<B>suffragan, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bishop consecrated to assist another bishop. <DD><B> 2. </B>any bishop considered in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan. <DD><I>adj. </I> assisting. </DL>
<A NAME="suffraganbishop">
<B>suffragan bishop,</B> <B>=suffragan.</B></DL>
<A NAME="suffraganship">
<B>suffraganship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position of suffragan. </DL>
<A NAME="suffrage">
<B>suffrage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the right to vote, especially the right to vote as a citizen in national or local elections, referendums, and the like; franchise. <BR> <I>Ex. The United States granted suffrage to women in 1920.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the exercise of this right; casting of votes; voting. <DD><B> 3. </B>a vote, usually in support of a proposal or candidate; ballot cast in an election, referendum, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. The election of a new emperor was referred to the suffrage of the military order (Edward Gibbon).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a short prayer or supplication. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) approval; assent; sanction; consent. </DL>
<A NAME="suffragette">
<B>suffragette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman supporter of the cause of suffrage for women. </DL>
<A NAME="suffragettism">
<B>suffragettism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the support of suffrage for women. </DL>
<A NAME="suffragism">
<B>suffragism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the advocacy of the grant or extension of political suffrage, especially to women. </DL>
<A NAME="suffragist">
<B>suffragist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who favors or actively supports giving suffrage to more people, especially to women. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a suffragist or suffragists. <BR> <I>Ex. suffragist literature.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="suffrutescent">
<B>suffrutescent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) somewhat woody or shrubby at the base. </DL>
<A NAME="suffrutex">
<B>suffrutex, </B>noun, pl. <B>suffrutices.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an undershrub, or very small shrub; a low plant with decidedly woody stems, as the trailing arbutus. <DD><B> 2. </B>a plant having a woody base but a herbaceous annual growth above. </DL>
<A NAME="suffruticose">
<B>suffruticose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD><B> 1. </B>having the character of a suffrutex; small with woody stems. <DD><B> 2. </B>woody at the base but herbaceous above. </DL>
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<B>suffumigate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-gated,</B> <B>-gating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to fumigate from below. </DL>
<A NAME="suffumigation">
<B>suffumigation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> fumigation from below. </DL>
<A NAME="suffuse">
<B>suffuse, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fused,</B> <B>-fusing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to overspread (as with a color, liquid, or dye). <BR> <I>Ex. At twilight the sky was suffused with color. Her eyes were suffused with tears. (Figurative.) A broad smile suffused his face.</I> (SYN) cover. </DL>
<A NAME="suffusion">
<B>suffusion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of suffusing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being suffused. <DD><B> 3. </B>that with which anything is overspread. <DD><B> 4. </B>a flush of color. <BR> <I>Ex. There was a healthful suffusion on their cheeks (Hawthorne).</I> (SYN) blush, blow. </DL>
<A NAME="suffusive">
<B>suffusive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to suffuse. </DL>
<A NAME="sufi">
<B>Sufi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sect of Moslem mystics and ascetics, especially in Persia, that originated early in the history of Islam. The monastic and ascetic dervishes and fakirs derive from this sect. <DD><B> 2. </B>an adherent of this sect. </DL>
<A NAME="sufic">
<B>Sufic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Sufi or their mystical system. </DL>
<A NAME="sufism">
<B>Sufism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the mystical system of the Sufi, using a symbolism popular with Moslem poets. </DL>
<A NAME="sufistic">
<B>Sufistic, </B>adjective. <B>=Sufic.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sug">
<B>sug-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of <B>sub-</B> before <I>g,</I> as in <BR> <I>Ex. suggest.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sugan">
<B>sugan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Especially Irish.) <DD><B> a. </B>a straw rope. <DD><B> b. </B>a saddle of straw or rushes. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Irish, Western U.S.) a heavy coverlet, as for a bed. Also, <B>sougan.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sugar">
