| comeuppance | (noun) an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting | Synonyms: comeupance, just deserts, poetic justice |
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| crupper | (noun) a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward | - |
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| cuppa | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cupper |
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| cupper | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cuppa |
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| cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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| guppy | (noun) small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums | Synonyms: Lebistes reticulatus, rainbow fish |
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| hushpuppy | (noun) deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) | Synonyms: hush puppy |
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| immunosuppressant | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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| immunosuppression | (noun) lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer) | - |
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| immunosuppressive | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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| immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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| oversupply | (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, surfeit |
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| presupposition | (noun) the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) | - |
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| puppet | (noun) a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers | - |
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| (noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer | Synonyms: marionette |
| (noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | Synonyms: creature, tool |
| puppeteer | (noun) one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
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| puppetry | (noun) a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) | - |
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| (noun) the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows | - |
| puppy | (noun) a young dog | - |
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| (noun) an inexperienced young person | Synonyms: pup |
| scupper | (noun) drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard | - |
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| scuppernong | (noun) amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States | - |
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| supper | (noun) a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime | - |
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| (noun) a social gathering where a light evening meal is served | - |
| suppertime | (noun) the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal | Synonyms: dinnertime |
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| supping | (noun) ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking | - |
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| supplanter | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: usurper |
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| supplanting | (noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | Synonyms: displacement |
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| supplejack | (noun) walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine | - |
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| supplement | (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: accessory, add-on, appurtenance |
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| (noun) a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) | Synonyms: supplementation |
| (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, postscript |
| supplementation | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjoining, subjunction |
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| (noun) a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency) | Synonyms: supplement |
| suppleness | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple | Synonyms: lissomeness, litheness |
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| (noun) the property of being pliant and flexible | Synonyms: pliancy, pliantness |
| (noun) adaptability of mind or character | Synonyms: pliability, pliancy, pliantness |
| suppliant | (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, requester, supplicant |
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| supplicant | (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, requester, suppliant |
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| (noun) someone who prays to God | Synonyms: prayer |
| supplication | (noun) the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) | Synonyms: prayer |
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| (noun) a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service | Synonyms: invocation |
| (noun) a humble request for help from someone in authority | Synonyms: plea |
| supplier | (noun) someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity | Synonyms: provider |
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| supply | (noun) the activity of supplying or providing something | Synonyms: provision, supplying |
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| (noun) offering goods and services for sale | - |
| (noun) an amount of something available for use | - |
| supplying | (noun) the activity of supplying or providing something | Synonyms: provision, supply |
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| support | (noun) aiding the cause or policy or interests of | - |
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| (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: supporting |
| (noun) documentary validation | Synonyms: documentation |
| (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, reinforcement |
| (noun) the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities | - |
| (noun) any device that bears the weight of another thing | - |
| (noun) supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation | - |
| (noun) something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest | - |
| (noun) a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | Synonyms: accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment |
| (noun) the financial means whereby one lives | Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, sustenance |
| (noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: backing, financial backing, financial support, funding |
| supporter | (noun) a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) | Synonyms: garter |
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| (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist |
| (noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: assistant, help, helper |
| (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, sponsor |
| supporting | (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: support |
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| supposal | (noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: assumption, supposition |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of supposing | Synonyms: supposition |
| supposition | (noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted | Synonyms: assumption, supposal |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of supposing | Synonyms: supposal |
| (noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | Synonyms: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, surmisal, surmise |
| suppository | (noun) a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts | - |
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| suppressant | (noun) a drug that suppresses appetite | Synonyms: appetite suppressant |
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| suppresser | (noun) an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents | Synonyms: suppressor |
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| (noun) a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) | Synonyms: suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene |
| (noun) someone who suppresses | Synonyms: suppressor |
| suppression | (noun) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | Synonyms: curtailment |
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| (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: crushing, quelling, stifling |
| (noun) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires | Synonyms: inhibition |
| (noun) the failure to develop some part or organ | - |
| suppressor | (noun) an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents | Synonyms: suppresser |
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| (noun) a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) | Synonyms: suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor gene |
| (noun) someone who suppresses | Synonyms: suppresser |
| suppuration | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, pus, sanies |
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| (noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | Synonyms: festering, maturation |
| tuppence | (noun) a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies | Synonyms: twopence |
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| upper | (noun) piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot | - |
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| (noun) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | Synonyms: amphetamine, pep pill, speed |
| (noun) the higher of two berths | Synonyms: upper berth |
| uppercase | (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter |
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| uppercut | (noun) a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin) | - |
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| uppishness | (noun) assumption of airs beyond one's station | Synonyms: uppityness |
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| uppityness | (noun) assumption of airs beyond one's station | Synonyms: uppishness |
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| yuppie | (noun) a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style | - |
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