superheat
superheat (v)
To heat to excess.
superintend
superintend (v)
To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
superintendence
superintendence (n)
Direction and management.
superintendent
superintendent (n)
One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
superlative
superlative (n)
That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
supernatural
supernatural (adj)
Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
supernumerary
supernumerary (adj)
Superfluous.
supersede
supersede (v)
To displace.
supine
supine (adj)
Lying on the back.
supplant
supplant (v)
To take the place of.
supple
supple (adj)
Easily bent.
supplementary
supplementary (adj)
Being an addition to.
supplicant
supplicant (n)
One who asks humbly and earnestly.
supplicate
supplicate (v)
To beg.
supposition
supposition (n)
Conjecture.
suppress
suppress (v)
To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
suppressible
suppressible (adj)
Capable of being suppressed.
suppression
suppression (n)
A forcible putting or keeping down.
supramundane
supramundane (adj)
Supernatural.
surcharge
surcharge (n)
An additional amount charged.
surety
surety (n)
Security for payment or performance.
surfeit
surfeit (v)
To feed to fullness or to satiety.
surmise
surmise (v)
To conjecture.
surmount
surmount (v)
To overcome by force of will.
surreptitious
surreptitious (adj)
Clandestine.
surrogate
surrogate (n)
One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
surround
surround (v)
To encircle.
surveyor
surveyor (n)
A land-measurer.
susceptibility
susceptibility (n)
A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
susceptible
susceptible (adj)
Easily under a specified power or influence.
suspense
suspense (n)
Uncertainty.
suspension
suspension (n)
A hanging from a support.
suspicious
suspicious (adj)
Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
sustenance
sustenance (n)
Food.
swarthy
swarthy (adj)
Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
Sybarite
Sybarite (n)
A luxurious person.
sycophant
sycophant (n)
A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
syllabic
syllabic (adj)
Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
syllabication
syllabication (n)
Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
syllable
syllable (n)
That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
syllabus
syllabus (n)
Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.
sylph
sylph (n)
A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
symmetrical
symmetrical (adj)
Well-balanced.
symmetry
symmetry (n)
Relative proportion and harmony.
sympathetic
sympathetic (adj)
Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
sympathize
sympathize (v)
To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
symphonic
symphonic (adj)
Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
symphonious
symphonious (adj)
Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
symphony
symphony (n)
A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
synchronism
synchronism (n)
Simultaneousness.
syndicate
syndicate (n)
An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
syneresis
syneresis (n)
The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.
synod
synod (n)
An ecclesiastical council.
synonym
synonym (n)
A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
synopsis
synopsis (n)
A syllabus or summary.
systematic
systematic (adj)
Methodical.
tableau
tableau (n)
An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
tacit
tacit (adj)
Understood.
taciturn
taciturn (adj)
Disinclined to conversation.
tack
tack (n)
A small sharp-pointed nail.
tact
tact (n)
Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
tactician
tactician (n)
One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
tactics
tactics (n)
Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
tangency
tangency (n)
The state of touching.
tangent
tangent (adj)
Touching.
tangible
tangible (adj)
Perceptible by touch.
tannery
tannery (n)
A place where leather is tanned.
tantalize
tantalize (v)
To tease.
tantamount
tantamount (adj)
Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
tapestry
tapestry (n)
A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
tarnish
tarnish (v)
To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
taut
taut (adj)
Stretched tight.
taxation
taxation (n)
A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
taxidermy
taxidermy (n)
The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
technic
technic (adj)
Technical.
technicality
technicality (n)
Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
technique
technique (n)
Manner of performance.
technography
technography (n)
The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
technology
technology (n)
The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
teem
teem (v)
To be full to overflowing.
telepathy
telepathy (n)
Thought-transference.
telephony
telephony (n)
The art or process of communicating by telephone.
telescope
telescope (v)
To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
telltale
telltale (adj)
That gives warning or information.
temerity
temerity (n)
Recklessness.
temporal
temporal (adj)
Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
temporary
temporary (adj)
Lasting for a short time only.
temporize
temporize (v)
To pursue a policy of delay.
tempt
tempt (v)
To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
tempter
tempter (n)
An allurer or enticer to evil.
tenacious
tenacious (adj)
Unyielding.
tenant
tenant (n)
An occupant.
tendency
tendency (n)
Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
tenet
tenet (n)
Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
tenor
tenor (n)
A settled course or manner of progress.
tense
tense (adj)
Strained to stiffness.
tentative
tentative (adj)
Done as an experiment.
tenure
tenure (n)
The term during which a thing is held.
tercentenary
tercentenary (adj)
Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
termagant
termagant (adj)
Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
terminal
terminal (adj)
Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
terminate
terminate (v)
To put an end or stop to.
