<B>suckling, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a very young animal or child, especially one not yet weaned. <BR> <I>Ex. ... babes and sucklings (Psalms 8:2).</I> (SYN) nursling. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>very young. <DD><B> 2. </B>not yet weaned; sucking. <BR> <I>Ex. a suckling pig.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sucrase">
<B>sucrase, </B>noun. <B>=invertase.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sucrate">
<B>sucrate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a compound of a metallic oxide with a sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. calcium sucrate.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sucre">
<B>sucre, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the basic Ecuadorian monetary unit, equal to 100 centavos. <DD><B> 2. </B>a silver coin or bank note worth this amount. </DL>
<B>sucrose, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> ordinary sugar obtained as from sugar cane or sugar beets; cane sugar; beet sugar; saccharose. Sucrose is a crystalline disaccharide sugar. Hydrolysis changes sucrose to fructose and glucose. </DL>
<A NAME="suction">
<B>suction, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the process of drawing liquids or gases into a space or of causing surfaces to stick together by producing a vacuum. Lemonade is drawn through a straw by suction. <DD><B> 2. </B>the force caused by suction. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act or process of sucking. <DD><B> 4. </B>any part or device, such as a pipe, which effects, or operates by, suction, or by pressures less that that of the atmosphere. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>causing a suction; working by suction. <BR> <I>Ex. a suction valve.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in which suction occurs; into or through which something is forced or drawn by suction. <BR> <I>Ex. a suction line.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="suctioncup">
<B>suction cup,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cup-shaped piece of rubber, plastic, or glass, that can stick to a surface by suction. <BR> <I>Ex. Mixing bowls ... have been provided with a removable suction cup designed to hold them firmly to a table or counter (Science News).</I> </DL>
<B>suction pump,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any pump of various types in which liquid is drawn into the line to the pump by suction, especially the common hand-operated water pump, in which downward and upward strokes of a piston create a partial vacuum in the line, into which water is forced by atmospheric pressure with each upward stroke. </DL>
<A NAME="suctionstop">
<B>suction stop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) a stop which is released by inward suction, rather than the more usual outward explosion of the checked breath stream. The most familiar suction stops are clicks. </DL>
<A NAME="suctorial">
<B>suctorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>adapted for sucking or adhering by suction. <DD><B> 2. </B>having organs adapted for feeding by sucking or adhering by suction. </DL>
<A NAME="suctorian">
<B>suctorian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an animal with a mouth or other organ adapted for sucking or adhering by suction. <BR> <I>Ex. The lamprey, leech, and flea are examples of suctorians.</I> </DL>
<B>sud, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> singular of <B>suds.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sudamina">
<B>sudamina, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) minute, whitish vesicles appearing on the skin in various fevers from the accumulation of sweat in the upper layers of the skin. </DL>
<A NAME="sudaminal">
<B>sudaminal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with sudamina. </DL>
<A NAME="sudan">
<B>Sudan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) any one of a group of yellow, brown, and red dyes used to stain biological specimens and color oils and fats. </DL>
<A NAME="sudandurra">
<B>Sudan durra,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a grain sorghum used for fodder; feterita. </DL>
<A NAME="sudanese">
<B>Sudanese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-nese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Sudan, a country in Africa south of Egypt, or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> a person born or living in the Sudan. Also, <B>Soudanese.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sudangrass">
<B>Sudan grass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of sorghum from the Sudan, grown in the United States for hay and forage. </DL>
<A NAME="sudanic">
<B>Sudanic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to a group of languages of northern Africa that are not related to the Bantu or Hamitic languages. The Sudanic languages include Tshi, Mandingo, and Yoruba. <DD><I>noun </I> the Sudanic language group. </DL>
<A NAME="sudanization">
<B>Sudanization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of Sudanizing. </DL>
<A NAME="sudanize">
<B>Sudanize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make Sudanese. </DL>
<A NAME="sudarium">
<B>sudarium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the handkerchief of Saint Veronica miraculously impressed, according to legend, with the features of Christ when He wiped His face with it on the way to Calvary. <DD><B> 2. </B>a portrait of Christ on a cloth; veronica. <DD><B> 3. </B>any handkerchief (a humorous use). <BR> <I>Ex. The most intrepid veteran ... dares no more than wipe his face with his cambric sudarium (Sydney Smith).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sudary">
