Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 194

Supercarbureted (a.) Bicarbureted.

Supercargo (n.) An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.

Supercarpal (a.) Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.

Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven.

Supercelestial (a.) Higher than celestial; superangelic.

Supercharged (imp. & p. p.) of Supercharge

Supercharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supercharge

Supercharge (v. t.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.

Supercharge (n.) A bearing charged upon another bearing.

Superchemical (a.) Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.

Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.

Superciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.

Superciliary (a.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.

Supercilious (a.) Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.

Supercilium (n.) The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.

Supercolumniation (n.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.

Superconception (n.) Superfetation.

Superconsequence (n.) Remote consequence.

Supercrescence (n.) That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.

Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.

Supercretaceous (a.) Same as Supracretaceous.

Supercurious (a.) Excessively curious or inquisitive.

Superdominant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

Supereminence (n.) Alt. of Supereminency

Supereminency (n.) The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman.

Supereminent (a.) Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.

Supererogant (a.) Supererogatory.

Supererogated (imp. & p. p.) of Supererogate

Supererogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supererogate

Supererogate (v. i.) To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.

Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

Supererogative (a.) Supererogatory.

Supererogatory (a.) Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services.

Superessential (a.) Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.

Superethical (a.) More than ethical; above ethics.

Superexalted (imp. & p. p.) of Superexalt

Superexalting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superexalt

Superexalt (v. t.) To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.

Superexaltation (n.) Elevation above the common degree.

Superexcellence (n.) Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.

Superexcellent (a.) Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.

Superexcination (n.) Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.

Superexcrescence (n.) Something growing superfluously.

Superfamily (n.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.

Superfecundation (n.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition.

Superfecundity (n.) Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.

Superfetate (v. i.) To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation.

Superfete (v. i.) To superfetate.

Superfete (v. t.) To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.

Superfice (n.) A superficies.

Superficial (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage.

Superficial (a.) Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.

Superficialist (n.) One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.

Superficiality (n.) The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.

Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way.

Superficiary (n.) One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground.

Superficiary (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial.

Superficiary (a.) Situated or built on another man's land, as a house.

Superficies (n.) The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.

Superficies (n.) Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.

Superficies (n.) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil.

Superfine (a.) Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

Superfine (a.) Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.

Superfineness (n.) The state of being superfine.

Superfinical (a.) Extremely finical.

Superfluence (n.) Superfluity.

Superfluitant (a.) Floating above or on the surface.

Superfluities (pl. ) of Superfluity

Superfluity (n.) A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.

Superfluity (n.) The state or quality of being superfluous; excess.

Superfluity (n.) Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.

Superfluous (a.) More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.

Superflux (n.) Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing.

Superfoetation (n.) Superfetation.

Superfoliation (n.) Excess of foliation.

Superfrontal (n.) A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.

Superfuse (a.) To pour (something) over or on something else.

Superheated (imp. & p. p.) of Superheat

Superheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superheat

Superheat (v. t.) To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.

Superheat (v. t.) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.

Superheat (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.

Superheater (n.) An apparatus for superheating steam.

Superhive (n.) A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.

Superhuman (a.) Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.

Superimposed (imp. & p. p.) of Superimpose

Superimposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superimpose

Superimpose (v. t.) To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum.

Superinpregnation (n.) The act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, in addition to a prior impregnation; superfetation.

Superincumbence (n.) Alt. of Superincumbency

Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

Superincumbent (a.) Lying or resting on something else.

Superinduced (imp. & p. p.) of Superinduce

Superinducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superinduce

Superinduce (v. t.) To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.

Superinducement (n.) Superinduction.

Superinduction (n.) The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced.

Superinfuse (v. t.) To infuse over.

Superinjection (n.) An injection succeeding another.

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