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851 words match “ABOVE”

SUPERMAN n.
= Overman, above.
SUPERMATERIAL a.
Being above, or superior to, matter.
SUPERMEDIAL a.
Above the middle.
SUPERMUNDANE a.
Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. Cudworth.
SUPERNAL a.
Relating or belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace. Not by the sufferance of supernal power. Milton.
SUPERNATANT a.
Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water. SUPERNATANT Su`per*na"tant, n. (Chem.)
SUPERPHYSICAL a.
Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws. Something superphysical and superchemical. J. Le Conte.
SUPERPOLITIC a.
More than politic; above or exceeding policy. Milton.
SUPERPONDERATE v.
To wiegh over and above. [Obs.]
SUPERSCRIPTION n.
That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like. Holland. The superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. Mark xv. 26.
SUPERSECULAR a.
Being above the world, or secular things. Bp. Hall.
SUPERSENSIBLE a.
Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
SUPERSOLAR a.
Above the sun. Emerson.
SUPERSPHENOIDAL a.
Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
SUPERSTRATUM n.
A stratum, or layer, above another.
SUPERSTRUCTURE n.
all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. Dryden.
SUPERTERRANEAN a.
Being above ground. "Superterranean quarries." Mrs. Trollope.
SUPERTERRENE a.
Being above ground, or above the earth. [R.]
SUPERTERRESTRIAL a.
Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. Buckminster.
SUPERTONIC n.
The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale. Busby.
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