Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 202
Surveyor (n.) One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
Surveyor (n.) (Customs) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.
Surveyor (n.) (Customs) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port. -- Abbot.
Surveyor general. (a) A principal surveyor; as, the surveyor general of the king's manors, or of woods and parks. [Eng.]
Surveyor general. (b) An officer having charge of the survey of the public lands of a land district. [U.S.] -- Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
Surveyor's compass. See Circumferentor.
Surveyor's level. See under Level.
Surveyor (n.) An engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures.
Surveyor (n.) Someone who conducts a statistical survey.
Surveyorship (n.) 測量員的地位或職務 The office of a surveyor.
Surview (v. t.) To survey; to make a survey of. [Obs.] "To surview his ground." -- Spenser.
Surview (n.) A survey. [Obs.] -- Bp. Sanderson.
Survise (v. t.) To look over; to supervise. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Survival (n.) A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.
Survival (n.) (Arhaeol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. -- Tylor.
Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural. Survivance
Survival (n.) A state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: survival, endurance].
Survival (n.) A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment [syn: survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection].
Survival (n.) Something that survives.
Survivance (n.) Alt. of Survivancy.
Survivancy (n.) Survivorship. [R.]
His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. -- Bp. Burnet.
Survived (imp. & p. p.) of Survive.
Surviving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Survive.
Survive (v. t.) To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. -- Cowper.
I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever. -- Shak.
Survive (v. i.) To remain alive; to continue to live.
Thy pleasure, Which, when no other enemy survives, Still conquers all the conquerors. -- Sir J. Denham.
Alike are life and death, When life in death survives. -- Longfellow.
Survive (v.) Continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out].
Survive (v.) Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it] [ant: succumb, yield].
Survive (v.) Support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist].
Survive (v.) Live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlive, outlast, survive].
Survivency (n.) Survivorship. [R.]
Surviver (n.) One who survives; a survivor.
Surviving (a.) Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs.
Surviving (a.) Still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn: surviving, living].
Survivor (n.) [C] 倖存者，生還者；殘存物；善於從苦難中逃生的人 One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.
The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. -- Shak.
Survivor (n.) (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. -- Blackstone.
Survivor (n.) One who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital" [syn: {survivor}, {subsister}].
Survivor (n.) One who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors."
Survivor (n.) An animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters."
Survivor (n.) The longest liver of two or more persons.
Survivor (n.) In crises of partnership, the surviving partner is entitled to have all the effects of the partnership, and, is bound to pay all the debts owing by the firm. Gow on Partn. 157; Watson on Partn. 364. He is, however, bound to account for the surplus to the representatives of his deceased partners, agreeably to their respective rights.
Survivor (n.) A surviving trustee is generally vested with all the powers of all the trustees, and the surviving administrator is authorized to act for the estate as if he had been sole administrator. As to the presumption of survivorship, when two or more persons have perished by the same event, see Civ. Code of Lo. art. 930 to 933 and vide Death; Cro. Eliz. 503; 1 Bl. Rep. 610 2 Phillim. Rep. 261; S. C. 1 Eccl. Reports, 250; Fearne on Rem. iv.; Poth. on Obli. by Evans, vol. 2, p. 346; 8 Ves. 10; 14 Ves. 578 17 Ves. 482; 6 Taunt. 213; Cowp. 257; 5 Ves. 485. Vide, generally, 2 Fonb. Eq. 102; 8 Vin. Ab. 323; 20 Vin. Ab. 146; 8 Com. Dig. 475, 594; 1 Suppl. to Ves. jun. 115, 186, 407, 8, 2 Suppl. to Ves. jun. 47, 296, 340, 391,477; 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 424-483.
Survivor (n.) The right of survivorship among joint-tenants has been abolished, except as to estates held in trust, in Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina. Vide Estates in Joint-tenancy. In Connecticut it never existed. 1 Swift's Dig. 102 see 1 Hill. Ab. 440. As to survivorship among legatees, see 1 Turn. & R. 413; 1 Br. C. C. 574; 3 Russ. 217. See Death; Estates in Joint-tenancy; Joint-tenants; Partnership.
Survivorship (n.) The state of being a survivor.
Survivorship (n.) (Law) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. -- Blackstone.
Chance of survivorship, The chance that a person of a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by the Carlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for two persons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1 that the elder die first.
Susceptibilities (n. pl. ) of Susceptibility.
Susceptibility (n.) 易受感動性；多情；易受影響的氣質；敏感性；【電】磁化率 The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
Susceptibility (n.) Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.
Magnetic susceptibility (Physics), The intensity of magnetization of a body placed in a uniform megnetic field of unit strength. -- Sir W. Thomson.
Syn: Capability; sensibility; feeling; emotion.
Susceptibility (n.) The state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility, susceptibleness] [ant: immunity, unsusceptibility].
Susceptibility (n.) [ U ] 敏感性，易受影響（或傷害、感染） The fact that someone or something can easily be influenced, harmed, or infected.
Susceptibilities (n. pl.) 敏感的感情，容易受傷的感情 The feelings someone has that are likely to be hurt.
