- 2. (Surgery.) Specillum.
Stylish, a. (Colloq.) Fashionable, modish, genteel, courtly, in fashion, in vogue, à la mode.
Stylite, n. Pillarist, pillar saint.
Stylus, n. [Written also Stilus.] Style.
Styptic, n. [Written also Stiptic.] Astringent (to stop bleeding).
Styptic, Styptical, [Written also Stiptic, Stiptical.] Astringent, binding, contracting.
Stythy, n. See Stithy.
Suant, a. [Local Eng. and U. S. Written also Suent.]
- 1. Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable, pain.
- 2. Easy, quiet, insinuating.
Suasion, n. See Persuasion.
Suasory, a. Persuasive, suasive.
Suave, a. Pleasant, agreeable, gracious, delightful, courteous, amiable, sweet, debonair, urbane, affable, mild.
Suavity, n. Sweetness (of temper or of manner), urbanity, amenity, civility, politeness, courtesy, decorum, gentleness, mildness, pleasantness, agreeableness, complaisance, affability, amiability, conciliatoriness obliging manner, good manners, good-breeding.
Subacid, a. Slightly acid, somewhat acid, some-what sour, sourish.
Subaltern, a. Inferior, subordinate, subalternate.
Sub-bass, n. (Mus.) Ground-bass, fundamental bass.
Subdivision, n.
- 1. Division, dividing, ramification.
- 2. Part, portion, piece, fraction, section, share.
Subduce, Subduct, v. a.
- 1. Withdraw, take away.
- 2. Subtract.