<B>sunspot minimum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the period during the sunspot cycle in which sunspots are least frequent. </DL>
<A NAME="sunstar">
<B>sun star,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various starfishes having many rays. </DL>
<A NAME="sunstone">
<B>sunstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several varieties of feldspar showing red or golden-yellow reflections. </DL>
<A NAME="sunstroke">
<B>sunstroke, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sudden illness caused by too long exposure to the sun's rays or by too much heat. Sunstroke results in extreme exhaustion and, often, loss of consciousness. </DL>
<A NAME="sunstruck">
<B>sunstruck, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> overcome by the heat of the sun; affected with sunstroke. </DL>
<A NAME="sunsuit">
<B>sunsuit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> short pants held up by shoulder straps often attached to a bib and worn without a shirt by children for playing in the sun. </DL>
<A NAME="sunswept">
<B>sunswept, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> swept by the sun; exposed to steady sunlight. <BR> <I>Ex. sunswept port towns (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="suntan">
<B>suntan, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the reddish-brown color of a person's skin tanned by the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. He had collected a walnut suntan from the top of his bald head to practically his toes (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a light, yellowish brown; khaki. <BR> <I>Ex. Sizes 8 to 18 in suntan, white, aqua ... and black (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> light yellowish-brown; khaki. <BR><I>expr. <B>suntans,</B> </I>a tan military uniform for summer wear; khaki shirt and trousers. <BR> <I>Ex. Tough ... soldiers in suntans deployed briskly (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="suntanlotion">
<B>suntan lotion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lotion containing a chemical substance that screens the sun's ultraviolet rays and prevents sunburn. </DL>
<A NAME="suntanned">
<B>sun-tanned</B> or <B>suntanned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a suntan. <BR> <I>Ex. His blue eyes were startlingly clear, and, like most sun-tanned people, he looked very healthy (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="suntans">
<B>suntans, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>suntan.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="suntime">
<B>sun time,</B> =apparent solar time.</DL>
<A NAME="suntrap">
<B>sun trap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place or device for catching sunshine. <BR> <I>Ex. As it is protected by the cliffs, this beach is a real sun trap (Observer).</I> </DL>
<B>sun visor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a flap above the windshield of a car, truck, bus, locomotive, or airplane, that can be lowered to shield the eyes from the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. Their automobile has sun visors that can swing from the front to the side.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a fixed sheet of metal or tinted plastic on the outside of a car, truck, bus, or locomotive, to shield the eyes from the sun. </DL>
<A NAME="sunward">
<B>sunward, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> toward the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. He glanced briefly sunward as the cloud cast its shadow (adv.). Apples grow larger on the sunward side of the tree (adj.).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sunwards">
<B>sunwards, </B>adverb. =sunward.</DL>
<A NAME="sunwise">
<B>sunwise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> from left to right; clockwise. </DL>
<A NAME="sunworship">
<B>sun worship,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the worship of the sun, especially as the symbol of the deity or as a source of light and heat. </DL>
<A NAME="suny">
<B>SUNY</B> (no periods) or <B>S.U.N.Y.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> State University of New York. </DL>
<A NAME="suojure">
<B>suo jure,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in one's own right. </DL>
<A NAME="suoloco">
<B>suo loco,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in its own or proper place. </DL>
<A NAME="sup">
<B>sup</B> (1), verb, <B>supped,</B> <B>supping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to eat the evening meal; take supper. <BR> <I>Ex. He supped alone on bread and milk.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to give a supper to or for. </DL>
<B>super, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Informal.) a superintendent, especially of an apartment house or office building. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) an extra person or thing; supernumerary. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) a supernumerary actor; extra. <BR> <I>Ex. to use 300 supers for a mob scene.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Commerce.) goods of extremely fine quality, superior grade, or very large size. <DD><B> 5. </B>a thin, starched cotton of open weave used in reinforcing books. <BR> <I>Ex. On most sewed books, the machine glues a strip of reinforcing mesh fabric, called super, to the rounded backbone. This super is about two inches wider than the thickness of the book (Frank B. Myrick).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=superhive.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> (Slang.) <B>1. </B>of superlative quality; excellent. <BR> <I>Ex. super-deluxe accommodations.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>superior; extraordinary. <BR> <I>Ex. a super gentleman, super elegance.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to reinforce (books) with super. </DL>
<A NAME="super">
<B>super-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) <DD><B> 1. </B>over; above. <BR> <I>Ex. Superimpose = to impose over or above.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>besides; further. <BR> <I>Ex. Superadd = to add besides or further.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>in high proportion; to excess; exceedingly. <BR> <I>Ex. Superabundant = abundant to excess.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>surpassing. <BR> <I>Ex. Supernatural = surpassing the natural.</I> </DL>
<B>superability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being superable. </DL>
<A NAME="superable">
<B>superable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be overcome or vanquished; surmountable. (SYN) conquerable, vincible. noun <B>superableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="superably">
<B>superably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> so as to be superable. <BR> <I>Ex. a superably built obstacle.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superabound">
<B>superabound, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to be very abundant; occur in great quantity or numbers. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be too abundant; occur in excessive quantity or numbers. </DL>
<A NAME="superabundance">
<B>superabundance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a very great abundance. <BR> <I>Ex. a superabundance of rain.</I> (SYN) profusion. <DD><B> 2. </B>a greater amount than is needed. <BR> <I>Ex. a superabundance of evidence (William Dwight Whitney).</I> (SYN) superfluity. </DL>
<A NAME="superabundant">
<B>superabundant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very abundant; ample. <DD><B> 2. </B>tooabundant; more than enough; excessive. adv. <B>superabundantly.</B> </DL>
<B>superactinide series,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a predicted series of superheavy chemical elements which is to follow the transactinide series in the periodic table. </DL>
<B>superadd, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to add besides; add further (to what already exists). <BR> <I>Ex. A toothache was superadded to her other troubles. Jealousy was now superadded to a deeply-rooted enmity (John F. Kirk).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to add over and above; add to what has been added. <BR> <I>Ex. A French war is added to the American; and there is ... reason ... to expect a Spanish war to be superadded to the French (Edmund Burke).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superaddition">
<B>superaddition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of superadding. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being superadded. <DD><B> 3. </B>something that is superadded. </DL>
<A NAME="superaerodynamics">
<B>superaerodynamics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of aerodynamics that deals with bodies in motion at very high altitudes and speeds, and with the motion of air that contains only a few molecules. </DL>
<A NAME="superagency">
<B>superagency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large agency, especially of the government, which is in charge of a group of smaller agencies. <BR> <I>Ex. ... proposed the creation of a superagency that eventually would coordinate all transportation in the tri-state metropolitan area (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superalloy">
<B>superalloy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an alloy developed to resist high temperatures, stresses, and oxidation. <BR> <I>Ex. Superalloys such as nickel and cobalt-base alloys, even though some of them can withstand temperatures as high as 1,800 degrees F., will not hold up under the high-temperature requirements of upcoming jets, reactors, and rockets (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superaltar">
<B>superaltar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Ecclesiastical.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a portable stone slab consecrated for use upon an unconsecrated altar, a table, or the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>a structure above and at the back of an altar, such as a reredos or a gradin. </DL>
<A NAME="superannuable">
<B>superannuable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) qualifying one for a pension. <BR> <I>Ex. Posts are superannuable and an allowance of £50 per child is paid (Economist).</I> </DL>
