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Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.

Higher than celestial; superangelic.

To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.

Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws. J. Le Conte.

Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.]

Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.

Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness, n.

The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.

The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.

Superfetation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Remote consequence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] Johnson.

Same as Supracretaceous.

Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn.

The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

See Dreadnought, above.

The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman. Ayliffe. He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own supereminence. Prof. Wilson.

Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.

Supererogatory. [Obs.]