Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty.

The upper jaw or maxilla.

Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve. Of or pertaining to the upper jaw.

Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.

The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation; supernaturalism.

A supernaturalist.

Of or pertaining to supernaturalism; supernaturalistic.

Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. The supraoccipital bone.

Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Situated above the orbit of the eye.

Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee.

Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. A suprarenal capsule.

Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

Situated above the vertebral column. Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. The suprastapedial part of the columella.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa. A supratemporal bone.

Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

Supervision.

A supervisor.

Being above the vulgar or common people.

The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.

Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.

In a supreme manner.

Supremacy.

One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.

Something added or appended, as to a name.

A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries.

Assurance.

Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds. The surangular bone.

A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.

Having a surbase, or molding above the base. Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.

To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel.

Same as Surbate.

To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

Surbated; bruised.

To cease.

Cessation.

An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus.

One who surcharges.

A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.

Bound with the surcingle.

A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.

To surfeit.

A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.

Increase; addition; surplus.

To purne; to trim.

Act of purning.

Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers.

A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, /2 is a surd.

Same as Surd, a., 3.

A sardine.

In a sure manner; safely; certainly.

Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.

A making sure; surety.

The state of being sure; certainty.

One to be sure of, or to be relied on.

Suretyship.

To act as surety for.

The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another.

The bottom of a drain.

To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as, the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries.

A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.

A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.

To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.

Water for the cure of surfeits.

One who surfeits.

The surf duck.

To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur.

One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.

Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed.

Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.

To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Abounding in surges; surgy.

Free from surges; smooth; calm.

Rising; swelling, as a flood.

One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.

Surgery.

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.

Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.

By means of surgery.

Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.

A South African mongooselike viverrine (Suricata suricatta or Suricata tetradactyla) having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also mierkat, yellow mongoose and zenick.

A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa.

Superintendent.

In a surly manner.

The quality or state of being surly.

A sour, morose fellow.

A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography.

Arrogant; haughty.

A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.

Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.

Surmise.

To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.

One who surmises.

a. n. from Surmise, v.

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.

Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.

One who, or that which, surmounts.

Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.

The brown, or Norway, rat.

To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.

Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.

To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide.

A peroxide.

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to perform (an activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.

That may be surpassed.

Eminently excellent; exceeding others.

To surfel.