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Stub(n.) A log
(v. t.) To grub up by the roots
Stucco(n.) Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work
(v. t.) To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
Stuck(imp. & p. p.) of Stick
(n.) A thrust.
Stud(n.) A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept
(v. t.) To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
Stuffing(n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
Stuffy(a.) Angry and obstinate
Stull(n.) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish
Stultify(v. t.) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided
Stum(n.) Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines
(v. t.) To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
Stun(n.) The condition of being stunned.
(v. t.) To astonish
Stupa(n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
Stupe(n.) A stupid person.
(v. t.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
Stupid(a.) Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity
Stupor(n.) Great diminution or suspension of sensibility
Sturdy(n.) A disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.
(superl.) Characterized by physical strength or force
Sturgeon(n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae
Stutter(n.) One who stutters
(v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words
Sty(v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
(v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
Stygian(a.) Of or pertaining to the river Styx
Style(v. t.) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
Styliform(a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen
Stylish(a.) Having style or artistic quality
Stylist(n.) One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking
Stylite(n.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience
Stylobate(n.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported
Stylograph(n.) A stylographic pen.
Styloid(a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
Stylopodium(n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.
Stylus(n.) An instrument for writing.
Styptic(a.) Producing contraction
(n.) A styptic medicine.
Styrax(n.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances
Styx(n.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead
Suable(a.) Capable of being sued
Suasion(n.) The act of persuading
Suave(a.) Sweet
Sub(n.) A subordinate
Subacid(a.) Moderately acid or sour
(n.) A substance moderately acid.
Subacute(a.) Moderalely acute.
Subaerial(a.) Beneath the sky
Subalpine(a.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line
Subaltern(a.) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
(n.) A person holding a subordinate position
Subaqueous(a.) Being under water, or beneath the surface of water
Subarctic(a.) Approximately arctic
Subaudition(n.) The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed
Subaxillary(a.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch
Subcaliber(a.) Smaller than the caliber of a firearm.
Subcartilaginous(a.) Partially cartilaginous.
Subcelestial(a.) Being beneath the heavens
Subcentral(a.) Nearly central
Subclass(n.) One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided
Subclavian(a.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone
Subcommittee(n.) An under committee
Subconscious(a.) Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness
Subcontract(n.) A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
Subcontrary(a.) Contrary in an inferior degree.
(n.) A subcontrary proposition
Subcranial(a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium
Subcutaneous(a.) Situated under the skin
Subdeacon(n.) One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons
Subdiaconate(a.) Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon.
(n.) The office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdivide(v. i.) To be, or to become, subdivided.
(v. t.) To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts
Subdivision(n.) A part of a thing made by subdividing.
Subdominant(n.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic
Subduct(v. t.) To subtract by arithmetical operation
Subdue(v. t.) To bring under
Subdural(a.) Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.
Subeditor(n.) An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal.
Suberin(n.) A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
Suberize(v. t.) To effect suberization of.
Subfamily(n.) One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided
Subgenus(n.) A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters
Subglacial(a.) Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier
Subgroup(n.) A subdivision of a group, as of animals.
Subindex(n.) A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol
Subinfeudation(n.) Subordinate tenancy
Subito(adv.) In haste
Subjacent(a.) Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath
Subject(a.) Exposed
(n.) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
(v. t.) To bring under control, power, or dominion
Subjoin(v. t.) To add after something else has been said or written
Subjugate(v. t.) To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion
Subjunctive(a.) Subjoined or added to something before said or written.
(n.) The subjunctive mood
Subkingdom(n.) One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa
Sublease(n.) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person
Sublet(imp. & p. p.) of Sublet
(v. t.) To underlet
Sublimate(a.) Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
(n.) A product obtained by sublimation
(v. t.) To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state
Sublimation(n.) That which is sublimed
Sublime(n.) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing
(superl.) Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc
(v. i.) To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation
(v. t.) To dignify
Subliminal(a.) Existing in the mind, but below the surface or threshold of consciousness
Sublingual(a.) Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland
Sublittoral(a.) Under the shore.
Sublunary(a.) Situated beneath the moon
(n.) Any worldly thing.
Subluxation(n.) An incomplete or partial dislocation.
Submarine(a.) Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea
(n.) A submarine boat
Submaxillary(a.) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland
Submediant(n.) The sixth tone of the scale
Submerge(v. i.) To plunge into water or other fluid
(v. t.) To cover or overflow with water
Submerse(a.) Submersed.
Submission(n.) Acknowledgement of a fault
Submissive(a.) Inclined or ready to submit
Submit(v. i.) To be submissive or resigned
(v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others
Submultiple(a.) Of or pertaining to a submultiple
(n.) A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it
Subnormal(n.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal
Suborder(n.) A division of an order
Subordinary(n.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary.
Subordinate(a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
(n.) One who stands in order or rank below another
(v. t.) To make subject
Subordination(n.) Place of inferior rank.
