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  • English Word Sunsetting Definition Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
  • English Word Sunshade Definition Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.
  • English Word Sunshade Definition A small parasol.
  • English Word Sunshade Definition An awning.
  • English Word Sunshine Definition The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
  • English Word Sunshine Definition Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.
  • English Word Sunshine Definition Sunshiny; bright.
  • English Word Sunshiny Definition Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.
  • English Word Sunshiny Definition Bright like the sun; resplendent.
  • English Word Sunshiny Definition Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.
  • English Word Sunsquall Definition Any large jellyfish.
  • English Word Sunsted Definition Solstice.
  • English Word Sunstone Definition Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.
  • English Word Sunstroke Definition Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.
  • English Word Sunup Definition Sunrise.
  • English Word Sunward Definition Toward the sun.
  • English Word Sunwise Definition In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.
  • English Word Sup Definition To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.
  • English Word Sup Definition A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
  • English Word Sup Definition To eat the evening meal; to take supper.
  • English Word Sup Definition To treat with supper.
  • English Word Supawn Definition Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush.
  • English Word Supe Definition A super.
  • English Word Super Definition A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.
  • English Word Super- Definition A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.
  • English Word Super- Definition A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-.
  • English Word Superable Definition Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable.
  • English Word Superabound Definition To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn.
  • English Word Superabundance Definition The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
  • English Word Superabundant Definition Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal.