<B>suspensor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a suspensory muscle, ligament, bandage, or other part or device. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) a group of cells at the extremity of the embryo that help position the embryo in relation to its food supply. </DL>
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<B>suspensory, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>serving or fitted to hold up or support. <BR> <I>Ex. a suspensory bandage.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>stopping for a while; leaving undecided. <DD><I>noun </I> a muscle, ligament, bandage, or other part or device that holds up or supports a part of the body. </DL>
<A NAME="suspensoryligament">
<B>suspensory ligament,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a supporting ligament, especially the membrane that holds the lens of the eye in place. </DL>
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<B>sus. per coll.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> hanged by the neck (Latin, <I>suspendatur per collum</I>). <BR> <I>Ex. that lamentable note of sus. per coll. at the name of the last male of her line (Thackeray).</I> </DL>
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<B>suspicion, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the state of mind of one who suspects; act of suspecting. <BR> <I>Ex. The real thief tried to turn suspicion toward others.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an instance of this. <BR> <I>Ex. Her suspicions were aroused.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition of being suspected. <DD><B> 4. </B>a very small amount; slight trace; suggestion. <BR> <I>Ex. She spokewith a suspicion of spite.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a slight belief or idea; faint notion; inkling. <BR> <I>Ex. not a suspicion of danger.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> (U.S. Dialect.) to suspect. <BR> <I>Ex. She naturally suspicioned most things she read (Dayton Rommel).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>above suspicion,</B> </I>not to be suspected. <BR> <I>Ex. Our old servants are above suspicion. The wife of Caesar must be above suspicion (Charles Merivale). The rare red-brown sixpenny Barbados [stamp], unperforated, ... is not altogether above suspicion (Philatelist).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on suspicion,</B> </I>because of being suspected. <BR> <I>Ex. He was arrested on suspicion of robbery. As the result of a student demonstration in which he had played no important part, he [Lenin] was dismissed from the University of Kazan on suspicion as the brother of the terrorist (Edmund Wilson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>under suspicion,</B> </I>suspected. <BR> <I>Ex. He was under suspicion as an accomplice in the theft.</I> </DL>
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<B>suspicional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with suspicion. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with or characterized by morbid or insane suspicions. </DL>
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<B>suspicious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>causing one to suspect; deserving of or exciting suspicion. <BR> <I>Ex. A man was hanging about the house in a suspicious manner.</I> (SYN) questionable, doubtful. <DD><B> 2. </B>feeling suspicion; suspecting; mistrustful. <BR> <I>Ex. Our dog is suspicious of strangers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>showing or characterized by suspicion. <BR> <I>Ex. The dog gave a suspicious sniff at my leg.</I> adv. <B>suspiciously.</B> noun <B>suspiciousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>suspiration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sigh. <BR> <I>Ex. windy suspirations of forced breath (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>suspire, </B>verb, <B>-pired,</B> <B>-piring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Poetic.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to sigh or long; yearn. <DD><B> 2. </B>to breathe. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to breathe forth. <BR> <I>Ex. a bolt from heaven ... suspiring flame (Robert Browning).</I> </DL>
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<B>Susquehanna, </B>noun, pl. <B>-na</B> or <B>-nas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an Iroquoian tribe living along the Susquehanna River. </DL>
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<B>suss, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) Usually, <B>suss out.</B> to figure out. <BR> <I>Ex. Do not, please, tell me ... that youth susses things out for itself (Anthony Burgess). Then there are those people who reckon they have got you all sussed out (Listener).</I> </DL>
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<B>Suss.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Sussex. </DL>
<A NAME="sussex">
<B>Sussex, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of an English breed of chicken raised for meat and eggs. It has white skin and light, speckled, or red plumage, and lays eggs with brown shells. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of an English breed of beef cattle. </DL>
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<B>Sussex spaniel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of an English breed of spaniel developed in the 1800's, having a bright liver color, short neck and legs, and reaching a height of about 16 inches and weight of about 45 pounds. </DL>