// I didn't mean to offend/ upset/ hurt your susceptibilities.
Susceptible (a.) 易被感動的，易動感情的；多情的；易受……影響的 [F] [（+to）]；敏感的，過敏的 [F] [（+to）] 容許……的；可以有……的 [F] [（+of/ to）] Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. -- Young.
Susceptible (a.) Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. -- Cowper.
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. -- Lamb. -- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.
Susceptible (a.) (Often followed by `of' or `to') Yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" [ant: insusceptible, unsusceptible].
Susceptible (a.) Easily impressed emotionally.
Susceptible (a.) (Influenced) 易受影響的，易受傷害的 Easily influenced or harmed by something.
// She isn't very susceptible to flattery.
// These plants are particularly susceptible to frost.
// Among particularly susceptible children, the disease can develop very fast.
Susceptible (a.) (Influenced) 易受感動的，感情豐富的，多情的 Used to describe someone who is easily emotionally influenced.
// They persuade susceptible teenagers to part with their money.
Susceptible (a.) (Possible) [ After verb ] (Formal) （尤指想法或陳述）能被理解（或證明、解釋）的 (Especially of an idea or statement) Able to be understood, proved, explained, etc. in a particular way.
// Shakespeare's plays are susceptible to various interpretations.
// (UK) The facts are susceptible of other explanations.
Susception (n.) 刺激感受 The act of taking; reception.
Susceptive (a.) Susceptible. -- I. Watts. -- Sus*cep"tive*ness, n.
Susceptivity (n.) Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. [R.] -- Wollaston.
Susceptor (n.) One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. -- Puller. Shipley.
Suscipiency (n.) Admission. [R.]
Suscipient (a.) Receiving; admitting. [R.]
Suscipient (n.) One who takes or admits; one who receives. [R.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Suscitability (n.) Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Suscitated (imp. & p. p.) of Suscitate.
Suscitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suscitate.
Suscitate (v. t.) 使興奮 To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. [Obs.]
Suscitation (n.) 興奮，刺激 The act of raising or exciting. [R.]
A mere suscitation or production of a thing. -- South.
Suslik (n.) (Zool.) 歐黃鼠，花金鼠 (產于歐亞大陸北部和中部) A ground squirrel ({Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]
Suslik (n.) Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel [syn: suslik, souslik, Citellus citellus].
Suspect (a.) 令人懷疑的,，不可信的,，可疑的 Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]
Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. -- Chaucer.
Suspect (a.) Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]
What I can do or offer is suspect. -- Milton.
Suspect (n.) Suspicion. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. -- Fairfax.
Suspect (n.) 嫌疑犯 One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime. -- Bacon.
Suspected (imp. & p. p.) of Suspect.
Suspecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspect.
Suspect (v. t.) 懷疑，猜想 To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. -- Bacon.
From her hand I could suspect no ill. -- Milton.
Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
Suspect (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. -- Addison.
Suspect (v. t.) To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.
Suspect (v. i.) 懷疑，猜想 To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. -- Shak.
Suspect (a.) Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious].
Suspect (n.) Someone who is under suspicion.
Suspect (n.) A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused [syn: defendant, suspect] [ant: complainant, plaintiff].
Suspect (v.) Imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise].
Suspect (v.) Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in [syn: distrust, mistrust, suspect] [ant: bank, rely, swear, trust].
Suspect (v.) Hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks."
Suspectable (a.) That may be suspected.
Suspected (a.) Distrusted; doubted. -- Sus*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Sus*pect"ed*ness, n.
Suspected (a.) Believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection" [ant: unsuspected].
Suspecter (n.) One who suspects.
Suspectful (a.) Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. -- Milton. -- Sus*pect"ful*ness, n.
Suspection (n.) Suspicion. [Obs.]
Suspectiousness (n.) Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. [Obs. & R.] -- Ld. Berners.
Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion. [R.] -- Sir T. Herbert.
Suspectless (a.) Not suspected; not mistrusted. [R.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Suspended (imp. & p. p.) of Suspend.
Suspending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suspend.
Suspend (v. t.) 懸，吊，使懸浮，暫停，中止，推遲 To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
Suspend (v. t.) To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life. [Archaic] -- Tillotson.
Suspend (v. t.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
Suspend your indignation against my brother. -- Shak.
The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near At once suspends their courage and their fear. -- Denham.
Suspend (v. t.) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. -- Locke.
Suspend (v. t.) To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.
Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. -- Bp. Sanderson.
Suspend (v. t.) To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.
Suspend (v. t.) (Chem.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
To suspend payment (Com.), To cease paying debts or obligations; to fail; -- said of a merchant, a bank, etc.
Syn: To hang; interrupt; delay; intermit; stay; hinder; debar.
Suspend (v. i.) 暫停，中止，懸浮，宣佈破產 To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).
Suspend (v.) Hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them".
Suspend (v.) Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles."
Suspend (v.) Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar].
Suspend (v.) Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze, suspend].
Suspend (v.) Make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan" [syn: suspend, set aside].
Suspend (v.) Render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended."
Suspended (a.) (Of undissolved particles in a fluid) 懸吊的；懸掛的；被中止的 Supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas".
