Word origins

• succussionA shaking of the body to ascertain whether there is liquid in the thorax.
• SuchusSynonym of Sobek (“An ancient Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile.”).
• suckitudinalOf or pertaining to suckitude.
• suctorialAdapted for sucking; living by sucking.
• sudamenA small blister beneath the skin due to retention of fluid in a sweat follicle, or in the epidermis
• sudariumA napkin or handkerchief.
• sudaryA napkin or handkerchief.
• sudateTo perspire, to sweat.
• sudationPerspiration; sweat (fluid).
• sudatoryA sudatorium; a hot room used to induce sweating.
• SudeticOf, from, constituting, inhabiting, or pertaining to the Sudetes or the Sudetenland.
• sudomotorRelating to stimulation of the sweat glands.
• sudorSweat; the salty fluid excreted by the sweat glands.
• sudoralOf or pertaining to sweat; caused by sweat; characterised by the production of sweat.
• sudoriferousBearing sweat; sweating, sweaty.
• sudoriparoussudoriferous
• sudorousConsisting of, or relating to, sweat.
• SuebiA group of Germanic tribes living mostly near Elbe in what is now central Germany around the first century BCE.
• Sueco-pertaining to Sweden or Swedish
• suffectAn additional Roman consul elected during the official year, especially in order to replace a retiring one
• suffeteOne of the chief magistrates who ruled ancient Carthage.
• suffigalSynonym of suffixal.
• suffigationSynonym of suffixation.
• sufflaminateTo obstruct.
• sufflateTo inflate; to blow up.
• suffossionInternal erosion by liquid percolating through clay, sand, or silt.
• suffragateTo vote.
• suffragatorSomeone who votes.
• suffraginousOf or relating to the hock of an animal.
• suffragoThe joint between the tibia and tarsus, such as the hock of a horse's hind leg or the heel of a bird.
• suffrutescentSlightly woody or shrubby at the base.
• suffrutexA subshrub.
• suffultedGradually blending into another colour.
• suffumigateTo fumigate from below.
• suffumigeA medical fume.
• sugescentOf or relating to sucking.
• suggestumA raised platform.
• suggilateTo beat until bruised.
• suggillationA livid mark; a blow; a bruise.
• sui generisIn a class of its own; one of a kind.
• suillineOf or relating to the suborder Suina of (especially) pigs, peccaries, and hippopotami.
• Suio-GothicThe language of the Goths of Götaland (Southern Sweden); Old Swedish.
• suistA selfish person
• suitheismThe belief that one is a god.
• sulcateHaving deep, narrow sulci, grooves or furrows.
• sulciformHaving the form of a sulcus.
• sulfuretA sulfide.
• sulphovinic acidethylsulphuric acid
• sulphureousSulphurous.
• summa cum laudeWith highest (of three degrees of) praise; as noted, as an honor, on diplomas and degrees for work that is considered to be of the highest quality.
• summityThe height or top of anything.
• summum bonumThe greatest good; the ultimate importance; the singular end which human beings ought to pursue.
• sumpsimusAdherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term in rejection of a more common (but technically incorrect) form.
• sumptuaryRelating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods.
• sumptuosityThe state or quality of being sumptuous; wealth; high price
• sunsteadA solstice.
• suovetauriliaA religious rite of Ancient Rome, the triple sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull to the deity Mars in order to bless and purify land.
• super-located above; (anatomy) superior in position
• superableCapable of being overcome or surmounted; surmountable or conquerable.
• superateTo rise above; to overtop; to cover.
• superbineA toxic alkaloid found in Gloriosa superba.
• superceeFaster-than-light travelling speed.
• superciliumThe region of the eyebrows.
• supercrescentGrowing on some other growing thing.
• supereminenceThe quality of being supereminent.
• supererogateSupererogatory.
• supererogatoryPertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required.
• superessiveOf or relating to the superessive case.
• superfetateTo conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.
• superfetationThe formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
• superfluencesuperfluity
• superfluxAn overabundance; a great amount
• supergressionexcess, exaltation
• superincumbentLying or resting on something else; overlying.
• superinduceTo replace (someone) with someone else; to bring into another's position; especially, to take (a second wife) quickly after the death of a first, or while she is still alive.
• superiusThe highest voice or part in early polyphony.
• superjacentPositioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.
• superlationexcessive exaltation.
• superlucrationExcessive or extraordinary gain.
• superpartientBeing or relating to a ratio where the larger value exceeds the smaller by more than one unit, as in 3 to 5.
• superregnumA rank in the classification of organisms: a superkingdom or domain.
• supersalientExtremely salient.
• superscribeto write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.
• supersessorSomeone or something that supersedes another.
• superstructTo build over or upon (another structure); to erect upon (a foundation).
• supersubstantialMore than substantial, transcending all substance; spiritual.
• supervacaneousAdded above what is needed or necessary; superfluous, redundant.
• supervacuoussuperfluous, more than needed
• superviveTo survive; to outlive.
• supervoluteHaving a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory.
• supinateTo twist the forearm so as to turn the palm of the hand backwards if the forearm is pointing up, upwards if the forearm is horizontal, or forwards if the arm is pointing down; to twist the forearm by contracting the biceps brachii; to twist the right forearm clockwise or the left forearm counterclockwise.
• supinityThe quality of being supine; negligence; laziness; heedlessness.
• suppedaneousBeneath the feet, or supporting the feet.
• suppeditateTo supply; to furnish.
• suppeditationsupply, or aid given.
• supplicavitA writ issued by the King's Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against a person.
• suppositioThe interpretation given to a term in a specific context.
• suppositio materialisThe use of a word autonymously, or as a name for itself
• supposititiousSpurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
• suppositumSomething supposed to be true; an assumption