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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

survivor guilt
noun a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died; `survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust`

survivors insurance
noun insurance paid to surviving spouses

Surya
noun an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light

Sus
genus Sus noun type genus of the Suidae

Susan Anthony
Susan B. Anthony noun United States suffragist (1820-1906)

Susan B Anthony dollar
noun a United States coin worth one dollar

Susanna
Book of Susanna noun an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel

susceptibility
susceptibleness noun the state of being susceptible; easily affected

susceptible
adjective easily impressed emotionally

sushi
noun rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed

sushi bar
noun a bar where sushi is served

suslik
souslik noun rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel

suspect
noun someone who is under suspicion

suspected
adjective believed likely; `a suspected thief`; `a suspected infection`

suspend
verb make inoperative or stop; `suspend payments on the loan`

suspended animation
noun a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia

suspender
gallus noun elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

suspense
noun an uncertain cognitive state; `the matter remained in suspense for several years`

suspense account
noun an account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification

suspension
suspension system noun a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

suspension
noun a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

suspension bridge
noun a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are anchored at both ends

suspension point
noun (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete

suspensive
adjective undecided or characterized by indecisiveness

suspensory
suspensory bandage noun a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)

suspicion
suspiciousness noun being of a suspicious nature; `his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage`

suspiciously
adverb with suspicion; `she regarded the food suspiciously`

Susquehanna
Susquehanna River noun a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay

Sussex
noun a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century

Sussex spaniel
noun an English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored coat

sustain
verb undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); `She suffered a fracture in the accident`; `He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars`; `She got a bruise on her leg`; `He got his arm broken in the scuffle`

sustainability
noun the property of being sustainable

sustainable
adjective capable of being sustained

sustained
adjective maintained at length without interruption or weakening; `sustained flight`

sustaining pedal
loud pedal noun a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating

sustaining program
noun a program without a commercial sponsor

sustenance
sustentation noun the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; `they were in want of sustenance`; `fishing was their main sustainment`

sustentacular
adjective serving to sustain or support; `sustentacular cells`

susurration
susurrus noun the indistinct sound of people whispering; `a soft susurrus of conversation`

sutler
victualer 1 victualler 1 provisioner noun a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

sutra
noun a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization

suttee
noun the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

suture
sutura noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

suture
noun a seam used in surgery

suturing
noun surgical joining of two surfaces

Suva
noun the capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island)

suzerain
noun a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs

suzerainty
noun the domain of a suzerain

Svalbard
noun a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean

Svengali
noun the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby`s singing hypnotically

Sverdrup
Otto Neumann Sverdrup noun Norwegian explorer who led expeditions into the Arctic (1855-1930)

svoboda
noun (Russia) freedom

swab
swob noun cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

swabbing
mopping noun cleaning with a mop; `he gave it a good mopping`

swad
noun a bunch; `a thick swad of plants`

swaddling clothes
swaddling bands noun a garment (a gown or narrow strips of cloth) for an infant

swag
noun a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

swage block
noun an iron block cut with holes and grooves to assist in cold working metal

swagger stick
noun a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers

swaggerer
noun someone who walks in an arrogant manner

swaggering
swashbuckling adjective flamboyantly adventurous

swagman
swagger noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

Swahili
noun the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa

Swainsona
genus Swainsona noun genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas

swale
noun a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)

swallow
sup noun a small amount of liquid food; `a sup of ale`

swallow
swallow up verb enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; `The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter`

swallow-tailed
adjective (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow

swallow-tailed coat
swallowtail noun a man`s full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back

swallow-tailed kite
swallow-tailed hawk noun graceful North American black-and-white kite

swami
noun a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect

Swammerdam
Jan Swammerdam noun Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)

swamp
swampland noun low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

swamp ash
Fraxinus caroliniana noun small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States

swamp azalea
swamp honeysuckle noun shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle

swamp birch
water birch noun birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark

swamp buggy
marsh buggy noun an amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body

swamp candles
Lysimachia terrestris noun North American plant with spikes of yellow flowers, found in wet places

swamp chestnut oak
Quercus michauxii noun medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak

swamp cottonwood
black cottonwood 2 downy poplar noun North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood

swamp dewberry
swamp blackberry noun of eastern North America

swamp fever
leptospirosis noun an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever

swamp fly honeysuckle
noun a variety of fly honeysuckle

swamp gum
Eucalypt ovata noun medium-sized tree of southern Australia

swamp horsetail
water horsetail noun Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia

swamp laurel
bog kalmia noun laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath

swamp mallow
common rose mallow noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata noun densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers

swamp oak
Viminaria juncea noun Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers

swamp oak
noun fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil

swamp pine
noun any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine

swamp rabbit
swamp hare noun of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands

swamp sparrow
Melospiza georgiana noun North American finch of marshy area

swamp sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius noun sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogs

swamp white oak
swamp oak 1 Quercus bicolor noun large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil

swamp willow
black willow noun North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes

swamped
adjective sunk by being filled with water; `a swamped boat`

swampy beggar-ticks
Bidens connata noun bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows

swan
noun stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

swan dive
swallow dive noun a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water