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The upper jaw or maxilla.

Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve.

Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.

The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation; supernaturalism.

A supernaturalist.

Of or pertaining to supernaturalism; supernaturalistic.

Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n.

Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Situated above the orbit of the eye. Supraorbital point (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon.

Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee. Burrill.

Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

A suprarenal capsule. Suprarenal capsules (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called renal capsules, and suprarenal bodies.

Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

The suprastapedial part of the columella.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

A supratemporal bone.