| slumpflation | (noun) a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation. | - |
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| strumpet | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, trollop |
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| stump | (noun) (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket | - |
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| (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox |
| (noun) the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed | - |
| (noun) the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled | Synonyms: tree stump |
| (verb) remove tree stumps from | - |
| (verb) cause to be perplexed or confounded | Synonyms: mix up |
| (verb) travel through a district and make political speeches | - |
| (verb) walk heavily | Synonyms: stamp, stomp |
| stumper | (noun) a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem | Synonyms: poser, sticker, toughie |
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| stumping | (noun) campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) | - |
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| stumpknocker | (noun) inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish | Synonyms: Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish |
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| stumpy | (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty |
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| subsumption | (noun) incorporating something under a more general category | - |
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| (noun) the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) | Synonyms: minor premise, minor premiss |
| sump | (noun) a well or other hole in which water has collected | - |
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| (noun) an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine | - |
| (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspit, cesspool, sink |
| sumpsimus | (noun) a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression | - |
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| sumpter | (noun) an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads | Synonyms: pack animal |
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| sumptuary | (adjective) regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior | - |
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| sumptuosity | (noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | Synonyms: lavishness, luxury, sumptuousness |
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| sumptuous | (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely |
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| sumptuously | (adverb) in a sumptuous and opulent manner | Synonyms: opulently |
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| sumptuousness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | Synonyms: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity |
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| (noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | Synonyms: luxuriousness, luxury, opulence |
| thump | (noun) a heavy blow with the hand | - |
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| (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thumping |
| (verb) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | Synonyms: poke, pound |
| (verb) move rhythmically | Synonyms: beat, pound |
| (verb) make a dull sound | Synonyms: thud |
| thumping | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, humongous, walloping, whopping |
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| (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thud, thump |
| triumph | (noun) a successful ending of a struggle or contest | Synonyms: victory |
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| (noun) the exultation of victory | - |
| (verb) dwell on with satisfaction | Synonyms: crow, gloat |
| (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice |
| (verb) prove superior | Synonyms: prevail |
| (verb) be ecstatic with joy | Synonyms: rejoice, wallow |
| triumphal | (adjective) relating to or celebrating a triumph | - |
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| (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphant |
| triumphant | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal |
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| (adjective) experiencing triumph | Synonyms: victorious |
| triumphantly | (adverb) in a triumphant manner | - |
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| trump | (noun) a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps | Synonyms: trump card |
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| (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: cornet, horn, trumpet |
| (noun) (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand | - |
| (verb) proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare | Synonyms: trump out |
| (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, scoop |
| (verb) play a trump | Synonyms: ruff |
| (verb) produce a sound as if from a trumpet | - |
| trumpery | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense |
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| (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, wish-wash |
| trumpet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: cornet, horn, trump |
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| (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet | - |
| (verb) utter in trumpet-like sounds | - |
| (verb) play or blow on the trumpet | - |
| trumpeter | (noun) large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated | - |
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| (noun) large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | Synonyms: Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan |
| (noun) a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet | Synonyms: cornetist |
| (noun) (formal) a person who announces important news | Synonyms: herald |
| trumpetfish | (noun) tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down | Synonyms: Aulostomus maculatus |
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| trumpets | (noun) pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids | Synonyms: huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet |
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| trumpetwood | (noun) tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems | Synonyms: Cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree |
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| trumping | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: ruff |
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| ump | (noun) an official at a baseball game | Synonyms: umpire |
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| umpirage | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiating, officiation, refereeing |
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| (noun) mediation by an umpire | - |
| umpire | (noun) an official at a baseball game | Synonyms: ump |
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| (noun) someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | Synonyms: arbiter, arbitrator |
| (verb) be a referee or umpire in a sports competition | Synonyms: referee |
| umpteen | (adjective) innumerable but many | Synonyms: umteen |
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| umpteenth | (adjective) last in an indefinitely numerous series | Synonyms: umptieth, umteenth |
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| umptieth | (adjective) last in an indefinitely numerous series | Synonyms: umpteenth, umteenth |
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| wampumpeag | (noun) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | Synonyms: peag, wampum |
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