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  • English Word Sumpter Definition An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.
  • English Word Sumpter Definition Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.
  • English Word Sumption Definition A taking.
  • English Word Sumption Definition The major premise of a syllogism.
  • English Word Sumptuary Definition Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
  • English Word Sumptuosity Definition Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.
  • English Word Sumptuous Definition Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
  • English Word Sun Definition See Sunn.
  • English Word Sun Definition The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
  • English Word Sun Definition Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
  • English Word Sun Definition The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
  • English Word Sun Definition That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
  • English Word Sun Definition To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
  • English Word Sun star Definition See Sun star, under Sun.
  • English Word Sun-burner Definition A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.
  • English Word Sun-dried Definition Dried by the heat of the sun.
  • English Word Sun-struck Definition Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.
  • English Word Sunbeam Definition A beam or ray of the sun.
  • English Word Sunbird Definition Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true singing birds (Oscines).
  • English Word Sunbird Definition The sun bittern.
  • English Word Sunblink Definition A glimpse or flash of the sun.
  • English Word Sunbonnet Definition A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.
  • English Word Sunbow Definition A rainbow; an iris.
  • English Word Sunburn Definition To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
  • English Word Sunburn Definition The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
  • English Word Sunburned Definition of Sunburn
  • English Word Sunburning Definition of Sunburn
  • English Word Sunburning Definition Sunburn; tan.
  • English Word Sunburnt Definition of Sunburn
  • English Word Sunburst Definition A burst of sunlight.