<B>Superfort, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large, heavily armored, American bombing plane used especially against Japan in the latter part of World War II, officially designated as a B-29. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar bombing plane officially designated as a B-50. </DL>
<B>superfuel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fuel that surpasses all others in energy and performance. <BR> <I>Ex. This giant booster probably burned the usual kerosene fuel and liquid-oxygen oxidizer rather than some new superfuel (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superfuse">
<B>superfuse, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fused,</B> <B>-fusing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to pour on something. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be poured on something. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=supercool.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="superfusion">
<B>superfusion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of superfusing or pouring liquid over something. <DD><B> 2. </B>the cooling of a liquid below its freezing point without solidification taking place. </DL>
<A NAME="supergalactic">
<B>supergalactic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a supergalaxy. </DL>
<A NAME="supergalaxy">
<B>supergalaxy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-axies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cluster of galaxies. <BR> <I>Ex. the supergalaxy of which the Milky Way is a part (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="supergene">
<B>supergene, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of genes that function as a single gene in genetic transmission, usually as a result of an inversion in the normal arrangement of genes in the chromosomes. <BR> <I>Ex. These supergenes are visible in the giant chromosomes of Drosophila larvae (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="supergiant">
<B>supergiant, </B>noun, or <B>supergiant star,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various extremely large and brilliant stars, ranging in luminosity from 100 to 10,000 or more times that of the sun. They are most common in the spiral galaxies and many can be seen in the Large (Magellanic) Cloud. <BR> <I>Ex. Supergiant stars are extraordinarily large and luminous giants. Examples are Rigel and Betelgeuse (Robert H. Baker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superglacial">
<B>superglacial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated or occurring upon a surface of ice, especially of a glacier. adv. <B>superglacially.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="supergovernment">
<B>supergovernment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a central organization formed by a group of governments to regulate relations among members and on matters of common interest. <BR> <I>Ex. The UN represents not a supergovernment, not a separate institutional personality, but one of a number of forums on which governments communicate with one another (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a government which has very extensive powers. <DD><B> 3. </B>rule by a supergovernment. <BR> <I>Ex. As long as we expect supergovernment from the UN, we'll remain disillusioned over its "failure" (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="supergravity">
<B>supergravity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the gravitational force of supersymmetry. </DL>
<A NAME="supergroup">
<B>supergroup, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rock'n'roll group made up of members of other rock groups. </DL>
<A NAME="superhawk">
<B>superhawk, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a person who favors total war, including the use of atomic weapons, as a solution in a conflict. </DL>
<A NAME="superheat">
<B>superheat, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to heat to a very high temperature; heat too hot; heat hotter than usual. <BR> <I>Ex. It's hard to manage vapor that's been superheated ... to five or more times the boiling point of water (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to heat (a liquid) above its normal boiling point without causing vaporization. <BR> <I>Ex. The tracks of particles reveal themselves as lines of bubbles in superheated liquid (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to heat (steam) apart from water until it contains no suspended water droplets. The steam then resembles and will remain a dry or perfect gas at the specified pressure. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the excess heat which a vapor acquires when it is superheated from a dry and saturated condition. <DD><B> 2. </B>the temperature range through which the vapor passes. </DL>
<A NAME="superheater">
<B>superheater, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for superheating steam. <BR> <I>Ex. Only 151,000 kilowatts will come from nuclear heat and the remainder from an oil-fired superheater (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superheavy">
<B>superheavy, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-heavies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having a higher atomic number or greater atomic mass than those of the heaviest elements known. <BR> <I>Ex. Superheavy elements are generally created by accelerating heavy ions, such as argon, for interactions with heavier elements, such as uranium (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or belonging to superheavy elements. <BR> <I>Ex. superheavy nuclei.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a superheavy element. <BR> <I>Ex. The superheavies are particularly interesting because some of them may be relatively stable, lasting millions of years instead of fractions of a second (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superhelix">
<B>superhelix, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of DNA consisting of a double helix coiled around itself. adj. <B>superhelical.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="superhero">
<B>superhero, </B>noun, pl. <B>-roes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person greatly admired for extraordinary talents; an extremely accomplished or popular athlete, performer, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. At first base ... superhero Hank Aaron of Atlanta struck up a conversation (New York Times Magazine).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an imaginary character endowed with superhuman powers, especially for fighting crime or injustice. </DL>
<A NAME="superheterodyne">
<B>superheterodyne, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a kind of radio reception which reduces modulated waves (above audibility) to a lower frequency and in later stages rectifies the signals to audio-frequency amplification. <DD><I>noun </I> a superheterodyne radio receiving set. </DL>
<A NAME="superhighfrequency">
<B>superhigh frequency,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any radio frequency between 3,000 and 30,000 megahertz. </DL>
<A NAME="superhighway">
<B>superhighway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a highway for fast driving. Superhighways are often very long and divided in the middle, with two or more lanes for traffic in each direction. <BR> <I>Ex. Thruways and superhighways make industrial parks feasible on the edge of a city rather than in congested downtown areas (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superhive">
<B>superhive, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a removable upper compartment of a beehive. </DL>
<A NAME="superhuman">
<B>superhuman, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>above or beyond what is human. <BR> <I>Ex. Angels are superhuman beings.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>above or beyond ordinary human power, experience, or ability. <BR> <I>Ex. ... that superhuman level of reason which should correspond to the possession of superhuman strength (Wall Street Journal).</I> adv. <B>superhumanly.</B> noun <B>superhumanness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="superhumanity">
<B>superhumanity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being superhuman. </DL>
<A NAME="superhumanize">
<B>superhumanize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make superhuman. </DL>
<A NAME="superimposable">
<B>superimposable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be superimposed. <BR> <I>Ex. Any compound will theoretically do this if one form is not superimposable on its mirror image (Ralph C. Dougherty).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superimpose">
<B>superimpose, </B>transitive verb, <B>-posed,</B> <B>-posing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to put (one object on top of something else); lay above or on the top. <DD><B> 2. </B>to put or join as an addition. </DL>
<A NAME="superimposition">
<B>superimposition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of superimposing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being superimposed. <BR> <I>Ex. Here we have the sudden, more or less complete superimposition of one culture upon an alien one (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superincumbence">
<B>superincumbence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or condition of lying upon something. </DL>
<B>superincumbent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lying or resting on something else; overlying (chiefly in scientific use). <DD><B> 2. </B>situated or suspended above; overhanging. <BR> <I>Ex. It can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>exerted from above. <BR> <I>Ex. a superincumbent pressure.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superinduce">
<B>superinduce, </B>transitive verb, <B>-duced,</B> <B>-ducing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to bring in or develop as an addition; introduce in addition. <BR> <I>Ex. Their improvement cannot come from themselves, but must be superinduced from without (John Stuart Mill).</I> noun <B>superinduction.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="superinfection">
<B>superinfection, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> infection caused a second time or more often by the same kind of germ. <BR> <I>Ex. Continual superinfection, year in, year out, wet season and dry season ... kills or renders immune long before childhood has ended (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="superintend">
<B>superintend, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to oversee and direct (work or workers); manage (a place or institution); supervise. (SYN) administer. </DL>
<B>superintendency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the position, authority, or work of a superintendent. </DL>
<A NAME="superintendent">
<B>superintendent, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who oversees, directs, or manages; supervisor. <BR> <I>Ex. a superintendent of schools, a superintendent of a factory or apartment house.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) Supt. (SYN) controller. <DD><I>adj. </I> superintending. </DL>
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<A NAME="superintendentship">
<B>superintendentship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position of superintendent. </DL>
