Supermaxilla Su`per·max·il"la noun [ New Latin See Super- , and Maxilla .] (Anat.) The supermaxilla.

Supermaxillary Su`per·max"il·la·ry adjective (Anat.) Supermaxillary.

Supermedial Su`per·me"di·al adjective Above the middle.

Supermundane Su`per·mun"dane adjective Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane . Cudworth.

Supermundial Su`per·mun"di·al adjective Supermundane. [ Obsolete]

Supernacular Su`per·nac"u·lar adjective Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine. [ R.] Thackeray.

Supernaculum Su`per·nac"u·lum adverb & noun [ New Latin , from Latin super over + German nagel , a nail, as of the finger, or a corruption of Latin super and ungulam claw.] 1. A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers. Nares.

Drinking super nagulum [ supernaculum ], a device of drinking, new come out of France, which is, after a man hath turned up the bottom of the cup, to drop it on his nail and make a pearl with that is left; which if it slide, and he can not make it stand on by reason there is too much, he must drink again for his penance.

Nash.

2. Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail. Grose.

Supernal Su·per"nal adjective [ Latin supernus , from super above: confer French supernel . See Super- .] 1. Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions. "That supernal judge." Shak.

2. Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace.

Not by the sufferance of supernal power.

Milton.

Supernatant Su`per·na"tant adjective [ Latin supernatanus , present participle of supernatare to swim above; super above + natare to swim.] Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.

Supernatation Su`per·na·ta"tion noun The act of floating on the surface of a fluid. Sir T. Browne.

Supernatural Su`per·nat"u·ral adjective [ Prefix super- + natural : confer Old French supernaturel , French surnaturel .] Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural , Preternatural . Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural , above or beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the ordinary course of things is preternatural ; what is above or beyond the established laws of the universe is supernatural . The dark day which terrified all Europe nearly a century ago was preternatural ; the resurrection of the dead is supernatural . "That form which the earth is under at present is preternatural , like a statue made and broken again." T. Burnet. "Cures wrought by medicines are natural operations; but the miraculous ones wrought by Christ and his apostles were supernatural ." Boyle.

That is supernatural , whether it be, that is either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and effect in nature, from without the chain.

Bushnell.

We must not view creation as supernatural , but we do look upon it as miraculous.

McCosh.

The supernatural , whatever is above and beyond the scope, or the established course, of the laws of nature. "Nature and the supernatural ." H. Bushnell.

Supernaturalism Su`per·nat"u·ral·ism noun 1. The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.

2. (Theol.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case. [ Written also supranaturalism .]

Supernaturalist Su`per·nat"u·ral·ist noun One who holds to the principles of supernaturalism.

Supernaturalistic Su`per·nat`u·ral·is"tic adjective Of or pertaining to supernaturalism.

Supernaturality Su`per·nat`u·ral"i·ty noun The quality or state of being supernatural.

Supernaturalize Su`per·nat"u·ral·ize transitive verb To treat or regard as supernatural.

Supernaturally Su`per·nat"u·ral·ly adverb In a supernatural manner.

Supernaturalness Su`per·nat"u·ral·ness noun The quality or state of being supernatural.

Supernumerary Su`per·nu"mer·a·ry adjective [ Latin supernumerarius : confer Old French supernuméraire , French surnuméraire . See Super- , and Numerary , Number .] 1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense. Addison.

Supernumerary Su`per·nu"mer·a·ry noun ; plural Supernumeraries 1. A person or thing beyond the number stated.

2. A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.

Superoccipital Su`per·oc·cip"i·tal adjective Supraoccipital.

Superorder Su`per·or"der noun (Zoology) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.

Superordination Su`per·or`di·na"tion noun [ Prefix super- + ordination : confer Latin superordinatio .] The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor. Fuller.

Superoxide Su`per·ox"ide noun (Chemistry) See Peroxide . [ Obsolete]

Superparticular Su`per·par·tic"u·lar adjective [ Latin superparticularis . See Super- , and Particular .] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4. [ Obsolete] Hutton.

Superpartient Su`per·par"tient adjective [ Latin superpartiens ; super over + partiens , present participle of partire to divide.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10. [ Obsolete] Hutton.

Superphosphate Su`per·phos"phate noun (Chemistry) An acid phosphate.

Superphosphate of lime (Com. Chem.) , a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca ₃ (PO ₄ ) ₂ , is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H ₂ PO ₄ ) ₂ , which is soluble and therefore available for the soil.

Superphysical Su`per·phys"ic·al adjective Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.

Something superphysical and superchemical.

J. Le Conte.

Superplant Su"per·plant` noun A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Superplease Su`per·please" transitive verb To please exceedingly. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Superplus Su"per·plus noun [ Prefix super- + Latin plus more. See Surplus .] Surplus. [ Obsolete] Goldsmith.

Superplusage Su"per·plus`age noun Surplusage. [ Obsolete] "There yet remained a superplusage ." Bp. Fell.

Superpolitic Su`per·pol"i·tic adjective More than politic; above or exceeding policy. Milton.

Superponderate Su`per·pon"der·ate transitive verb To wiegh over and above. [ Obsolete]

Superposable Su`per·pos"a·ble adjective Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another.

Superpose Su`per·pose" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Superposed ; present participle & verbal noun Superposing .] [ French superposer . See Super- , and Pose .] 1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.

2. (Geom.) 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.

Superposition Su`per·po·si"tion noun [ Confer French superposition . See Super- , and Position .] The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry.

Superpraise Su`per·praise" transitive verb To praise to excess.

To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts.

Shak.

Superproportion Su`per·pro·por"tion noun Overplus or excess of proportion. Sir K. Digby.

Superpurgation Su`per·pur·ga"tion noun Excessive purgation. Wiseman.

Superreflection Su`per·re·flec"tion noun The reflection of a reflected image or sound. [ R.] Bacon.

Superregal Su`per·re"gal adjective More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king. Waterland.

Superreward Su`per·re·ward" transitive verb To reward to an excessive degree. Bacon.

Superroyal Su`per·roy"al adjective Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper , noun

Supersacral Su`per·sa"cral adjective (Anat.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.

Supersaliency Su`per·sa"li·en·cy noun The act of leaping on anything. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Supersalient Su`per·sa"li·ent adjective [ Prefix super- + Latin saliens present participle of salire to leap.] Leaping upon. [ Obsolete]

Supersalt Su`per·salt" noun (Chemistry) An acid salt. See Acid salt (a) , under Salt , noun

Supersaturate Su`per·sat"u·rate transitive verb To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.

Supersaturation Su`per·sat`u·ra"tion noun The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
You are here: Webster > Letter S > Page 241 of 266.
« Previous ¦233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 ¦ Next »