SUPERFICIAL
SUPERFI'CIAL, adjective1. Being on the surface; not penetrating the substance of a thing; as a superficial color; a superficial covering.2. Composing the surface or exterior par...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SUPERFICIALITY
SUPERFICIAL'ITY, noun The quality of being superficial. [Not much used.]
SUPERFICIALLY
SUPERFI'CIALLY, adverb On the surface only; as a substance superficially tinged with a color.1. On the surface or exterior part only; without penetrating the substance or essenc...
SUPERFICIALNESS
SUPERFI'CIALNESS, noun Shallowness; position on the surface.1. Slight knowledge; shallowness of observation or learning; show without substance.
SUPERFICIES
SUPERFI'CIES, noun [Latin from super, upon, and facies, face.] The surface; the exterior part of a thing. A superficies consists of length and breadth; as the superficies of a p...
SUPERFINE
SU'PERFINE, adjective [super and fine.] Very fine or most fine; surpassing others in fineness; as superfine cloth. The word is chiefly used of cloth, but sometimes of liquors; a...
SUPERFLUENCE
SUPER'FLUENCE, noun [Latin super and fluo, to flow.] Superfluity; more than is necessary. [Little used.]
SUPERFLUITANCE
SUPERFLU'ITANCE, noun [Latin super and fluito, to float.] The act of floating above or on the surface. [Little used.]
SUPERFLUITANT
SUPERFLU'ITANT, adjective Floating above or on the surface. [Little used.]
SUPERFLUITY
SUPERFLU'ITY, noun [Latin superfluitas; super and fluo, to flow.]1. Superabundance; a greater quantity than is wanted; as a superfluity of water or provisions.2. Something that ...
SUPERFLUOUS
SUPER'FLUOUS, adjective [Latin superfluus, overflowing; super and fluo, to flow.]1. More than is wanted; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; as a superfluous supply of corn....
SUPERFLUOUSLY
SUPER'FLUOUSLY, adverb With excess; in a degree beyond what is necessary.
SUPERFLUOUSNESS
SUPER'FLUOUSNESS, noun The state of being superfluous or beyond what is wanted.
SUPERFLUX
SU'PERFLUX, noun [Latin super and fluxus.] That which is more than is wanted. [Little used.]
SUPERFOLIATION
SUPERFOLIA'TION, noun [super and foliation.] Excess of foliation. [Not used.]
SUPERHUMAN
SUPERHU'MAN, adjective [super and human.] Above or beyond what is human; divine.
SUPERIMPOSE
SUPERIMPOSE, verb transitive superimpo'ze. [super and impose.] To lay or impose on something else; as a stratum of earth superimposed on a different stratum.
SUPERIMPOSED
SUPERIMPO'SED, participle passive Laid or imposed on something.
SUPERIMPOSING
SUPERIMPO'SING, participle present tense Laying on something else.
SUPERIMPOSITION
SUPERIMPOSI'TION, noun The act of laying or the state of being placed on something else.
SUPERIMPREGNATION
SUPERIMPREGNA'TION, noun [super and impregnation.] The act of impregnating upon a prior impregnation; impregnation when previously impregnated.
SUPERINCUMBENT
SUPERINCUM'BENT, adjective [super and incumbent.] Lying or resting on something else.
SUPERINDUCE
SUPERINDU'CE, verb transitive [super and induce.] To bring in or upon as an addition to something; as, to superinduce a virtue or quality upon a person not before possessing it....
SUPERINDUCED
SUPERINDU'CED, participle passive Induced or brought upon something.
SUPERINDUCING
SUPERINDU'CING, participle present tense Inducing on something else.
SUPERINDUCTION
SUPERINDUC'TION, noun The act of superinducing.The superinduction of ill habits quickly defaces the first rude draught of virtue.
SUPERINJECTION
SUPERINJEC'TION, noun [super and injection.] An injection succeeding another.