Jack was living in Arizona during a heat wave when the following took place.
"It"s just too hot to wear clothes today," complained Jack as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?"
"Probably that I married you for your money."
- membership fee, esp. Paid regularly. —attrib. Adj. Paid for mainly by advance sales of tickets (subscription concert).
SUBSTANTIATE
v. (-ting) prove the truth of (a charge, claim, etc.). substantiation n.
SUBSTRUCTURE
n. Underlying or supporting structure.
SUBTERRANEAN
adj. Underground. [latin terra land]
SULPHONAMIDE
n. (us sulfonamide) any of a class of antibiotic drugs containing sulphur. [german sulfon (related to *sulphur), amide a derivative of *ammonia]
SUPERANNUATE
v. (-ting) 1 pension (a person) off.
- dismiss or discard as too old.
- (as superannuated adj.) Too old for work or use. [latin annus year]
SUPERCHARGER
n. Device supplying air or fuel to an internal-combustion engine at above atmospheric pressure to increase efficiency.
SUPERCILIOUS
adj. Contemptuous; haughty. superciliously adv. Superciliousness n. [latin supercilium eyebrow]
SUPERNATURAL
—adj. Not attributable to, or explicable by, the laws of nature; magical; mystical. —n. (prec. By the) supernatural forces, effects, etc. supernaturally adv.
SUPERSTITION
n. - belief in the supernatural; irrational fear of the unknown.
- practice, belief, or religion based on this. superstitious adj. Superstitiously adv. [latin]
