Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 194
Supercarbureted (a.) (Chem.) Bicarbureted. [Written also supercarburetted.] [Obsoles.]
Supercargo (n.) An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.
Supercargo (n.) An officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase.
Supercargo (), mar. law. A person specially employed by the owner of a cargo to take charge of the merchandise which has been shipped, to sell it to the best advantage, and to purchase returning cargoes and to receive freight, as he may be authorized.
Supercargo () Supercargoes have complete control over the cargo, and everything which immediately concerns it, unless their authority is either expressly or impliedly restrained. 12 East, R. 381. Under certain circumstances, they are responsible for the cargo; 4 Mass. 115; see 1 Gill & John. 1; but the supercargo has no power to interfere with the government of the ship. 3 Pardes. n. 646; 1 Boulay-Paty, Dr. Com. 421.
Supercarpal (a.) (Anat.) Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.
Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. -- Waterland.
Supercelestial (a.) Higher than celestial; superangelic.
Supercharged (imp. & p. p.) of Supercharge.
Supercharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supercharge.
Supercharge (v. t.) (Her.) 用增壓器增加（內燃機）的動力；對……使用增壓器；使超負荷；使超載 To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.
Supercharge (n.) (Her.) A bearing charged upon another bearing. [R.]
Supercharge (v.) Increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" [syn: {boost}, {advance}, {supercharge}].
Supercharge (v.) Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid [syn: {supercharge}, {pressurize}, {pressurise}].
Supercharged (a.) (Of e.g. an engine) Having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger.
Supercharged (a.) Fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech" [syn: charged, supercharged].
Superchemical (a.) Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws. -- J. Le Conte.
Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.]
Superciliary (a.) Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.
Superciliary (a.) (Zool.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.
Supercilious (a.) 高傲的；輕蔑的；目中無人的 Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; a supercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness, n.
Supercilious (a.) Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual" -- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering].
Supercilious (a.) Expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn: supercilious, sneering, snide].
Supercilious (a.) (Disapproving) 傲慢自大的，目中無人的，目空一切的 Behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important.
// He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.
Supercilium (n.) (Zool.) (pl. Supercilrim) 眉；眼上剛毛 The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
Supercilium (n.) The arch of hair above each eye [syn: eyebrow, brow, supercilium].
Supercolumniation (n.) (Arch.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.
Superconception (n.) (Physiol.) Superfetation. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Superconsequence (n.) Remote consequence. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Supercrescence (n.) That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] -- Johnson.
Supercretaceous (a.) (Geol.) Same as Supracretaceous.
Supercurious (a.) Excessively curious or inquisitive. -- Evelyn.
Superdominant (n.) (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.
Supereminence (n.) 出類拔萃 Alt. of Supereminency.
Supereminency (n.) The quality or state
of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of
He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own supereminence. -- Prof. Wilson.
Supereminent (a.) 卓絕的；出類拔萃的 Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- {Su`per*em"i*nent*ly}, adv.
Supererogant (a.) Supererogatory. [Obs.]
Supererogated (imp. & p. p.) of Supererogate.
Supererogating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supererogate.
Supererogate (v. i.) To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.
The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. -- Milton.
Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Works of supererogation (R. C. Ch.), Those good deeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over and above what is required for their own salvation.
Supererogation (n.) An effort above and beyond the call of duty.
Supererogative (a.) Supererogatory.
Supererogatory (a.) Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services. -- Howell.
Supererogatory (a.) More than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus].
Superessential (a.) Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing. -- J. Ellis.
Superethical (a.) More than ethical; above ethics. -- Bolingbroke.
Superexalted (imp. & p. p.) of Superexalt.
Superexalting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superexalt.
Superexalt (v. t.) To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. -- Barrow.
Superexaltation (n.) Elevation above the common degree. -- Holyday.
Superexcellence (n.) Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.
Superexcellent (a.) Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. -- Drayton.
Superexcitation (n.) Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
Superexcrescence (n.) Something growing superfluously.
Superfamily (n.) (Zool.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder.
Superfecundation (n.) (Physiol.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition.
Superfecundity (n.) Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
Superfetate (v. i.) To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.
The female . . . is said to superfetate. -- Grew.
Superfetation (n.) (Physiol.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it.
This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation.
In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character. -- Coleridge.
Superfete (v. i.) To superfetate. [Obs.]
Superfete (v. t.) To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Superfice (n.) A superficies. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Superficial (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage.
