| 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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| immunosuppressed | (adjective) of persons whose immune response is inadequate | - |
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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 | (adjective) of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression | - |
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| (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
| immunosuppressor | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug |
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| insupportable | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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| nonsuppurative | (adjective) not suppurative | - |
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| oversupply | (noun) the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall | Synonyms: glut, surfeit |
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| (verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
| presuppose | (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: suppose |
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| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: suppose |
| 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 |
| puppyish | (adjective) characteristic of a puppy | Synonyms: puppylike |
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| puppylike | (adjective) characteristic of a puppy | Synonyms: puppyish |
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| scupper | (noun) drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard | - |
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| (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, queer |
| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, waylay |
| 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 | - |
| supperless | (adjective) without supper | - |
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| 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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| supplant | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supersede, supervene upon |
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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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| supple | (adjective) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable | Synonyms: limber |
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| (adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | Synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, sinuous |
| (adjective) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely | Synonyms: limber |
| (verb) make pliant and flexible | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, append |
| (verb) add as a supplement to what seems insufficient | - |
| (verb) serve as a supplement to | - |
| supplemental | (adjective) added to complete or make up a deficiency | Synonyms: supplementary |
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| (adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary |
| supplementary | (adjective) added to complete or make up a deficiency | Synonyms: supplemental |
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| (adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental |
| 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 | (adjective) humbly entreating | Synonyms: supplicant, supplicatory |
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| (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, requester, supplicant |
| supplicant | (adjective) humbly entreating | Synonyms: suppliant, supplicatory |
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| (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, requester, suppliant |
| (noun) someone who prays to God | Synonyms: prayer |
| supplicate | (verb) ask humbly (for something) | - |
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| (verb) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer | - |
| (verb) make a humble, earnest petition | - |
| 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 |
| supplicatory | (adjective) humbly entreating | Synonyms: suppliant, supplicant |
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| 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 | - |
| (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, append |
| (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, ply, provide |
| (verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: furnish, offer, provide, render |
| (verb) circulate or distribute or equip with | Synonyms: issue |
| 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 |
| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, sustain |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate |
| (verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: subscribe |
| (verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: defend, fend for |
| (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, sustain |
| (verb) play a subordinate role to (another performer) | - |
| (verb) support materially or financially | - |
| (verb) give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to | Synonyms: back up |
| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for |
| (verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, corroborate, underpin |
| supportable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: bearable, endurable, sufferable |
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| supported | (adjective) held up or having the weight borne especially from below | - |
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| (adjective) sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support) | - |
| 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 | (adjective) capable of bearing a structural load | Synonyms: load-bearing |
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| (adjective) furnishing support and encouragement | Synonyms: encouraging |
| (noun) the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening | Synonyms: support |
| supportive | (adjective) furnishing support or assistance | - |
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| supposable | (adjective) capable of being inferred on slight grounds | Synonyms: presumable, surmisable |
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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 |
| suppose | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think |
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| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize |
| (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: presuppose |
| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: presuppose |
| (verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: say |
| supposed | (adjective) required or under orders | - |
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| (adjective) doubtful or suspect | Synonyms: alleged, so-called |
| (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
| (adjective) mistakenly believed | - |
| supposedly | (adverb) believed or reputed to be the case | Synonyms: purportedly |
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| 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 |
| suppositional | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositious, supposititious |
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| suppositious | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, supposititious |
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| supposititious | (adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious |
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| suppository | (noun) a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts | - |
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| suppress | (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, subdue |
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| (verb) lessen to the point of stopping | - |
| (verb) put out of one's consciousness | Synonyms: repress |
| (verb) consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior | Synonyms: bottle up, inhibit |
| (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, oppress |
| suppressant | (noun) a drug that suppresses appetite | Synonyms: appetite suppressant |
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| suppressed | (adjective) kept from public knowledge by various means | - |
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| (adjective) manifesting or subjected to suppression | - |
| (adjective) held in check with difficulty | Synonyms: smothered, stifled, strangled |
| 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 | - |
| suppressive | (adjective) tending to suppress | - |
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| 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 |
| suppurate | (verb) ripen and generate pus | Synonyms: fester, maturate |
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| (verb) cause to ripen and discharge pus | Synonyms: mature |
| 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 |
| suppurative | (adjective) relating to or characterized by suppuration | - |
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| tuppence | (noun) a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies | Synonyms: twopence |
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| tuppeny | (adjective) of trifling worth | Synonyms: sixpenny, threepenny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny, twopenny |
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| unsupportable | (adjective) not able to be supported or defended | - |
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| unsupported | (adjective) not held up or borne | - |
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| (adjective) not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid | - |
| unsupportive | (adjective) not furnishing support or assistance | - |
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| unsuppressed | (adjective) given vent to | - |
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| upper | (adjective) the topmost one of two; upper | - |
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| (adjective) higher in place or position | - |
| (adjective) superior in rank or accomplishment | - |
| (noun) piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot | - |
| (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 | (adjective) relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case | - |
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| (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 |
| uppercut | (noun) a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin) | - |
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| uppermost | (adjective) at or nearest to the top | Synonyms: topmost, upmost |
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| (adverb) in or into the highest position | - |
| (adverb) in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind | - |
| uppish | (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches |
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| uppishly | (adverb) in a snobbish manner | Synonyms: snobbishly, snootily |
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| uppishness | (noun) assumption of airs beyond one's station | Synonyms: uppityness |
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| uppity | (adjective) presumptuously arrogant | Synonyms: overweening |
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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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