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<B>sustain, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to keep up; keep going; maintain; prolong. <BR> <I>Ex. Hope sustains him in his misery. The arts by which he sustains the reader's interest (Benjamin Jowett). ... Sympathy's sustaining bread (Louisa May Alcott).</I> (SYN) aid, assist, comfort. <DD><B> 2. </B>to supply as with food or provisions. <BR> <I>Ex. to sustain a family. She eats barely enough to sustain life.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to hold up; support. <BR> <I>Ex. Columns and arches sustain the weight of the roof.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to bear; endure. <BR> <I>Ex. The sea wall sustains the shock of the waves.</I> (SYN) withstand, stand. <DD><B> 5. </B>to suffer; experience. <BR> <I>Ex. to sustain a broken leg. She sustained a great loss in the death of her husband.</I> (SYN) undergo. <DD><B> 6. </B>to allow; admit; favor. <BR> <I>Ex. The court sustained his claim.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to agree with; confirm. <BR> <I>Ex. The facts sustain her theory.</I> (SYN) corroborate, sanction. noun <B>sustainer.</B> </DL>
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<B>sustainable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be sustained. </DL>
<A NAME="sustained">
<B>sustained, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>kept up without intermission or flagging. <BR> <I>Ex. a sustained attack, sustained illness. Her sustained chatter was unbearable.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>maintained uniformly, especially at a high pitch or level. <BR> <I>Ex. the best sustained performance.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Music.) of a tone or note: <DD><B> a. </B>held to its full time value. <DD><B> b. </B>maintained for several beats or measures in one part while the other parts progress. </DL>
<A NAME="sustainedly">
<B>sustainedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a sustained manner. </DL>
<A NAME="sustainedyield">
<B>sustained yield,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the continuing yield of a biological resource, such as a forestry or fishery crop, by special, controlled harvesting, usually aimed at a steady optimum yield. </DL>
<A NAME="sustainerengine">
<B>sustainer engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rocket engine that maintains the speed reached by a booster engine. </DL>
<A NAME="sustainingprogram">
<B>sustaining program,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a radio or television program having no commercial sponsor but maintained at the expense of a station or network. </DL>
<A NAME="sustainment">
<B>sustainment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of sustaining. <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being sustained. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person or thing that sustains; means of support; sustenance. </DL>
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<B>sustenance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>means of sustaining life; food or provisions; nourishment. <BR> <I>Ex. The lost campers went without sustenance for two days.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>means of living or subsistence; support. <BR> <I>Ex. He gave money for the sustenance of his aged relatives.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the act or process of sustaining. <DD><B> 4. </B>the condition of being sustained. </DL>
<B>sustentation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of keeping up an establishment, building, or institution; upkeep; maintenance. <DD><B> 2. </B>preservation of a condition or state, especially human life. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of maintaining a person or concrete thing in being or activity (used especially in the 1600's of divine support). <DD><B> 4. </B>support; sustenance. </DL>
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<B>sustentative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the quality of sustaining. </DL>
<A NAME="sustention">
<B>sustention, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of sustaining or keeping up something, such as a condition or feeling. <DD><B> 2. </B>the holding on of a musical tone. <DD><B> 3. </B>the quality of being sustained in argument or style. </DL>
<A NAME="sustentive">
<B>sustentive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the quality or property of sustaining. </DL>
<A NAME="susu">
<B>susu</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a blind freshwater mammal related to and resembling the dolphin, found in the Indus, Ganges, and other large rivers of India. </DL>
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<B>susu</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anthropology.) a kinship group, such as found among the Dobus, consisting of a woman, her brother, and children of the woman. </DL>
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<B>Susu, </B>noun, pl. <B>-su</B> or <B>-sus,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of a cattle-herding people of Guinea and Sierra Leone. <DD><B> 2. </B>their Mandingo language. <DD><I>adj. </I> of this people or their language. </DL>
<A NAME="susurrant">
<B>susurrant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> softly rustling or murmuring; whispering. </DL>
<A NAME="susurrate">
<B>susurrate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-rated,</B> <B>-rating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) to whisper. </DL>
<B>susurrus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a low, soft, whispering sound; whisper. <BR> <I>Ex. the soft susurrus and sighs of the branches (Longfellow).</I> </DL>
