| stepping-stone | noun | A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking., Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. |
| sterculiaceous | adjective | Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order. |
| stereoelectric | adjective | Of or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid. |
| stereometrical | adjective | Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. |
| stereoscopical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views. |
| sternocoracoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid. |
| stethoscopical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. |
| stichometrical | adjective | Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines. |
| stigmatization | noun | The act of stigmatizing., The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8. |
| stoichiometric | adjective | Alt. of Stoichiometrical |
| stomatogastric | adjective | Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca. |
| stomatoplastic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed. |
| strabismometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus. |
| stradometrical | adjective | Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. |
| straight-joint | adjective | Having straight joints., Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves., In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge. |
| straight-lined | adjective | Having straight lines. |
| straight-pight | adjective | Straight in form or upright in position; erect. |
| stratification | noun | The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers., The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance. |
| strepsipterous | adjective | Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera. |
| stultification | noun | The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified. |
| stultiloquence | noun | Silly talk; babbling. |
| stylographical | adjective | Same as Stylographic, 1. |
| stylomaxillary | adjective | Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla. |
| subalternating | adjective | Subalternate; successive. |
| subalternation | noun | The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination. |
| subarachnoidal | adjective | Situated under the arachnoid membrane. |
| subconformable | adjective | Partially conformable. |
| subcrustaceous | adjective | Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization. |
| subcrystalline | adjective | Imperfectly crystallized. |
| subcylindrical | adjective | Alt. of Subcylindric |
| subderisorious | adjective | Ridiculing with moderation. |
| subendocardial | adjective | Situated under the endocardium. |
| subhornblendic | adjective | Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende. |
| subinfeudation | noun | The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure., Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy. |
| subject-matter | noun | The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. |
| subnotochordal | adjective | Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod. |
| subpedunculate | adjective | Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle. |
| subpentangular | adjective | Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular. |
| subpericardial | adjective | Situated under the cardiac pericardium. |
| substantiality | noun | The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality. |
| substantialize | verb t. | To make substantial. |
| substantiating | present participle & vb. noun | of Substantiate |
| substantiation | noun | The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof. |
| substitutional | adjective | Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. |
| subtegulaneous | adjective | Under the roof or eaves; within doors. |
| subterrestrial | adjective | Subterranean. |
| subtranslucent | adjective | Not perfectly translucent. |
| subtransparent | adjective | Not perfectly transparent. |
| subturriculate | adjective | Somewhat turriculate. |
| successiveness | noun | The quality or state of being successive. |
| sulphantimonic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenic acid. |
| sulpharsenious | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its salts. |
| sulphindigotic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; — formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid. |
| sulphocarbonic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts. |
| sulphocyanogen | noun | See Persulphocyanogen. |
| sulphostannate | noun | A salt of sulphostannic acid. |
| sulphotungstic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts. |
| sulphur-bottom | noun | A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; — called also sulphur whale. |
| superabundance | noun | The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess. |
| superadvenient | adjective | Coming upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something. |
| superannuating | present participle & vb. noun | of Superannuate |
| superannuation | noun | The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude. |
| supercarbonate | noun | A bicarbonate. |
| supercelestial | adjective | Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven., Higher than celestial; superangelic. |
| supercrescence | noun | That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. |
| supererogating | present participle & vb. noun | of Supererogate |
| supererogation | noun | The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires. |
| supererogative | adjective | Supererogatory. |
| supererogatory | adjective | Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services. |
| superessential | adjective | Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing. |
| superexcellent | adjective | Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. |
| superfecundity | noun | Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species. |
| superficialist | noun | One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer. |
| superficiality | noun | The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. |
| superficialize | verb t. | To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way. |
| superfoetation | noun | Superfetation. |
| superfoliation | noun | Excess of foliation. |
| superincumbent | adjective | Lying or resting on something else. |
| superinduction | noun | The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced. |
| superinjection | noun | An injection succeeding another. |
| superintending | present participle & vb. noun | of Superintend |
| superintendent | adjective | Overseeing; superintending., One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works. |
| superlucration | noun | Excessive or extraordinary gain. |
| supermaxillary | adjective | Supermaxillary. |
| supernaturally | adverb | In a supernatural manner. |
| superoccipital | adjective | Supraoccipital. |
| superphosphate | noun | An acid phosphate. |
| superponderate | verb t. | To wiegh over and above. |
| superpurgation | noun | Excessive purgation. |
| superscription | noun | The act of superscribing., That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like., That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign /. |
| supersensitive | adjective | Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. |
| superstruction | noun | The act of superstructing, or building upon., That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure. |
| superstructive | adjective | Built or erected on something else. |
| superstructure | noun | Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis, all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively., The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. |
| superterranean | adjective | Being above ground. |
| supervacaneous | adjective | Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. |
| supple-chapped | adjective | Having a limber tongue. |
| supplicatingly | adverb | In a supplicating manner. |
| supposititious | adjective | Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing., Suppositional; hypothetical. |
| supra-acromial | adjective | Situated above the acromial process of the scapula. |
| supra-axillary | adjective | Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous. |
| suprabranchial | adjective | Situated above the branchiae; — applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks. |
| suprachoroidal | adjective | Situated above the choroid; — applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic. |
| supracondyloid | adjective | Situated above a condyle or condyles. |
| supralapsarian | noun | One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God’s decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian., Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine. |
| supramaxillary | adjective | Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve., Of or pertaining to the upper jaw. |
| supraoccipital | adjective | Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone., The supraoccipital bone. |
| suprascalpular | adjective | Alt. of Suprascalpulary |
| suprastapedial | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals., The suprastapedial part of the columella. |
| supratrochlear | adjective | Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; — applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve. |
| susceptibility | noun | The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected., Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness. |
| suspensibility | noun | The quality or state of being suspensible. |
| swallow-tailed | adjective | Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow’s tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat., United by dovetailing; dovetailed. |
| sweet-breasted | adjective | Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. |
| sylviculturist | noun | One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business. |
| symptomatology | noun | The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology. |
| synchondrotomy | noun | Symphyseotomy. |
| syndesmography | noun | A description of the ligaments; syndesmology. |
| syphilitically | adverb | In a syphilitic manner; with venereal disease. |
| systematically | adverb | In a systematic manner; methodically. |