<B>sugar, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a sweet, white or brown, usually crystalline substance, obtained chiefly from sugar cane or sugar beets and used commonly in food products; sucrose; saccharose. <DD><B> b. </B>(Especially British.) a lump or piece of this substance. <BR> <I>Ex. "I just know how many sugars each ... needs in his tea" (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) any one of the class of carbohydrates to which this substance belongs. Glucose, lactose, and maltose are sugars. Most plants manufacture sugar. Sugars are soluble in water, sweet to the taste, and either directly or indirectly fermentable. According to their chemical structure, sugars are classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides, and trisaccharides. <DD><B> 3. </B>something resembling sugar in form or taste. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) sweet or honeyed words; flattery. <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S. Informal.) darling; dear. <BR> <I>Ex. "I could use a drink, sugar," I said (James Dickey).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) money. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put sugar in; sweeten with sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. She sugared her tea.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to cover with sugar; sprinkle with sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. to sugar doughnuts.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to cause to seem pleasant or agreeable; sugarcoat. <BR> <I>Ex. He sugared his criticism of the play with some praise for the performers. The ... sugared ... cajoleries that the two women directed upon him (Arnold Bennett).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to form crystals of sugar; granulate. <BR> <I>Ex. Honey sugars if kept too long.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>sugar off,</B> </I>to make maple sugar by boiling down the maple sap. <BR> <I>Ex. Families that you find up in the hills ... sugaring off in the spring (William D. Howells).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>sugar up,</B> </I>(Informal.) to flatter; butter up. <BR> <I>Ex. He never sugars up these guys on the committees, although he knows it might make life easier (Atlantic).</I> adj. <B>sugarlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sugarapple">
<B>sugar apple,</B> <B>=sweetsop.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sugarbeet">
<B>sugar beet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large beet with a white root used in making sugar. </DL>
<A NAME="sugarberry">
<B>sugarberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B> <B>=hackberry.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sugarbird">
<B>sugarbird, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various small birds that feed on the nectar of flowers, such as the honey eater and certain South African sunbirds. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) the evening grosbeak (believed by the Indians to like maple sugar). </DL>
<A NAME="sugarbowl">
<B>sugar bowl,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, bowl-shaped dish, usually with a cover and often with handles, used for sugar at the table. </DL>
<A NAME="sugarbush">
<B>sugarbush, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a grove or plantation of sugar maples; sugar orchard. <DD><B> 2. </B>the sugar maples on a particular tract or in a particular area, as distinguished from other kinds of trees. </DL>
<A NAME="sugarcandy">
<B>sugar candy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>candy made by boiling pure sugar and allowing it to crystallize. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything like sugar candy; something sweet, pleasant, or delicious. <BR> <I>Ex. Lord John Russell, to whom a rap at the University was always sugar candy (Frederic E. Gretton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sugarcandy">
<B>sugar-candy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> sugared; honeyed; excessively sweet. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) sugar-candy hymns, (Figurative.) sugar-candy words of flattery.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sugarcane">
<B>sugar cane,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very tall grass, with a strong, jointed stem and long, flat leaves, growing in warm regions. Sugar cane is one of the chief sources of manufactured sugar. </DL>
<A NAME="sugarcoat">
<B>sugar-coat, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to cover with sugar; put a coating of sugar on. <BR> <I>Ex. to sugar-coat pills.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to cause to seem more pleasant or agreeable. <BR> <I>Ex. to sugar-coat discipline with humor. Through front organizations and membership on semiofficial committees, they will propagate sugar-coated versions of their main ideas (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sugarcoating">
<B>sugar-coating, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a covering with sugar. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a thing that makes something seem more pleasant or agreeable. </DL>
<A NAME="sugarcorn">
<B>sugar corn,</B> <B>=sweet corn.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sugardaddy">
<B>sugar daddy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an older man generous with gifts to younger women. </DL>
<B>sugared, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>containing, impregnated, or coated with sugar; sweetened with sugar. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) honeyed. <BR> <I>Ex. sugared words of flattery.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sugarhouse">
<B>sugarhouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(U.S.) a building near or in a sugar orchard, in which the sap from the sugar maples is reduced, by boiling, into maple syrup or maple sugar. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sugar factory; sugarworks. </DL>
<B>sugaring off,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of making maple sugar, by boiling off the free liquid from maple sap. <DD><B> 2. </B>a gathering of neighbors at a sugarhouse to help in the making of maple sugar, marked traditionally by much jolity and humor. <DD><B> 3. </B>a social gathering patterned on this, now often for the entertainment of tourists or visitors. </DL>
<A NAME="sugarless">
<B>sugarless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without sugar. <BR> <I>Ex. sugarless soda pop or chewing gum.</I> </DL>
