Webster's Dictionary 1828

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STYPTIC

STYPTIC, STYPTICAL, adjective [Latin, Gr.] That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage.

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STYPTICAL

STYPTIC, STYPTICAL adjective [Latin, Gr.] That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage.STYPTIC, noun A medicine which has the quality of stopping hemorrhage...

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STYPTICITY

STYPTICITY, noun The quality of stanching blood, or stopping hemorrhage.

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STYTHY

STYTHY, verb transitive To forge on an anvil. [See Stithy.]

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SUABILITY

SUABILITY, noun Liability to be sued; the state of being subject by law to civil process. [Not much used.]

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SUABLE

SUABLE, adjective [from sue.] That may be sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court.

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SUADE

SUADE, for persuade, is not in use.

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SUAGE

SUAGE, for assuage, is not in use.

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SUANT

SUANT, adjective Even; uniform; spread equally over the surface. [New England, but local.]

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SUASIBLE

SUASIBLE, adjective [Latin] That may be persuaded or easily persuaded.

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SUASION

SUASION, noun The act of persuading. [See Persuade.]

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SUASIVE

SUASIVE, adjective [Latin] Having power to persuade.

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SUASORY

SUASORY, adjective [Latin] Tending to persuade; having the quality of convincing and drawing by argument or reason.

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SUAVITY

SUAVITY, noun [Latin]1. Sweetness, in a literal sense. [Not in use.]2. Sweetness, in a figurative sense; that which is to the mind what sweetness is to the tongue; agreeableness...

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SUB

SUB, a Latin preposition, denoting under or below, used in English as a prefix, to express a subordinate degree. Before f and p it is changed into those letters, as in suffer, a...

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SUB-BEADLE

SUB-BEADLE, noun [sub and beadle.] An inferior or under beadle.

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SUB-BRIGADIER

SUB-BRIGADIER, noun An officer in the horse guards, who ranks as cornet.

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SUB-CELESTIAL

SUB-CELESTIAL, adjective [sub and celestial.] Being beneath the heavens; as sub-celestial glories.

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SUB-CENTRAL

SUB-CENTRAL, adjective Being under the center.

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SUB-CHANTER

SUB-CHANTER, noun [sub and chanter.] An under chanter; a deputy of the precentor of a cathedral.

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SUB-COMMITTEE

SUB-COMMITTEE, noun [sub and committee.] An under committee; a part or division of a committee.

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SUB-CONSTELLATION

SUB-CONSTELLATION, noun A subordinate constellation.

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SUB-CONTRACTED

SUB-CONTRACTED, adjective [sub and contracted.] Contracted after a former contract.

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SUB-CONTRARY

SUB-CONTRARY, adjective [sub and contrary.] Contrary in an inferior degree. In geometry, when two similar triangles are so placed as to have a common angle at their vertex, and ...

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SUBACID

SUBACID, adjective [sub and acid.] Moderately acid or sour; as a subacid juice.SUBACID, noun A substance moderately acid.

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SUBACRID

SUBACRID, adjective [sub and acrid.] Moderately sharp, pungent or acrid.

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SUBACT

SUBACT, verb transitive [Latin] To reduce; to subdue. [Not in use.]