Index of English words, starting with "su"

(1) - Suffusion (n.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.
(2) - Suffusion (n.) That with which a thing is suffused.
(3) - Suffusion (n.) The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.

(1) - Sufi (n.) One of a certain order of religious men in Persia.
(2) - Sufi (n.) A title or surname of the king of Persia.

(1) - Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.
(2) - Sugar (v. t.) To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with.
(3) - Sugar (v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off.
(4) - Sugar (n.) Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
(5) - Sugar (n.) By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
(6) - Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below.