Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
suability |
noun |
Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process. |
suavified |
imp. & past participle |
of Suavify |
subaction |
noun |
The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. |
subaerial |
adjective |
Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth’s surface, as opposed to subaqueous. |
subagency |
noun |
A subordinate agency. |
subashdar |
noun |
A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. |
subalpine |
adjective |
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line. |
subaltern |
adjective |
Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer., Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition., A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain., A subaltern proposition. |
subapical |
adjective |
Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex. |
subarctic |
adjective |
Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle. |
subastral |
adjective |
Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. |
subbeadle |
noun |
An under beadle. |
subcaudal |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones. |
subcostal |
adjective |
Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles., A subcostal muscle., One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure. |
subdeacon |
noun |
One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church. |
subdented |
adjective |
Indented beneath. |
subdivide |
verb t. |
To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided., To be, or to become, subdivided. |
subdivine |
adjective |
Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. |
subdolous |
adjective |
Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. |
subduable |
adjective |
Able to be subdued. |
subdulcid |
adjective |
Somewhat sweet; sweetish. |
subeditor |
noun |
An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal. |
subereous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose. |
subfamily |
noun |
One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided. |
subgenera |
plural |
of Subgenus |
subinduce |
verb t. |
To insinuate; to offer indirectly. |
subjacent |
adjective |
Lying under or below., Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys. |
subjected |
imp. & past participle |
of Subject, Subjacent., Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another., Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious. |
subjoined |
imp. & past participle |
of Subjoin |
subjugate |
verb t. |
To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. |
sublation |
noun |
The act of taking or carrying away; removal. |
sublative |
adjective |
Having power, or tending, to take away. |
sublessee |
noun |
A holder of a sublease. |
sublimate |
verb t. |
To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor., To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate., A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained., Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. |
subliming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sublime |
sublimely |
adverb |
In a sublime manner. |
sublimity |
noun |
The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective)., That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature. |
sublingua |
noun |
A process or fold below the tongue in some animals. |
sublition |
noun |
The act or process of laying the ground in a painting. |
sublumbar |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column. |
sublunary |
adjective |
Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly., Any worldly thing. |
submarine |
adjective |
Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants., A submarine plant or animal. |
submedial |
adjective |
Lying under the middle. |
submedian |
adjective |
Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks. |
submental |
adjective |
Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery. |
submentum |
noun |
The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum. |
submerged |
imp. & past participle |
of Submerge |
submersed |
adjective |
Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. |
submissly |
adverb |
In a submissive manner; with a submission. |
submitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Submit |
submitter |
noun |
One who submits. |
submonish |
verb t. |
To suggest; to prompt. |
submucous |
adjective |
Situated under a mucous membrane. |
subnormal |
noun |
That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. |
subobtuse |
adjective |
Partially obtuse. |
suboctave |
adjective |
Alt. of Suboctuple |
subocular |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye. |
suborning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suborn |
subovated |
adjective |
Subovate. |
subpoenal |
adjective |
Required or done under penalty. |
subreader |
noun |
An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. |
subrector |
noun |
An assistant restor. |
subrogate |
verb t. |
To put in the place of another; to substitute. |
subrotund |
adjective |
Somewhat rotund. |
subsacral |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum. |
subsaline |
adjective |
Moderately saline or salt. |
subscribe |
verb t. |
To write underneath, as one’s name; to sign (one’s name) to a document., To sign with one’s own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one’s self to the terms of, by writing one’s name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond., To attest by writing one’s name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records., To promise to give, by writing one’s name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars., To sign away; to yield; to surrender., To declare over one’s signature; to publish., To sign one’s name to a letter or other document., To give consent to something written, by signing one’s name; hence, to assent; to agree., To become surely; — with for., To yield; to admit one’s self to be inferior or in the wrong., To set one’s name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum., To enter one’s name for a newspaper, a book, etc. |
subscript |
adjective |
Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex., Anything written below. |
subsecute |
verb t. |
To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. |
subsellia |
plural |
of Subsellium |
subserous |
adjective |
Situated under a serous membrane. |
subserved |
imp. & past participle |
of Subserve |
subsiding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subside |
subsidize |
verb t. |
To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. |
subsidies |
plural |
of Subsidy |
subsigned |
imp. & past participle |
of Subsign |
subsisted |
imp. & past participle |
of Subsist |
subsolary |
adjective |
Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. |
substance |
noun |
That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence., The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport., Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance., Material possessions; estate; property; resources., Same as Hypostasis, 2., To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. |
substract |
verb t. |
To subtract; to withdraw. |
substrate |
noun |
A substratum., Having very slight furrows., To strew or lay under anything. |
substrata |
plural |
of Substratum |
substruct |
verb t. |
To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. |
substylar |
adjective |
Pertaining to the substyle. |
subsultus |
noun |
A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion. |
subtenant |
noun |
