Index of English words, starting with "su"

(1) - Surfy (a.) Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.

(1) - Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
(2) - Surge (v. i.) To slip along a windlass.
(3) - Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
(4) - Surge (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
(5) - Surge (n.) The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
(6) - Surge (n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
(7) - Surge (n.) A spring; a fountain.

(1) - Surgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
(2) - Surgeon (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

(1) - Surgeoncy (n.) The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.