Suborn(v. t.) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken
Suboxide(n.) An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion
Subperiosteal(a.) Situated under the periosteum.
Subpoena(n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
(v. t.) To serve with a writ of subpoena
Subpolar(a.) Situated below the poles.
Subreption(n.) The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts
Subrogate(v. t.) To put in the place of another
Subrogation(n.) The act of subrogating.
Subscribe(v. i.) To become surely
(v. t.) To attest by writing one's name beneath
Subscript(a.) Written below or underneath
(n.) Anything written below.
Subsellium(n.) One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges.
Subsequent(a.) Following in order of place
Subserve(v. i.) To be subservient or subordinate
(v. t.) To serve in subordination or instrumentally
Subservient(a.) Fitted or disposed to subserve
Subside(v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet
Subsidiary(a.) Furnishing aid
(n.) One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies
Subsidize(v. t.) To furnish with a subsidy
Subsidy(n.) A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public
Subsist(v. i.) To be
(v. t.) To support with provisions
Subsoil(n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.
(v. t.) To turn up the subsoil of.
Subspecies(n.) A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties
Substance(n.) Body
(v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance
Substantial(a.) Belonging to substance
Substantiate(v. t.) To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence
Substantival(a.) Of or pertaining to a substantive
Substantive(a.) Betokening or expressing existence
(n.) A noun or name
(v. t.) To substantivize.
Substantivize(v. t.) To convert into a substantive
Substituent(n.) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed
Substitute(n.) a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
Substitution(n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another
Substitutive(a.) Tending to afford or furnish a substitute
Substrate(a.) Having very slight furrows.
(n.) A substratum.
(v. t.) To strew or lay under anything.
Substratum(n.) That which is laid or spread under
Substructure(n.) An under structure
Subsume(v. t.) To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal
Subsumption(n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
Subtangent(n.) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve
Subtenant(n.) One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant
Subtend(v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to
Subterfuge(n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment
Subtile(a.) Acute
Subtilize(v. i.) To refine in argument
(v. t.) To make thin or fine
Subtle(superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions
Subtorrid(a.) Nearly torrid.
Subtract(v. t.) To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole
Subtrahend(n.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
Subtribe(n.) A division of a tribe
Subtropical(a.) Nearly tropical.
Subumbrella(n.) The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.
Suburb(n.) An outlying part of a city or town
Subvene(v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay
Subvention(n.) A government aid or bounty.
(v. t.) To subventionize.
Subversion(n.) The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned
Subversive(a.) Tending to subvert
Subvert(v. i.) To overthrow anything from the foundation
(v. t.) To overturn from the foundation
Subway(n.) An underground way or gallery
Succeed(v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
(v. t.) To come after
Succentor(n.) A subchanter.
Success(n.) Act of succeeding
Succinate(n.) A salt of succinic acid.
Succinct(a.) Compressed into a narrow compass
Succinic(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber
Succor(v. t.) Aid
Succotash(n.) Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
Succubus(n.) A demon or fiend
Succulent(a.) Full of juice
Succumb(v. t.) To yield
Succus(n.) The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.
Such(a.) Certain
Suck(n.) A small draught.
(v. i.) To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
(v. t.) To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure
Sucre(n.) A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
Sucrose(n.) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc
Suction(v. t.) The act or process of sucking
Suctorial(a.) Adapted for sucking
Sudatorium(n.) A sudatory.
Sudatory(a.) Sweating
(n.) A bagnio
Sudd(n.) A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation.
Sudoriferous(a.) Producing, or secreting, sweat
Sudorific(a.) Causing sweat
(n.) A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic.
Sudra(n.) The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos.
Suds(n. pl.) Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
Sue(v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
(v. t.) To clean, as the beak
Suede(n.) Swedish glove leather
Suet(n.) The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow
Suffer(v. i.) To be injured
(v. t.) To allow
Suffice(v. i.) To be enough, or sufficient
(v. t.) To furnish
Sufficiency(n.) Adequate substance or means
Sufficient(a.) Capable of meeting obligations
Suffix(n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning
(v. t.) To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word
Suffocate(a.) Suffocated
(v. i.) To become choked, stifled, or smothered.
(v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration
Suffragan(a.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan
Suffrage(n.) Aid
(v. t.) To vote for
Suffragist(n.) One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage
Suffuse(v. t.) To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture
Sufi(n.) A title or surname of the king of Persia.
Sugar(n.) 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
(v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize
(v. t.) To cover with soft words
Suggest(v. i.) To make suggestions
(v. t.) To inform secretly.
Suicidal(a.) Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide.
Suicide(adv.) One guilty of self-murder
Suint(n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters
Suit(n.) A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose
(v. i.) To agree
(v. t.) To be fitted to
Sulcus(n.) A furrow
Sulk(n.) A furrow.
(v. i.) To be silently sullen
Sullage(n.) Drainage of filth
Sullen(a.) Gloomily angry and silent
(n.) One who is solitary, or lives alone
(v. t.) To make sullen or sluggish.
Sully(n.) Soil
(v. i.) To become soiled or tarnished.
(v. t.) To soil
Sulphur(n.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out
Sultan(n.) A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state
Sultry(superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive
Sum(n.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
(v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass
Sumerian(a.) Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language
(n.) A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer.
Summarily(adv.) In a summary manner.
Summarize(v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary
Summary(a.) A general or comprehensive statement
Summation(v. t.) The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount
Summer(n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses
(v.) One who sums
(v. i.) To pass the summer
(v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer
Summit(n.) The highest degree
Summon(v. t.) To call, bid, or cite
Sump(n.) A pond of water for salt works.
Sun(n.) Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
(v. t.) To expose to the sun's rays
Sunbeam(n.) A beam or ray of the sun.
Sunbird(n.) Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia
Sunbonnet(n.) A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape
Sunbow(n.) A rainbow
Sunburn(n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun
(v. t.) To burn or discolor by the sun
Sunburst(n.) A burst of sunlight.
Sunday(a.) Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.
(n.) The first day of the week
Sunder(v. i.) To part
(v. t.) A separation into parts
Sundew(n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects
Sundial(n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate
Sundog(n.) A fragmentary rainbow
Sundown(n.) A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
Sundries(n. pl.) Many different or small things
Sundrops(n.) Any one of the several species of Kneiffia, esp. K. fruticosa (syn. Oenothera fruticosa), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight
Sundry(v. t.) Separate
Sunfish(n.) Any large jellyfish.
Sunflower(n.) Any plant of the genus Helianthus
Sung(imp.) of Sing
(p. p.) of Sing
Sunk(imp.) of Sink
(p. p.) of Sink
Sunless(a.) Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays
Sunlight(n.) The light of the sun.
Sunn(n.) An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp
Sunshade(n.) An awning.
Sunshine(a.) Sunshiny
(n.) Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun
Sunstone(n.) Aventurine feldspar.
Sunstroke(n.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body
Sunup(n.) Sunrise.
Sunward(adv.) Toward the sun.
Sup(n.) A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth
(v. i.) To eat the evening meal
(v. t.) To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid
Super(n.) A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.
Supinator(n.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.
Supine(a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun
(n.) A verbal noun
Supper(n.) A meal taken at the close of the day
(v. i.) To take supper
(v. t.) To supply with supper.
Supplant(n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
Supple(a.) Bending to the humor of others
(v. i.) To become soft and pliant.
(v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
Suppliant(a.) Asking earnestly and submissively
(n.) One who supplicates
Supplicant(a.) Entreating
(n.) One who supplicates
Supplication(n.) A humble petition
Supply(a.) Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything
(n.) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures
(v. t.) To fill temporarily
Support(n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like
(v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant
Supposable(a.) Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist
Suppose(n.) Supposition.
(v. i.) To make supposition
(v. t.) To imagine
Supposition(n.) That which is supposed
Supposititious(a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else
Suppositive(a.) Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis
(n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc.
Suppository(n.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum
Suppress(v. t.) To keep in
Suppurate(v. i.) To generate pus
(v. t.) To cause to generate pus
Supra(adv.) Over
Supremacy(n.) The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power
Supreme(a.) Highest
Sura(n.) One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.
Surbase(n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs
Surcease(n.) Cessation
(v. i.) To cease.
(v. t.) To cause to cease
Surcharge(n.) A charge over the usual or legal rates.
(v. t.) To overload
Surcingle(n.) A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast
Surcoat(n.) A coat worn over the other garments
Surd(a.) Involving surds
(n.) A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers
Sure(adv.) In a sure manner
(superl.) Betrothed
Surf(n.) The bottom of a drain.
Surge(n.) A large wave or billow
(v. i.) To slip along a windlass.
Surgical(a.) Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery
Surly(a.) Arrogant
Surmise(n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence
(v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge
Surmount(v. i.) To conquer
Surmullet(a.) 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
Surname(n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name
(v. t.) To name or call by an appellation added to the original name
Surpass(v. t.) To go beyond in anything good or bad
Surplice(n.) A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations
Surplus(a.) Being or constituting a surplus
(n.) Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government
Surprise(n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
Surrejoinder(n.) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Surrender(n.) The act of surrendering
(v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another
(v. t.) To give up possession of
Surreptitious(a.) Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority
Surrey(n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom
Surrogate(n.) A deputy
(v. t.) To put in the place of another
Surround(n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc
(v. t.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat
Surtax(n.) An additional or extra tax.
(v. t.) To impose an additional tax on.
Surveillance(n.) Oversight
Survey(n.) A particular view
(v. t.) To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry
Survival(n.) A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event
Survive(v. i.) To remain alive
(v. t.) To live beyond the life or existence of
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