Superficial (a.) Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.
This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. -- Shak.
He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. -- Burke.
That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. -- J. H. Newman. -- Su`per*fi"cial*ly, adv. -- Su`per*fi"cial*ness, n.
Superficialist (n.) One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer.
Superficiality (n.) The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. -- Sir T. Browne.
Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way. [R.]
It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficialize evil. -- E. P. Whipple.
Superficiary (n.) (Rom. Law) One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground.
Superficiary (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial.
Superficiary (a.) (Rom. Law) Situated or built on another man's land, as a house.
Superficies (n.) The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
Superficies (n.) (Civil Law) Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.
Superficies (n.) (Civil Law) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil. -- Bouvier. Wharton.
Superficies (n.) The purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance; "the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production" -- R.W.Speaight.
Superficies (n.) Outer surface of an area or a body.
Superficies. () A Latin word used among civilians. It signifies in the edict of the praetor whatever has been erected on the soil, quidquid solo inoedificdtum est. Vide Dig. 43, tit. 18, 1. 1 and 2.
Superfine (a.) Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.
Superfine (a.) Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.
Superfine (a.) Of extremely fine size or texture; "superfine sugar"; "a superfine file."
Superfine (a.) Excessively delicate or refined [syn: overrefined, superfine].
Superfine (a.) (Used especially of merchandise) Very fine in quality; "made of superfine Flemish cloth."
Superfineness (n.) The state of being superfine.
Superfinical (a.) Extremely finical.
Superfluence (n.) Superfluity. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Superfluitant (a.) Floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. -- Su`per*flu"i*tance, n. [Obs.]
Superfluities (n. pl. ) of Superfluity.
Superfluity (n.) 額外；奢侈品；過剩 A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.
A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. -- Suckling.
Superfluity (n.) The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. "By a superfluity abominable." -- Chaucer.
Superfluity (n.) Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.
Syn: Superabundance; excess; redundancy.
Superfluity (n.) Extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn: overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment].
Superfluous (a.) 多餘的，過剩的 More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. -- Shak.
An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. -- E. Everett.
Superfluous interval (Mus.), An interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.
Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- Su*per"flu*ous*ly, adv. -- Su*per"flu*ous*ness, n.
Superflux (n.) Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing. [R.] -- Shak.
Superfoetation (n.) Superfetation.
Superfoetation, () med. jur. The conception of a second embryo, during the gestation of the first, or the conception of a child by a woman already pregnant with another, during the time of such pregnancy.
Superfoetation, () This doctrine, though doubted, seems to be established by numerous cases. Beck's Med. Jur. 193; Cassan on Superfoetation; New York Medical Repository; 1 Briand, Med. Leg. prem. partie, c. 3, art. 4; 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 299; Buffon, Hist. Nat. de l'Homme, Puberte.
Superfoliation (n.) Excess of foliation. -- Sir T. Browne.
Superfrontal (n.) (Eccl.) A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.
Superfuse (a.) To pour (something) over or on something else. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
Superheated (imp. & p. p.) of Superheat.
Superheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superheat.
Superheat (v. t.) To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
Superheat (v. t.) (Steam Engine) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
Superheat (v. t.) To heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without converting it into vapor.
Superheat (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.
Superheater (n.) (Steam Engine) An apparatus for superheating steam.
Superhive (n.) A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.
Superhuman (a.) Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.
Superhuman (a.) Above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery" [ant: subhuman].
Superimposed (imp. & p. p.) of Superimpose.
Superimposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superimpose.
Superimpose (v. t.) 把……放置在上面重疊；加上去；【電影】【電視】疊印 To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum. -- Su`per*im`po*si"tion, n.
Superimpose (v.) Place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" [syn: superimpose, superpose, lay over].
Superimpregnation (n.) The act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, in addition to a prior impregnation; superfetation. Superincumbence
Superincumbence (n.) Alt. of Superincumbency.
Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.
Superincumbent (a.) Lying or resting on something else.
Superinduced (imp. & p. p.) of Superinduce.
Superinducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superinduce.
Superinduce (v. t.) To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.
Long custom of sinning superinduces upon the soul new and absurd desires. -- South.
Superinducement (n.) Superinduction.
Superinduction (n.) The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced. -- South.
Superinfuse (v. t.) To infuse over. [R.]
Superinjection (n.) An injection succeeding another.