<B>sudary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B> <B>=sudarium.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sudation">
<B>sudation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of sweating. </DL>
<A NAME="sudatorium">
<B>sudatorium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-toria.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a heated room in a bathing establishment, used to induce sweating. </DL>
<A NAME="sudatory">
<B>sudatory, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with a sudatorium. <DD><B> 2. </B>producing sweating. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=sudatorium.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sudd">
<B>sudd, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mass of floating vegetable matter on the White Nile which occasionally obstructs navigation. </DL>
<A NAME="sudden">
<B>sudden, </B>adjective, adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>happening or coming without notice, warning, or premonition; not expected. <BR> <I>Ex. a sudden stop, a sudden rise to power. Our troops made a sudden attack on the enemy. The snake ... His notice sudden is (Emily Dickinson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>found or hit upon unexpectedly; abrupt. <BR> <I>Ex. a sudden shift in foreign policy. There was a sudden turn in the road.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>speedy; immediate; quick; rapid. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat made a sudden jump at the mouse. The sudden hush as he took his place at the desk on the dais ... (James Hilton).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) done or acting without forethought; rash; unpremeditated; hasty. <BR> <I>Ex. Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> suddenly. <DD><I>noun </I> (Obsolete.) a sudden need, danger, or other emergency. <BR><I>expr. <B>(all) of a sudden,</B> </I>in a sudden manner; without warning or preparation; suddenly; unexpectedly or quickly. <BR> <I>Ex. As he gazed, he saw of a sudden a man steal forth from the wood (Arthur Conan Doyle). Then all of a sudden appears Caligula, and demands that Claudius should be ... his slave (Frederic W. Farrar).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on</B> (or <B>upon</B>) <B>a sudden,</B> </I>(Archaic.) suddenly; unexpectedly. <BR> <I>Ex. My crop promis'd very well, when on a sudden I found I was in danger of losing it all again (Daniel Defoe).</I> noun <B>suddenness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="suddendeath">
<B>sudden death,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>instant death occurring without warning. <BR> <I>Ex. If I were worthy I would pray God for a sudden death (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Sports.) the immediate ending of a game as soon as one team scores in an overtime period to resolve a tie. <BR> <I>Ex. He won the sudden death playoff on the first extra hole.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="suddeninfantdeathsyndrome">
<B>sudden infant death syndrome,</B> <B>=crib death.</B></DL>
<A NAME="suddenly">
<B>suddenly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a sudden manner; without warning or preparation; all at once. <BR> <I>Ex. Suddenly he turned from the window and rushed out into the night (Ernest Hemingway).</I> (SYN) abruptly, unexpectedly. </DL>
<A NAME="sudeten">
<B>Sudeten, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of the Sudetenland, a region in northern Czechoslovakia. </DL>
<A NAME="sudor">
<B>sudor, </B>noun. <B>=sweat.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sudoral">
<B>sudoral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with sweat. </DL>
<A NAME="sudoriferous">
<B>sudoriferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> secreting or causing sweat. noun <B>sudoriferousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sudorific">
<B>sudorific, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>causing or promoting sweat. <DD><B> 2. </B>secreting sweat. <DD><I>noun </I> a sudorific agent or remedy. </DL>
<B>Sudra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of the lowest of the four major Hindu castes. </DL>
<A NAME="suds">
<B>suds, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun pl. </I> <B>1. </B>soapy water. <BR> <I>Ex. She rested in a bath of warm suds.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>bubbles and foam on soapy water; soapsuds. <BR> <I>Ex. The children blew the suds off the top of the water.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>any froth or foam. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Slang.) beer. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to wash with soapy water. <BR> <I>Ex. We noticed four New Yorkers carefully sudsing and hosing their cars (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make suds; form foam on soapy water. <BR> <I>Ex. Some detergents suds too much.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sudser">
<B>sudser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something that produces suds. <BR> <I>Ex. The washer has a built-in sudser (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sudsless">
<B>sudsless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without suds; forming no suds. <BR> <I>Ex. a sudsless soap.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sudsy">
<B>sudsy, </B>adjective, <B>sudsier,</B> <B>sudsiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>full of soapsuds. <DD><B> 2. </B>full of foam. <BR> <I>Ex. sudsy beer.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) characteristic of soap operas; soap-operatic. <BR> <I>Ex. cloying sentimentality and the pseudodramatic froth typical of sudsy afternoon television dilemmas (New York Times).</I> </DL>
