| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| suade | verb t. | To persuade. |
| suage | verb t. | To assuage. |
| suant | adjective | Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even. |
| suave | adjective | Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland. |
| succi | plural | of Succus |
| sucre | noun | A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents. |
| sudra | noun | The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste. |
| suing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sue, The process of soaking through anything. |
| suent | adjective | Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant. |
| suety | adjective | Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance. |
| sugar | noun | A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below., By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste., Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words., In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; — with the preposition off., To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with., To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof. |
| suine | noun | A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine. |
| suint | noun | A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas. |
| suist | noun | One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist. |
| suite | noun | A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5., A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6., One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form. |
| sulci | plural | of Sulcus |
| sulks | noun pl. | The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks. |
| sulky | noun | Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic., A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person. |
| sully | verb t. | To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; — used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person’s reputation., To become soiled or tarnished., Soil; tarnish; stain. |
| sumac | noun | Alt. of Sumach |
| sumph | noun | A dunce; a blockhead. |
| sunna | noun | A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran. |
| sunny | superl. | Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant., Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill., Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition., See Sunfish (b). |
| sunup | noun | Sunrise. |
| super | noun | A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2. |
| supra | adverb | Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; — much used as a prefix. |
| surah | noun | A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women’s dresses; — called also surah silk. |
| sural | adjective | Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries. |
| surfy | adjective | Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore. |
| surge | noun | A spring; a fountain., A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind., The motion of, or produced by, a great wave., The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips., To swell; to rise hifg and roll., To slip along a windlass., To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan). |
| surgy | adjective | Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling. |
| surly | adjective | Arrogant; haughty., Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look., Rough; dark; tempestuous. |
| sutor | noun | A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus). |
| sutra | noun | A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule., A collection of such aphorisms., A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature. |