SUFFRAGANT
SUF'FRAGANT, noun An assistant; a favorer; one who concurs with.
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SUFFRAGATE
SUF'FRAGATE, verb transitive [Latin suffragor.] To vote with. [Not in use.]
SUFFRAGATOR
SUF'FRAGATOR, noun [Latin] One who assists or favors by his vote.
SUFFRAGE
SUF'FRAGE, noun [Latin suffragium.]1. A vote; a voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust. Nothing can be more grateful t...
SUFFRAGINOUS
SUFFRAG'INOUS, adjective [Latin suffrago, the pastern or hough.]Pertaining to the knee joint of a beast.
SUFFRUTICOUS
SUFFRU'TICOUS, adjective [Latin sub and fruticosus; frutex, a shrub.]In botany, under-shrubby, or part shrubby; permanent or woody at the base, but the yearly branches decaying;...
SUFFUMIGATE
SUFFU'MIGATE, verb transitive [Latin suffumigo.] To apply fumes or smoke to the internal parts of the body, as in medicine.
SUFFUMIGATION
SUFFUMIGA'TION, noun Fumigation; the operation of smoking any thing, or rather of applying fumes to the internal parts of the body.1. A term applied to all medicines that are re...
SUFFUMIGE
SUFFU'MIGE, noun A medical fume.
SUFFUSE
SUFFU'SE, verb transitive suffi'ze. [Latin suffusus, suffundo; sub and fundo, to pour.] To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; as eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused ...
SUFFUSED
SUFFU'SED, participle passive Overspread, as with a fluid or with color.
SUFFUSION
SUFFU'SION, noun [Latin suffusio.]1. The act or operation of overspreading, as with a fluid or with a color.2. The state of being suffused or spread over.To those that have the ...
SUG
SUG, noun [Latin sugo, to suck.] A kind or worm.
SUGAR
SUGAR, nounSHUG'AR. [Latin saccharum.]1. A well known substance manufactured chiefly from the sugar cane, arundo saccharifera; but in the United States, great quantities of this...
SUGAR-CANDY
SUGAR-CANDY, noun [sugar and candy.] Sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized, in which state it becomes transparent.
SUGAR-CANE
SUG'AR-CANE, noun [sugar and cane.] The cane or plant from whose juice sugar is obtained.
SUGAR-HOUSE
SUG'AR-HOUSE, noun A building in which sugar is refined.
SUGAR-LOAF
SUG'AR-LOAF, noun A conical mass of refined sugar.
SUGAR-MILL
SUG'AR-MILL, noun A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane.
SUGAR-MITE
SUG'AR-MITE, noun [sugar and mite.] A winged insect; lepisma.The lepisma saccharina, is an apterous or wingless insect, covered with silvery scales.
SUGAR-PLUM
SUG'AR-PLUM, noun [sugar and plum.] A species of sweetmeat in small balls.
SUGARY
SUG'ARY, adjective Tinctured or sweetened with sugar; sweet; tasting like sugar.1. Fond of sugar, or of sweet things.2. Containing sugar.3. Like sugar.
SUGESCENT
SUGES'CENT, adjective [Latin sugens, sucking.] Relating to sucking.
SUGGEST
SUG'GEST, verb transitive [Latin suggero, suggestus; sub and gero.]1. To hint; to intimate or mention in the first instance; as, to suggest a new mode of cultivation; to suggest...
SUGGESTED
SUGGEST'ED, participle passive Hinted; intimated.
SUGGESTER
SUGGEST'ER, noun One that suggests.
SUGGESTION
SUGGES'TION, noun A hint; a first intimation, proposal or mention. The measure was adopted at the suggestion of an eminent philosopher.1. Presentation of an idea to the mind; as...