| cantaloupe | (noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup |
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| (noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh | Synonyms: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis |
| clupeid | (noun) any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | Synonyms: clupeid fish |
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| coupe | (noun) a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment | - |
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| croupe | (noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks | Synonyms: croup, hindquarters, rump |
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| cupel | (noun) a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | Synonyms: bone-ash cup, refractory pot |
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| drupe | (noun) fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube | Synonyms: stone fruit |
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| drupelet | (noun) a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe | - |
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| dupe | (noun) a person who is tricked or swindled | Synonyms: victim |
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| (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
| dupery | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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| grouped | (adjective) arranged into groups | Synonyms: sorted |
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| grouper | (noun) usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass | - |
| insuperable | (adjective) incapable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: unconquerable |
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| (adjective) impossible to surmount | Synonyms: insurmountable |
| insuperably | (adverb) to an insuperable degree | - |
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| loupe | (noun) small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists | Synonyms: jeweler's loupe |
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| pauper | (noun) a person who is very poor | - |
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| pauperisation | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: impoverishment, pauperization |
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| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| pauperism | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperization, penury |
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| pauperization | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: impoverishment, pauperisation |
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| (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, penury |
| pauperize | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperise |
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| pluperfect | (adjective) more than perfect | - |
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| (noun) a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past | Synonyms: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense |
| quadruped | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadrupedal |
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| (noun) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking | - |
| quadrupedal | (adjective) having four feet | Synonyms: four-footed, quadruped |
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| recuperate | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: convalesce, recover |
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| (verb) restore to good health or strength | - |
| (verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss | Synonyms: go back, recover |
| (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recoup, recover |
| recuperation | (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | Synonyms: convalescence, recovery |
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| recuperative | (adjective) promoting recuperation | Synonyms: restorative |
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| rupee | (noun) the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise | Synonyms: Indian rupee |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa | Synonyms: Pakistani rupee |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Mauritian rupee |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa | Synonyms: Nepalese rupee |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Seychelles rupee |
| (noun) the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Sri Lanka rupee |
| rupestral | (adjective) composed of or inscribed on rock | Synonyms: rupicolous |
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| scauper | (noun) a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal | Synonyms: scorper |
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| stupe | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupid, stupid person |
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| stupefaction | (noun) the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic | - |
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| (noun) marginal consciousness | Synonyms: grogginess, semiconsciousness, stupor |
| (noun) a feeling of stupefied astonishment | - |
| stupefied | (adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock | Synonyms: dazed, stunned, stupid |
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| (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, thunderstruck |
| stupefy | (verb) make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | Synonyms: stun |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, vex |
| (verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation | Synonyms: besot |
| stupefying | (adjective) shocking with surprise and consternation | - |
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| (adjective) making physically stupid or dull or insensible | - |
| (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astonishing, astounding, staggering |
| stupendous | (adjective) so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | Synonyms: colossal, prodigious |
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| stupendously | (adverb) to a stupendous degree | - |
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| super | (adjective) including more than a specified category | - |
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| (adjective) extremely large | - |
| (adjective) of the highest quality | Synonyms: A-one, ace, crack, first-rate, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops |
| (noun) a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector | Synonyms: superintendent |
| (adverb) to an extreme degree | Synonyms: deathly, exceedingly, extremely |
| superable | (adjective) capable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: conquerable |
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| superabundance | (noun) a quantity that is more than what is appropriate | Synonyms: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness |
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| superabundant | (adjective) most excessively abundant | - |
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| superannuate | (verb) retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity | - |
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| (verb) become obsolete | - |
| (verb) declare to be obsolete | - |
| (verb) retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability | - |
| superannuated | (adjective) old; no longer valid or fashionable | Synonyms: obsolete, out-of-date, outdated |
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| (adjective) too old to be useful | Synonyms: over-the-hill, overage, overaged |
| superannuation | (noun) the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | - |
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| (noun) the property of being out of date and not current | Synonyms: obsoleteness |
| (noun) a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work | Synonyms: old-age pension, retirement benefit, retirement check, retirement fund, retirement pension |
| superb | (adjective) surpassingly good | - |
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| (adjective) of surpassing excellence | Synonyms: brilliant |
| superbia | (noun) unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: pride |
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| superbly | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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| superbug | (noun) a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics | - |
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| (noun) a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias | Synonyms: Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain |
| supercargo | (noun) an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase | - |
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| supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
| supercharged | (adjective) fraught with great emotion | Synonyms: charged |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger | - |
| supercharger | (noun) compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine | - |
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| supercilious | (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, swaggering |
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| (adjective) expressive of contempt | Synonyms: sneering, snide |
| superciliously | (adverb) with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner | Synonyms: sneeringly, snidely |
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| superciliousness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, disdainfulness |
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| supercilium | (noun) the arch of hair above each eye | Synonyms: brow, eyebrow |
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| superclass | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class | - |
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| supercomputer | (noun) a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
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| superconductivity | (noun) the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures | - |
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| supercritical | (adjective) (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases | - |
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| superdad | (noun) an informal term for a father who can combine childcare and full-time employment | - |
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| superego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | - |
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| supererogation | (noun) an effort above and beyond the call of duty | - |
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| supererogatory | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
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| superfamily | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family | - |
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| superfatted | (adjective) (of soap) containing extra unsaponified fat | - |
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| superfecta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order | - |
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| superfecundation | (noun) fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males) | - |
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| superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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| superfetation | (noun) fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time | - |
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| superficial | (adjective) concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually | - |
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| (adjective) of, affecting, or being on or near the surface | - |
| (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory |
| (adjective) of little substance or significance | Synonyms: trivial |
| (adjective) occurring on or near the surface of the skin | - |
| 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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| supergiant | (noun) an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density | - |
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| supergrass | (noun) a police informer who implicates many people | Synonyms: grass |
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| superhet | (noun) a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified | Synonyms: heterodyne receiver, superheterodyne receiver |
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| superhighway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, throughway, thruway |
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| (noun) an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form | Synonyms: information superhighway |
| superhuman | (adjective) above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance | - |
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| superhumanity | (noun) The state or condition of being beyond what is possible for a human being. | - |
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| superimpose | (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superpose |
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| superimposed | (adjective) with one layer on top of another | Synonyms: layered |
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| (adjective) placed on or over something else | Synonyms: overlying |
| superincumbent | (adjective) lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else | - |
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| superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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| superinfection | (noun) infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection | - |
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| superintelligence | (noun) Remarkable intelligence, intelligence at or above and beyond the level of a genius. | Synonyms: hyperintelligence |
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| superintend | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, supervise |
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| superintendence | (noun) management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group | Synonyms: oversight, supervising, supervision |
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| superintendent | (noun) a person who directs and manages an organization | Synonyms: overseer |
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| (noun) a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector | Synonyms: super |
| superior | (adjective) written or printed above and to one side of another character | Synonyms: superscript |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of high rank or importance | - |
| (adjective) of high or superior quality or performance | - |
| (adjective) having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit | - |
| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by | - |
| (adjective) having a higher rank | Synonyms: higher-ranking, ranking |
| (adjective) (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by | - |
| (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character | Synonyms: superscript |
| (noun) one of greater rank or station or quality | Synonyms: higher-up, superordinate |
| (noun) the head of a religious community | - |
| (noun) a combatant who is able to defeat rivals | Synonyms: master, victor |
| superiority | (noun) the quality of being superior | Synonyms: high quality |
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| (noun) the quality of being at a competitive advantage | Synonyms: favorable position, favourable position |
| (noun) displaying a sense of being better than others | - |
| (noun) the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | Synonyms: transcendence, transcendency |
| superjacent | (adjective) lying immediately above or on something else | - |
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| superlative | (adjective) highest in quality | Synonyms: greatest, sterling |
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| (noun) an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) | - |
| (noun) the superlative form of an adjective or adverb | Synonyms: superlative degree |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tiptop, top |
| superlatively | (adverb) to a superlative degree | - |
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| superload | (noun) a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic | Synonyms: live load |
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| superlunar | (adjective) situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth | Synonyms: superlunary, translunar, translunary |
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| (adjective) unworldly or ethereal | Synonyms: superlunary, translunar, translunary |