One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant. |
subtended |
imp. & past participle |
of Subtend |
subterete |
adjective |
Somewhat terete. |
subtilism |
noun |
The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety. |
subtility |
noun |
Subtilty. |
subtilize |
verb t. |
To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse., To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments., To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. |
subtorrid |
adjective |
Nearly torrid. |
subtriple |
adjective |
Containing a third, or one part to three. |
subtruded |
imp. & past participle |
of Subtrude |
subulated |
adjective |
Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear. |
subungual |
adjective |
Under the nail or hoof. |
suburbial |
adjective |
Alt. of Suburbian |
suburbian |
adjective |
Suburban. |
subvening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subvene |
subverted |
imp. & past participle |
of Subvert |
subverant |
adjective |
Reserved. |
subverter |
noun |
One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. |
subworker |
noun |
A subordinate worker or helper. |
succedane |
noun |
A succedaneum. |
succeeded |
imp. & past participle |
of Succeed |
succeeder |
noun |
A successor. |
succentor |
noun |
A subchanter. |
successor |
noun |
One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; — correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. |
succinate |
noun |
A salt of succinic acid. |
succinite |
noun |
Amber., A garnet of an amber color. |
succinous |
adjective |
Succinic. |
succision |
noun |
The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. |
succoring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Succor |
succotash |
noun |
Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. |
succubine |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to succuba. |
succubous |
adjective |
Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila. |
succulent |
adjective |
Full of juice; juicy. |
succulous |
adjective |
Succulent; juicy. |
succumbed |
imp. & past participle |
of Succumb |
succursal |
verb t. |
Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. |
suckatash |
noun |
See Succotash. |
suckering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sucker |
suctorial |
adjective |
Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds., Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes. |
suctorian |
noun |
A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery., One of the Suctoria. |
sudatoria |
plural |
of Sudatorium |
sudorific |
adjective |
Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs., A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic. |
suffering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suffer, The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs., Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. |
sufficing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suffice, Affording enough; satisfying. |
suffisant |
adjective |
Sufficient. |
suffixing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suffix |
suffixion |
noun |
The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed. |
suffocate |
adjective |
Suffocated; choked., To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother., To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire., To become choked, stifled, or smothered. |
suffragan |
adjective |
Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop., An assistant., A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. |
suffrance |
noun |
Sufferance. |
suffumige |
noun |
A medical fume. |
suffusing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suffuse |
suffusion |
noun |
The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading., That with which a thing is suffused., A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds. |
sugarless |
adjective |
Without sugar; free from sugar. |
sugarplum |
noun |
A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks. |
sugescent |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sucking. |
suggested |
imp. & past participle |
of Suggest |
suggester |
noun |
One who suggests. |
suicidism |
noun |
The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. |
suigothus |
noun pl. |
The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths. |
sulcation |
noun |
A channel or furrow. |
sulciform |
adjective |
Having the form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings. |
sulkiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition. |
sullevate |
verb t. |
To rouse; to excite. |
sulphacid |
noun |
An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; — called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2. |
sulphamic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is known in its salts. |
sulphatic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates. |
sulphato- |
|
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate. |
sulphinic |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a thick unstable liquid. |
sulphonal |
noun |
A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone. |
sulphonic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; — used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance. |
sulphuret |
noun |
A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium. |
sulphuric |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell., Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid. |
sulphuryl |
noun |
The hypothetical radical SO2; — called also sulphon. |
sulpician |
noun |
One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States. |
sultanate |
noun |
The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship. |
sultaness |
noun |
A sultana. |
summarily |
adverb |
In a summary manner. |
summarist |
noun |
One who summarized. |
summarize |
verb t. |
To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly. |
summaries |
plural |
of Summary |
summation |
verb t. |
The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate. |
summering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Summer |
summerset |
noun |
See Somersault, Somerset. |
summoning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Summon |
summonses |
plural |
of Summons |
sumptuary |
adjective |
Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. |
sumptuous |
adjective |
Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. |
sunbonnet |
noun |
A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, — worn by women as a protection against the sun. |
sunburned |
imp. & past participle |
of Sunburn |
sundering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sunder |
sun-dried |
adjective |
Dried by the heat of the sun. |
sundrymen |
plural |
of Sundryman |
sundryman |
noun |
One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles. |
sunflower |
noun |
Any plant of the genus Helianthus; — so called probably from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is Helianthus annuus, a native of America. |
sunniness |
noun |
The quality or state of being sunny. |
sunrising |
noun |
The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise., Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. |
sunsquall |
noun |
Any large jellyfish. |
sunstroke |
noun |
Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil. |
superable |
adjective |
Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. |
superfete |
verb i. |
To superfetate., To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception. |
superfice |
noun |
A superficies. |
superfine |
adjective |
Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth., Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes. |
superflux |
noun |
Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing. |
superfuse |
adjective |
To pour (something) over or on something else. |
superheat |
verb t. |
To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven., To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas., The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it. |
superhive |
noun |
A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super. |
superplus |
noun |
Surplus. |
superpose |
verb t. |
To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another., To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another. |
supersalt |
noun |
An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n. |
supersede |
verb t. |
To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace., To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer., To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay., To omit; to forbear. |
supervene |
verb i. |
To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. |
supervise |
verb t. |
To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book., To look over so as to read; to peruse., Supervision; inspection. |
supervive |
verb t. |
To survive; to outlive. |
supinator |
noun |
A muscle which produces the motion of supination. |
suppliant |
adjective |
Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating., Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication., One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. |
supplicat |
noun |
A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. |
supplying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Supply |
supplyant |
adjective |
Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. |
supported |
imp. & past participle |
of Support |
supporter |
noun |
One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life., Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate., A knee placed under the cathead., A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures., A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ. |
supposing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suppose |
supposeer |
noun |
One who supposes. |
supposure |
noun |
Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. |
suppurant |
noun |
A suppurative. |
suppurate |
verb i. |
To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates., To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. |
supputate |
verb t. |
To suppute. |
supremacy |
noun |
The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament. |
supremely |
adverb |
In a supreme manner. |
supremity |
noun |
Supremacy. |
suradanni |
noun |
A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like. |
surbating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surbate |
surbedded |
imp. & past participle |
of Surbed |
surcharge |
verb t. |
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon., To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone., To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given., An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne., The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to., The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given. |
surcingle |
noun |
A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse’s back, to bind it fast., The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist. |
surcloyed |
imp. & past participle |
of Surcloy |
surculate |
verb t. |
To purne; to trim. |
surculose |
adjective |
Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers. |
surfacing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surface |
surfeited |
imp. & past participle |
of Surfeit |
surfeiter |
noun |
One who surfeits. |
surgeless |
adjective |
Free from surges; smooth; calm. |
surgeoncy |
noun |
The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service. |
surgeonry |
noun |
Surgery. |
surliness |
noun |
The quality or state of being surly. |
surmising |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surmise, a. & n. from Surmise, v. |
surmullet |
adjective |
Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet. |
surnaming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Surname |
surpassed |
imp. & past participle |
of Surpass |
surpliced |
adjective |
Wearing a surplice. |
surprisal |
noun |
The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise. |
surprised |
imp. & past participle |
of Surprise |
surpriser |
noun |
One who surprises. |
surquedry |
noun |
Alt. of Surquidry |
surquidry |
noun |
Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence. |
surrejoin |
verb i. |
To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant’s rejoinder. |
surrender |
verb t. |
To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one’s person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship., To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage., To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; — used reflexively; as, to surrender one’s self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep., To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion., To give up one’s self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons., The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one’s person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right., The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion., The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail., The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition. |
surrendry |
noun |
Surrender. |
surrogate |
noun |
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute., The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses., In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates., To put in the place of another; to substitute. |
sursanure |
noun |
A wound healed or healing outwardly only. |
surseance |
noun |
Peace; quiet. |
survening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Survene |
surveying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Survey, That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth’s surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. |
surviving |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Survive, Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs. |
susceptor |
noun |
One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. |
suscitate |
verb t. |
To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. |
suspected |
imp. & past participle |
of Suspect, Distrusted; doubted. |
suspecter |
noun |
One who suspects. |
suspended |
imp. & past participle |
of Suspend |
suspender |
noun |
One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers. |
suspensor |
noun |
A suspensory., The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo. |
suspicion |
noun |
The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence., Slight degree; suggestion; hint., To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. |
sustained |
imp. & past participle |
of Sustain, Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music. |
sustainer |
noun |
One who, or that which, sustains. |
sustaltic |
adjective |
Mournful; — said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks. |
susurrant |
adjective |
Whispering. |
susurrous |
adjective |
Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds. |
sutteeism |
noun |
The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan. |
suturally |
adverb |
In a sutural manner. |
suturated |
adjective |
Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched. |