termination
termination (n)
The act of ending or concluding.
terminus
terminus (n)
The final point or goal.
terrify
terrify (v)
To fill with extreme fear.
territorial
territorial (adj)
Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
terse
terse (adj)
Pithy.
testament
testament (n)
A will.
testator
testator (n)
The maker of a will.
testimonial
testimonial (n)
A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
thearchy
thearchy (n)
Government by a supreme deity.
theism
theism (n)
Belief in God.
theocracy
theocracy (n)
A government administered by ecclesiastics.
theocrasy
theocrasy (n)
The mixed worship of polytheism.
theologian
theologian (n)
A professor of divinity.
theological
theological (adj)
Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
theology
theology (n)
The branch of theological science that treats of God.
theoretical
theoretical (adj)
Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
theorist
theorist (n)
One given to speculating.
theorize
theorize (v)
To speculate.
thereabout
thereabout (adv)
Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
therefor
therefor (adv)
For that or this.
thermal
thermal (adj)
Of or pertaining to heat.
thermoelectric
thermoelectric (adj)
Denoting electricity produced by heat.
thermoelectricity
thermoelectricity (n)
Electricity generated by differences of temperature,
thesis
thesis (n)
An essay or treatise on a particular subject.
thoroughbred
thoroughbred (adj)
Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
thoroughfare
thoroughfare (n)
A public street or road.
thrall
thrall (n)
One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
tilth
tilth (n)
Cultivation.
timbre
timbre (n)
The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
timorous
timorous (adj)
Lacking courage.
tincture
tincture (n)
A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
tinge
tinge (n)
A faint trace of color.
tipsy
tipsy (adj)
Befuddled with drinks.
tirade
tirade (n)
Harangue.
tireless
tireless (adj)
Untiring.
tiresome
tiresome (adj)
Wearisome.
Titanic
Titanic (adj)
Of vast size or strength.
toilsome
toilsome (adj)
Laborious.
tolerable
tolerable (adj)
Moderately good.
tolerance
tolerance (n)
Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
tolerant
tolerant (adj)
Indulgent.
tolerate
tolerate (v)
To passively permit or put up with.
toleration
toleration (n)
A spirit of charitable leniency.
topography
topography (n)
The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
torpor
torpor (n)
Apathy.
torrid
torrid (adj)
Excessively hot.
tortious
tortious (adj)
Wrongful.
tortuous
tortuous (adj)
Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
torturous
torturous (adj)
Marked by extreme suffering.
tractable
tractable (adj)
Easily led or controlled.
trait
trait (n)
A distinguishing feature or quality.
trajectory
trajectory (n)
The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
trammel
trammel (n)
An impediment.
tranquil
tranquil (adj)
Calm.
tranquilize
tranquilize (v)
To soothe.
tranquility
tranquility (n)
Calmness.
transalpine
transalpine (adj)
Situated on the other side of the Alps.
transact
transact (v)
To do business.
transatlantic
transatlantic (adj)
Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
transcend
transcend (v)
To surpass.
transcendent
transcendent (adj)
Surpassing.
transcontinental
transcontinental (adj)
Extending or passing across a continent.
transcribe
transcribe (v)
To write over again (something already written)
transcript
transcript (n)
A copy made directly from an original.
transfer
transfer (v)
To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
transferable
transferable (adj)
Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
transferee
transferee (n)
The person to whom a transfer is made.
transference
transference (n)
The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
transferrer
transferrer (n)
One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
transfigure
transfigure (v)
To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
transfuse
transfuse (v)
To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
transfusible
transfusible (adj)
Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
transfusion
transfusion (n)
The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
transgress
transgress (v)
To break a law.
transience
transience (n)
Something that is of short duration.
transient
transient (n)
One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
transition
transition (n)
Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
transitory
transitory (adj)
Existing for a short time only.
translate
translate (v)
To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
translator
translator (n)
An interpreter.
translucence
translucence (n)
The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
translucent
translucent (adj)
Allowing the passage of light.
transmissible
transmissible (adj)
That may e sent through or across.
transmission
transmission (n)
The act of sending through or across.
transmit
transmit (v)
To send trough or across.
transmute
transmute (v)
To change in nature, substance, or form.
transparent
transparent (adj)
Easy to see through or understand.
transpire
transpire (v)
To come to pass.
transplant
transplant (v)
To remove and plant in another place.
transposition
transposition (n)
The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
transverse
transverse (adj)
Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
travail
travail (n)
Hard or agonizing labor.
travesty
travesty (n)
A grotesque imitation.
treacherous
treacherous (adj)
Perfidious.