| surjection | (noun) a mathematical function that is an onto mapping. | Synonyms: onto function, surjective function |
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| surliness | (noun) a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger | Synonyms: biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, temper |
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| surmisal | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise |
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| surmise | (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal |
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| surmounter | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: overcomer, subduer |
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| surmullet | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: goatfish, Mullus surmuletus, red mullet |
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| surname | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | Synonyms: cognomen, family name, last name |
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| surplice | (noun) a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves | - |
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| surplus | (noun) a quantity much larger than is needed | Synonyms: excess, nimiety, surplusage |
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| surplusage | (noun) a quantity much larger than is needed | Synonyms: excess, nimiety, surplus |
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| surprint | (noun) something added by overprinting | Synonyms: overprint |
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| surprisal | (noun) the act of surprising someone | Synonyms: surprise |
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| surprise | (noun) the act of surprising someone | Synonyms: surprisal |
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| (noun) a sudden unexpected event | - |
| (noun) the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you | - |
| surpriser | (noun) a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim | - |
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| surprisingness | (noun) extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected | Synonyms: unexpectedness |
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| surrealism | (noun) a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams | - |
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| surrealist | (noun) an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism | - |
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| surrebuttal | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter | Synonyms: surrebutter |
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| surrebutter | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter | Synonyms: surrebuttal |
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| surrejoinder | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder | - |
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| surrender | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, fall |
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| (noun) the delivery of a principal into lawful custody | - |
| (noun) a verbal act of admitting defeat | Synonyms: giving up, yielding |
| (noun) acceptance of despair | Synonyms: resignation |
| surrenderer | (noun) a person who yields or surrenders | Synonyms: yielder |
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| surrey | (noun) a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats | - |
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| surrogate | (noun) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others | Synonyms: deputy |
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| (noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: alternate, replacement |
| surround | (noun) the area in which something exists or lives | Synonyms: environment, environs, surroundings |
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| surroundings | (noun) the area in which something exists or lives | Synonyms: environment, environs, surround |
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| (noun) the environmental condition | Synonyms: milieu |
| surtax | (noun) an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed | Synonyms: supertax |
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| surtitle | (noun) translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage | Synonyms: supertitle |
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| surtout | (noun) a man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat | - |
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| surveillance | (noun) close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | - |
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| survey | (noun) the act of looking or seeing or observing | Synonyms: sight, view |
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| (noun) a detailed critical inspection | Synonyms: study |
| (noun) short descriptive summary (of events) | Synonyms: resume, sketch |
| surveying | (noun) the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | - |
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| surveyor | (noun) an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures | - |
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| (noun) someone who conducts a statistical survey | - |
| survival | (noun) something that survives | - |
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| (noun) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | Synonyms: natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest |
| (noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: endurance |
| survivalist | (noun) someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation | - |
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| survivor | (noun) an animal that survives in spite of adversity | - |
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| (noun) one who outlives another | - |
| (noun) one who lives through affliction | Synonyms: subsister |
| susurration | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: voicelessness, whisper, whispering |
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| (noun) the indistinct sound of people whispering | Synonyms: susurrus |
| susurrus | (noun) the indistinct sound of people whispering | Synonyms: susurration |
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| tonsure | (noun) shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order | - |
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| (noun) the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head | - |
| treasure | (noun) art highly prized for its beauty or perfection | Synonyms: gem |
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| (noun) a collection of precious things | - |
| (noun) accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | Synonyms: hoarded wealth |
| (noun) any possession that is highly valued by its owner | - |
| treasurer | (noun) an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds | Synonyms: financial officer |
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| treasurership | (noun) the position of treasurer | - |
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| treasury | (noun) a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely | - |
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| (noun) the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues | - |
| (noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual | Synonyms: exchequer |
| tsuris | (noun) (Yiddish) aggravating trouble | - |
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| tussur | (noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk | Synonyms: Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore |
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| underexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time | - |
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| (noun) inadequate publicity | - |
| undersurface | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, underside |
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| uninsurability | (noun) the quality of being uninsurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will refuse to issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company) | - |
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| upsurge | (noun) a sudden or abrupt strong increase | Synonyms: surge |
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| (noun) a sudden forceful flow | Synonyms: rush, spate, surge |
| usurer | (noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | Synonyms: loan shark, moneylender, shylock |
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| usurpation | (noun) wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) | - |
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| (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, violation |
| usurper | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: supplanter |
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| usury | (noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | - |
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| (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: vigorish |