Superinspect (v. t.) To over see; to superintend by inspection.
Superinstitution (n.) One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another.
Superintellectual (a.) Being above intellect.
Superintended (imp. & p. p.) of Superintend
Superintending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superintend
Superintend (v. t.) To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.
Superintendence (n.) The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.
-cies (pl. ) of Superintendency
Superintendency (n.) The act of superintending; superintendence.
Superintendent (a.) Overseeing; superintending.
Superintendent (n.) One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.
Superintender (n.) A superintendent.
Superinvestiture (n.) An outer vestment or garment.
Superior (a.) More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.
Superior (a.) Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.
Superior (a.) Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery.
Superior (a.) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
Superior (a.) More comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a species.
Superior (a.) Above the ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
Superior (a.) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
Superior (a.) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
Superior (n.) One who is above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit; one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer of pure English.
Superior (n.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
Superioress (n.) A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
Superiority (n.) The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
Superiorly (adv.) In a superior position or manner.
Superjacent (a.) Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.
Superlation (n.) Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety.
Superlative (a.) Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.
Superlative (a.) Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright.
Superlative (n.) That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.
Superlative (n.) The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives.
Superlucration (n.) Excessive or extraordinary gain.
Superlunar (a.) Alt. of Superlunary
Superlunary (a.) Being above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary.
Supermaterial (a.) Being above, or superior to, matter.
Supermaxilla (n.) The supermaxilla.
Supermaxillary (a.) Supermaxillary.
Supermedial (a.) Above the middle.
Supermundane (a.) Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane.
Supermundial (a.) Supermundane.
Supernacular (a.) Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine.
Supernaculum (adv. & n.) A kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by topers.
Supernaculum (adv. & n.) Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail.
Supernal (a.) Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.
Supernal (a.) Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace.
Supernatant (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
Supernatant (n.) The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet.
Supernatation (n.) The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.
Supernatural (a.) Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.
Supernaturalism (n.) The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.
Supernaturalism (n.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case.
Supernaturalist (n.) One who holds to the principles of supernaturalism.
Supernaturalistic (a.) Of or pertaining to supernaturalism.
Supernaturality (n.) The quality or state of being supernatural.
Supernaturalize (v. t.) To treat or regard as supernatural.
Supernaturally (adv.) In a supernatural manner.
Supernaturalness (n.) The quality or state of being supernatural.
Supernumerary (a.) Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
Supernumerary (a.) Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
Supernumeraries (pl. ) of Supernumerary
Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond the number stated.
Supernumerary (n.) A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.
Superoccipital (a.) Supraoccipital.
Superorder (n.) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.
Superordination (n.) The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
Superoxide (n.) See Peroxide.
Superparticular (a.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4.
Superpartient (a.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10.
Superphosphate (n.) An acid phosphate.
Superphysical (a.) Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
Superplant (n.) A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.
Superplease (v. t.) To please exceedingly.
Superplus (n.) Surplus.
Superplusage (n.) Surplusage.
Superpolitic (a.) More than politic; above or exceeding policy.
Superponderate (v. t.) To wiegh over and above.
Superposable (a.) Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another.
Superposed (imp. & p. p.) of Superpose
Superposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superpose
Superpose (v. t.) To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.
Superpose (v. t.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.
Superposition (n.) The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry.
Superpraise (v. t.) To praise to excess.
Superproportion (n.) Overplus or excess of proportion.
Superpurgation (n.) Excessive purgation.
Superreflection (n.) The reflection of a reflected image or sound.
Superregal (a.) More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king.
Superreward (v. t.) To reward to an excessive degree.
Superroyal (a.) Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
Supersacral (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.
Supersaliency (n.) The act of leaping on anything.
Supersalient (a.) Leaping upon.
Supersalt (n.) An acid salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n.
Supersaturate (v. t.) To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.
Supersaturation (n.) The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.
Superscribed (imp. & p. p.) of Superscribe
Superscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Superscribe
Superscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter.
Superscript (n.) Superscription.