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| SUBSTANTIAL | | adj. - a of real importance or value. B large in size or amount.
- solid; sturdy.
- commercially successful; wealthy.
- essential; largely true.
- real; existing. substantially adv. [latin: related to *substance] | |
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| SUBSTANTIVE | | —adj. - genuine, actual, real.
- not slight; substantial. —n. Gram. = *noun. substantively adv. | |
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| SUCHANDSUCH | | —attrib. Adj. Of a particular kind but not needing to be specified. —n. Such a person or thing. | |
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| SUFFICIENCY | | n. (pl. -ies) (often foll. By of) adequate amount. | |
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| SUFFRAGETTE | | n. Hist. Woman seeking suffrage by organized protest. | |
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| SUGGESTIBLE | | adj. - easily influenced.
- capable of being suggested. suggestibility n. | |
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| SULFONAMIDE | | n. (brit. Sulphonamide) any of a class of antibiotic drugs containing sulphur. [german sulfon (related to *sulphur), amide a derivative of *ammonia] | |
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| SULPHUREOUS | | adj. (us sulfureous) of or like sulphur. | |
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| SUMMERHOUSE | | n. Light building in a garden etc. For sitting in in fine weather. | |
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| SUPERCHARGE | | v. (-ging) 1 (usu. Foll. By with) charge (the atmosphere etc.) With energy, emotion, etc.
- use a supercharger on. | |
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