| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| suadible | adjective | Suasible. |
| suasible | adjective | Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded. |
| subacrid | adjective | Moderalely acrid or harsh. |
| subacute | adjective | Moderalely acute. |
| subagent | noun | A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. |
| subbasal | adjective | Near the base. |
| sub-base | noun | The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like. |
| sub-bass | noun | The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass. |
| subbreed | noun | A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed. |
| subclass | noun | One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens. |
| subduing | present participle & vb. noun | of Subdue |
| subduple | adjective | Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two. |
| subdural | adjective | Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane. |
| subequal | adjective | Nearly equal. |
| suberate | noun | A salt of suberic acid. |
| suberite | noun | Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules. |
| suberone | noun | The hypothetical ketone of suberic acid., A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate. |
| suberose | adjective | Alt. of Suberous |
| suberous | adjective | Having a corky texture. |
| subgenus | noun | A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. |
| subgroup | noun | A subdivision of a group, as of animals. |
| subimago | noun | A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago. |
| subindex | noun | A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices. |
| subibfer | verb t. & i. | To infer from an inference already made. |
| subitany | adjective | Subitaneous; sudden; hasty. |
| sublease | noun | A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. |
| sublimed | imp. & past participle | of Sublime, Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified. |
| sublunar | adjective | Alt. of Sublunary |
| submenta | plural | of Submentum |
| submerge | verb t. | To put under water; to plunge., To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown., To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. |
| submerse | adjective | Submersed. |
| subnasal | adjective | Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture. |
| suborder | noun | A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae. |
| suborned | imp. & past participle | of Suborn |
| suborner | noun | One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action. |
| subovate | adjective | Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate. |
| suboxide | noun | An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O. |
| subpoena | noun | A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff’s bill., To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. |
| subpolar | adjective | Situated below the poles. |
| subprior | noun | The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior. |
| subpubic | adjective | Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones. |
| subrigid | adjective | Somewhat rigid or stiff. |
| subserve | verb t. | To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote., To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity. |
| subsided | imp. & past participle | of Subside |
| subsizar | noun | An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. |
| substant | adjective | Substantial; firm. |
| substile | noun | See Substyle. |
| substyle | noun | A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style. |
| subtense | adjective | A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc. |
| subtepid | adjective | Slightly tepid. |
| subtilty | noun | The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light., Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety., Cunning; skill; craft., Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. |
| subtlety | noun | The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness., Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination., Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive. |
| subtonic | adjective | Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; — a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202., A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal., The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; — called also subsemitone. |
| subtract | verb t. | To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4. |
| subtribe | noun | A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe. |
| subtrude | verb t. | To place under; to insert. |
| subtutor | noun | An under tutor. |
| subulate | adjective | Alt. of Subulated |
| suburban | adjective | Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city., One who dwells in the suburbs. |
| suburbed | adjective | Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part. |
| subvened | imp. & past participle | of Subvene |
| subverse | verb t. | To subvert. |
| subvocal | adjective & noun | Same as Subtonic. |
| subzonal | adjective | Situated under a zone, or zona; — applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo. |
| succinct | adjective | Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together., Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. |
| succinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste. |
| succinyl | noun | A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives. |
| succored | imp. & past participle | of Succor |
| succorer | noun | One who affords succor; a helper. |
| succubae | plural | of Succuba |
| succubus | noun | A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus., The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2. |
| suchwise | adverb | In a such a manner; so. |
| suckered | imp. & past participle | of Sucker |
| suckfish | noun | A sucker fish. |
| suckling | present participle & vb. noun | of Suckle, A young child or animal nursed at the breast., A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe. |
| suctoria | noun pl. | An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked., Same as Rhizocephala. |
| sudamina | noun pl | Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating. |
| sudarium | noun | The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion. |
| sudation | noun | A sweating. |
| sudatory | adjective | Sweating; perspiring., A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath. |
| suddenty | noun | Suddenness; a sudden. |
| sudorous | adjective | Consisting of sweat. |
| suffered | imp. & past participle | of Suffer |
| sufferer | noun | One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea., One who permits or allows. |
| sufficed | imp. & past participle | of Suffice |
| suffixed | imp. & past participle | of Suffix |
| sufflate | verb t. | To blow up; to inflate; to inspire. |
| suffrage | noun | A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote., Testimony; attestation; witness; approval., A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong., A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed., Aid; assistance., The right to vote; franchise., To vote for; to elect. |
| suffrago | noun | The heel joint. |
| suffused | imp. & past participle | of Suffuse |
| sugaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Sugar, The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used., The act or process of making sugar. |
| suicidal | adjective | Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide. |
| suillage | noun | A drain or collection of filth. |
| suilline | adjective | Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidae). |
| suitable | adjective | Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one’s station; language suitable for the subject. |
| suitress | noun | A female supplicant. |
| sulcated | adjective | Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem. |
| sulliage | verb t. | Foulness; filth. |
| sullying | present participle & vb. noun | of Sully |
| sulphate | noun | A salt of sulphuric acid. |
| sulphide | noun | A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; — formerly called sulphuret. |
| sulphine | noun | Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium. |
| sulphion | noun | A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; — so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts. |
| sulphite | noun | A salt of sulphurous acid. |
| sulphone | noun | Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/. |
| sulphury | adjective | Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur. |
| sultanic | adjective | Pertaining to a sultan. |
| sultanry | noun | The dominions of a sultan. |
| sultryly | adverb | In a sultry manner. |
| sumatran | adjective | Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants., A native of Sumatra. |
| summered | imp. & past participle | of Summer |
| summoned | imp. & past participle | of Summon |
| summoner | verb t. | One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor. |
| sumpitan | noun | A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, — used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands. |
| sumption | noun | A taking., The major premise of a syllogism. |
| sunblink | noun | A glimpse or flash of the sun. |
| sunburnt | of Sunburn | |
| sunburst | noun | A burst of sunlight. |
| sundered | imp. & past participle | of Sunder |
| sundries | noun pl. | Many different or small things; sundry things. |
| sundrily | adverb | In sundry ways; variously. |
| sunglass | noun | A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun’s rays into a focus. |
| sunlight | noun | The light of the sun. |
| sunproof | adjective | Impervious to the rays of the sun. |
| sunshade | noun | Anything used as a protection from the sun’s rays., A small parasol., An awning. |
| sunshine | noun | The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give., Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness., Sunshiny; bright. |
| sunshiny | adjective | Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day., Bright like the sun; resplendent., Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. |
| sun star | See Sun star, under Sun. | |
| sunstone | noun | Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine. |
| superadd | verb t. | To add over and above; to add to what has been added; to annex, as something extrinsic. |
| superior | adjective | More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image., Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility., Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery., Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; — with to., More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species., Above the ovary; — said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it., Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior., Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; — said of the radicle., One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English., The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like. |
| supernal | adjective | Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions., Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace. |
| supinity | noun | Supineness. |
| supplace | verb t. | To replace. |
| supplant | noun | To trip up., To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince., To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. |
| suppling | present participle & vb. noun | of Supple |
| supplely | adverb | In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. |
| supplial | noun | The act of supplying; a supply. |
| supplier | noun | One who supplies. |
| supplied | imp. & past participle | of Supply |
| supplies | plural | of Supply |
| supposal | noun | The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion. |
| supposed | imp. & past participle | of Suppose |
| suppress | verb t. | To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell., To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile., To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth., To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. |
| supprise | verb t. | To surprise. |
| surbased | adjective | Having a surbase, or molding above the base., Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; — said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased. |
| surbated | imp. & past participle | of Surbate |
| surcease | noun | Cessation; stop; end., To cause to cease; to end., To cease. |
| surement | noun | A making sure; surety. |
| sureness | noun | The state of being sure; certainty. |
| sureties | plural | of Surety |
| surfaced | imp. & past participle | of Surface |
| surfacer | noun | A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc. |
| surfboat | noun | A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach. |
| surgeful | adjective | Abounding in surges; surgy. |
| surgical | adjective | Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments. |
| surmisal | noun | Surmise. |
| surmised | imp. & past participle | of Surmise |
| surmiser | noun | One who surmises. |
| surmount | verb i. | To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop., To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles., To surpass; to exceed. |
| surmulot | noun | The brown, or Norway, rat. |
| surnamed | imp. & past participle | of Surname |
| suroxide | noun | A peroxide. |
| surplice | noun | A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations. |
| surprise | noun | The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise., The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment., Anything that causes such a state or emotion., A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents., To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack., To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me., To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; — with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity., To hold possession of; to hold. |
| surrebut | verb i. | To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant’s rebutter. |
| surround | verb t. | To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ., To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city., To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world., To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city., A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. |
| surroyal | noun | One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer. |
| sursolid | noun | The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2. |
| surstyle | verb t. | To surname. |
| surucucu | noun | See Bush master, under Bush. |
| survened | imp. & past participle | of Survene |
| survenue | noun | A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on. |
| surveyed | imp. & past participle | of Survey |
| surveyal | noun | Survey. |
| surveyor | noun | One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector., One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc., One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying., An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger., In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port. |
| survival | noun | A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving., Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known. |
| survived | imp. & past participle | of Survive |
| surviver | noun | One who survives; a survivor. |
| survivor | noun | One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing., The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. |
| suspense | adjective | Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding., Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt., The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury., Cessation for a time; stop; pause., A temporary cessation of one’s right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent. |
| suspiral | noun | A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct., A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit. |
| suspired | adjective | Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. |
| susurrus | noun | The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. |
| suwarrow | noun | The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); — so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro. |
| suzerain | noun | A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount. |