Suspender (n.) 吊的人，襪吊，吊褲帶 One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Suspender (n.) Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus].
Suspender, () Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made.
Suspender, () In general a suspender is required to give caution to pay the debt in the event it shall be found due. Where the suspender cannot, from his low or suspected circumstances, procure unquestionable security, the lords admit juratory caution; but the reasons of suspension are in that case, to be considered with particular accuracy at passing the bill. Act. S. 8 Nov. 1682; Ersk. Prin. L. Scot. 4, 3, 6.
Suspensation (n.) (pl. Suspensations) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time; temporary suspension.
Suspense (a.) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. [Obs.]
[The great light of day] suspense in heaven. -- Milton.
Suspense (a.) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt. [Obs.]
"Expectation held his look suspense." -- Milton.
Suspense (n.) [U] 掛慮；擔心；懸念；懸疑；懸而不決，未定；（權利等的）暫時停止；中止 The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
Ten days the prophet in suspense remained. -- Denham.
Upon the ticklish balance of suspense. -- Cowper.
Suspense (n.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain. -- Pope.
Suspense (n.) (Law) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
Suspense account (Bookkeeping), An account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.
Suspense (n.) Apprehension about what is going to happen.
Suspense (n.) An uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years."
Suspense (n.) Excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense."
Suspense. () When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a.
Suspense (n.) [ U ] (C2) 懸念，焦慮，擔心 The feeling of excitement or nervousness that you have when you are waiting for something to happen and are uncertain about what it is going to be.
// She kept him in suspense for several days before she said that she would marry him.
// The suspense is killing me (= I am extremely eager to know what is going to happen).
// There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film, until it comes to an unexpected ending.
Suspenseful (a.) 緊張的 (Of a situation) Characterized by or causing suspense [syn: {cliff-hanging}, {suspenseful}, {suspensive}, {nail-biting}].
Suspensely (adv.) In suspense. [Obs.] -- Hales.
Suspensibility (n.) The quality or state of being suspensible.
Suspensible (a.) Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
Suspension (n.) 懸掛，暫停，中止 The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
Suspension (n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation; as:
Suspension (n.) Of labor, study, pain, etc.
Suspension (n.) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
Suspension (n.) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
Suspension (n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
Suspension (n.) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
Suspension (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
Suspension (n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
Suspension (n.) (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
Suspension (n.) (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Suspension (n.) (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
Pleas in suspension (Law), Pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit.
Points of suspension (Mech.), The points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended.
Suspension bridge, A bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond.
Suspension of arms (Mil.), A short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc.
Suspension scale, A scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it.
Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
Suspension (n.) A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy.
Suspension (n.) A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension].
Suspension (n.) Temporary cessation or suspension [syn: abeyance, suspension].
Suspension (n.) An interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement].
Suspension (n.) A mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle [syn: suspension, suspension system].
Suspension (n.) The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait" [syn: suspension, dangling, hanging].
Suspension (n.) A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc) [syn: suspension, temporary removal].
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Suspension. () A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like.
Suspension. () In times of war the habeas corpus act maybe suspended by lawful authority.
Suspension. () There may be a suspension of an officer's duties or powers, when he is charged with crimes. Wood's Inst. 510.
Suspension. () Suspension of a right in an estate is a partial extinguishment, or an extinguishment for a time. It differs from an extinguishment in this. A suspended right may be revived; one extinguished is absolutely dead. Bac. Ab. Extinguishment, A.
Suspension. () The suspension of a statute for a limited time operates so as to prevent its operation for the time, but it hits not the effect of a repeal. 3 Dall. 365.
Suspension. () Scotch law. That form of law by which the effect of a sentence-condemnatory, that has not yet received execution, is stayed or postponed, till the cause be again considered. Ersk. Prin. L. Scotl. 4, 3, 5. Suspension is competent also, even where there is no decree, for putting a stop to any illegal act whatsoever. Id. 4, 3, 7.
Suspension. () Letters of suspension bear the form of a summons, which contains a warrant to cite the charger, Ib.
Suspension, eccl. law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which a spiritual person is either interdicted tho exercise of his ecclesiastical function, or hindered from receiving the profits of his benefice. It may be partial or total; for a limited time, or forever, when it is called deprivation or amotion. Ayl. Parerg. 501.
Suspensive (a.) 中止的；暫停的；未決的；不安的 Tending to suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In suspensive thoughts." -- Beaumont. "A suspensive veto." -- Macaulay.
The provisional and suspensive attitude. -- J. Morley.
Suspensive condition (Scots Law), A condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed.
Suspensive (a.) (Of a situation) Characterized by or causing suspense [syn: cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting].
Suspensive (a.) Undecided or characterized by indecisiveness.
Suspensor (n.) [NL.] A suspensory.
Suspensor (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
Suspensor (n.) A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock].
Suspensoria (n. pl. ) of Suspensorium.
Suspensorium (n.) (Anat.) Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
Suspensory (a.) Suspended; hanging; depending.
Suspensory (a.) Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. -- Ray.
Suspensory (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.