| surmullet | <zoology> Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, especially. The European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet. Origin: F. Surmulet; saur, saure, brownish yellow, red + mulet a mullet. See Sorrel, and Mullet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| surmulot | <zoology> The brown, or Norway, rat. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suroxidate | <chemistry> To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suroxide | <chemistry> A peroxide. Origin: Cf. F. Suroxyde. See Sur-, and Oxide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| surplice | A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations. Surplice fees, fees paid to the English clergy for occasional duties. Origin: F. Surplis, OF. Surpeiz, LL. Superpellicium; super over + pellicium, pelliceum, a robe of fur, L. Pellicius made of skins. See Pelisse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| surplus electricity | Electricity produced by cogeneration equipment in excess of the needs of an associated factory or business. (05 Dec 1998) |
| surprise | 1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack. "Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites." (Isa. Xxxiii. 14) "The castle of Macduff I will surprise." (Shak) "Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised his heart?" (Thomson) 2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me. "I am surprised with an uncouth fear." (Shak) "Up he starts, Discovered and surprised." (Milton) 3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity. 4. To hold possession of; to hold. "Not with me, That in my hands surprise the sovereignity." (J. Webster) Synonym: See Astonish. Origin: From Surprise,: cf. F. Surprendre, p.p. Surpris. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| surra | A protozoan disease of camels, horses, mules, dogs, cattle, and other mammals in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America, caused by Trypanosoma evansi; infection is generally by mechanical transmission by a bloodsucking species of Stomoxys or Tabanus. See: murrina. Origin: East Indian name (05 Mar 2000) |
| surrenal | <anatomy> Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. A suprarenal capsule. <anatomy> Suprarenal capsules, two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called renal capsules, and suprarenal bodies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| surrogate | 1. A person who functions in another's life as a substitute for some third person such as a relative who assumes the nurturing and other responsibilities of the absent parent. 2. A person who reminds one of another person so that one uses the first as an emotional substitute for the second. Origin: L. Surrogo, to put in another's place (05 Mar 2000) |
| surrogate marker | <biology> A laboratory measurement of biological activity within the body that indirectly indicates the effect of treatment on disease state. CD4 cell counts and viral load are examples of surrogate markers in HIV infection. (19 Jan 1998) |
| surrogate mother | A woman who has been contracted with to carry a pregnancy for another woman or couple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surrogate mothers | Women who allow themselves to be impregnated with the understanding that the offspring are to be given over to the parents who have commissioned the surrogate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surroundings | <chemistry> Everything in the universe surrounding a thermodynamic system. (09 Jan 1998) |
| surrow | <zoology> The thar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |