superficiality | (noun) lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling | Synonyms: shallowness |
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(noun) shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something | - |
superficially | (adverb) in a superficial manner | - |
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superficies | (noun) outer surface of an area or a body | - |
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(noun) the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance | - |
superfine | (adjective) (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality | - |
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(adjective) of extremely fine size or texture | - |
(adjective) excessively delicate or refined | Synonyms: overrefined |
superfluity | (noun) extreme excess | Synonyms: embarrassment, overplus, plethora |
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superfluous | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, supernumerary, surplus |
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(adjective) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being | Synonyms: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, wasted |
superfluously | (adverb) in a superfluous manner | - |
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superfood | (noun) a food with health benefits | - |
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surf | (noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breaker, breakers |
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(verb) switch channels, on television | Synonyms: channel-surf |
(verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: browse |
(verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surfboard |
surface | (adjective) on the surface | - |
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(noun) the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary | - |
(noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: aerofoil, airfoil, control surface |
(noun) a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something | - |
(noun) information that has become public | Synonyms: open |
(noun) the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object | - |
(noun) the outermost level of the land or sea | Synonyms: Earth's surface |
(verb) appear or become visible; make a showing | Synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up |
(verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: coat |
(verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise, rise up |
surfacing | (noun) emerging to the surface and becoming apparent | - |
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surfactant | (noun) a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved | Synonyms: surface-active agent, wetter, wetting agent |
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surfbird | (noun) sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America | Synonyms: Aphriza virgata |
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surfboard | (noun) a narrow buoyant board for riding surf | - |
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(verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surf |
surfboarder | (noun) someone who engages in surfboarding | Synonyms: surfer |
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surfboarding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfing, surfriding |
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surfboat | (noun) a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf | - |
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surfeit | (noun) eating until excessively full | Synonyms: repletion |
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(noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, oversupply |
(noun) the state of being more than full | Synonyms: excess, overabundance |
(verb) indulge (one's appetite) to satiety | - |
(verb) supply or feed to surfeit | Synonyms: cloy |
surfer | (noun) someone who engages in surfboarding | Synonyms: surfboarder |
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surffish | (noun) small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: surf fish, surfperch |
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(noun) a fish of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: surf fish, Umbrina roncador, yellowfin croaker |
surficial | (adjective) pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface | - |
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surfing | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfboarding, surfriding |
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surfperch | (noun) small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: surf fish, surffish |
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surfriding | (noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | Synonyms: surfboarding, surfing |
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tearful | (adjective) filled with or marked by tears | - |
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(adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping |
tearfully | (adverb) with tears; in a tearful manner | - |
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tearfulness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: weepiness |
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tenderfoot | (noun) an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living) | - |
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triggerfish | (noun) any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | - |
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turf | (noun) range of jurisdiction or influence | - |
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(noun) the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own | - |
(noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, sward |
(verb) cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots | - |
uncheerful | (adjective) causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | Synonyms: cheerless, depressing |
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uncheerfulness | (noun) not conducive to cheer or good spirits | - |
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(noun) a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | Synonyms: cheerlessness |
underfed | (adjective) not getting adequate food | Synonyms: ill-fed, undernourished |
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underfelt | (noun) a carpet pad of thick felt | - |
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underfoot | (adverb) under the feet | - |
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(adverb) in the way and hindering progress | - |
underframe | (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: frame, skeletal frame, skeleton |
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underfur | (noun) thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair | Synonyms: undercoat |
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underperform | (verb) perform too rarely | - |
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(verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underachieve |
underperformer | (noun) a business that is less successful than expected | - |
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(noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: nonachiever, underachiever |
undersurface | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, underside |
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unforfeitable | (adjective) not subject to forfeiture | Synonyms: inalienable |
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unperformed | (adjective) not performed | - |
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warfare | (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | Synonyms: war |
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(noun) an active struggle between competing entities | Synonyms: war |
warfarin | (noun) an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus | Synonyms: Coumadin |
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waterfall | (noun) a steep descent of the water of a river | Synonyms: falls |
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waterfinder | (noun) forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil | Synonyms: divining rod, dowser, dowsing rod, water finder |
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waterfowl | (noun) freshwater aquatic bird | Synonyms: water bird, waterbird |
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waterfront | (noun) the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water | - |
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wharf | (noun) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | Synonyms: dock, pier, wharfage |
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(verb) moor at a wharf | - |
(verb) discharge at a wharf | - |
(verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: berth, moor |
(verb) store on a wharf | - |
(verb) provide with a wharf | - |
wharfage | (noun) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | Synonyms: dock, pier, wharf |
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(noun) a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay | Synonyms: quayage |
windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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wonderful | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wondrous |
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wonderfully | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wondrous, wondrously |
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wonderfulness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, admirableness |
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zarf | (noun) an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup | - |
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