English words: suretyship to surprise

300 English words, part 230 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words suretyship to surprise

suretyship noun /ˈʃʊəɹɪtiːʃɪp/: An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the...
surexcitation noun: Synonym of superexcitation.
surexpression noun: Synonym of overexpression.
surf noun, verb /sɜːf/: Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.
surf and turf noun: A meal that combines seafood and meat, typically lobster or shrimp and steak.
surf boat noun: A type of boat used in surf lifesaving to go from shore out through the breaking waves, and back again. Current designs are rowed by a crew of four, with a...
surf carnival noun: A type of sports fair with competitions for surfers and lifesavers.
surf cast noun, verb: Alternative form of surfcast.
surf caster noun: Alternative form of surfcaster.
surf casting noun, verb: Alternative form of surfcasting.
surf clam noun: Spisula solida, is a medium-sized marine clam found around the British and Irish coasts.
surf duck noun: Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
surf fish noun, verb: To fish while standing on the shoreline or wading into the surf zone.
surf fisherman noun: One who practises surf fishing.
surf fishing noun, verb: The practice of fishing while standing on the shoreline or wading into the surf zone.
surf kayaking noun: The sport of riding waves as a surfer, while seated in a kayak.
surf lifesaving noun: The activity of rescuing swimmers in distress at surf beaches.
surf line noun: A line of foam-crested waves breaking simultaneously on a formation near the surface, such as a shoal or a reef.
surf mat noun: An inflatable board used for surfing.
surf 'n' turf noun: Alternative spelling of surf and turf.
surf punk noun: A form of punk rock music influenced by surf rock.
surf rider noun: One who rides the surf usually on a surfboard; a surfer
surf riding noun: surfing
surf rock noun: A style of rock music stylised by a fast tempo, and a melody played by a saxophone or electric guitar.
surf rocker noun: A surf rock musician.
surf's up phrase: A phrase used in surfing when a nearby wave is passing.
surf satin noun: A taffeta fabric used for swimsuits.
surf scoter noun: A species of sea duck, Melanitta perspicillata, which breeds in northern North America.
surf ski noun: Long narrow water craft (about 18 feet long) seating one person, propelled by paddling with a two-ended paddle and incorporating a small rudder controlled...
surf torture noun: A training exercise for Navy SEALs that involves exercising in cold seawater on the beach.
surfable adjective: Able to be surfed
surface noun, verb /ˈsɜː.fɪs/: The external boundary of an object or body.
surface-active adjective: capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid
surface analysis noun: Any synchronically valid analysis of a word’s morphology regardless of whether it represents its diachronic etymology, that is, its historical origin.
surface area noun: The total area on the surface of an object.
surface boundary layer noun: The portion of the atmosphere lying next to the surface of the earth and extending up to between 50 and 100 meters.
surface car noun: A streetcar (tram, trolley).
surface clutter noun: Unwanted radar or sonar wave reflection arising from the land or sea surface.
surface combatant noun: A warship that floats on the surface of the ocean, as opposed to a submarine. Aircraft carriers are also generally excluded.
surface-conduction electron-emitter display noun: a flat panel display technology that uses surface conduction electron emitters to provide electrons for every pixel. The electrons strike coloured phosphors...
surface discharge noun: A partial discharge that appears at the boundary of different insulators when there are changes in the electric field.
surface-dwelling adjective: Of an organism or animal, that lives on or near the surface of something, such as water or soil.
surface energy noun: interfacial energy
surface etymology noun: The apparent etymology of a term based on its components occurring in the modern form of the language.
surface finish noun: The quality of a surface, in terms of its roughness, microscopic pattern (lay) and macroscopic pattern (waviness).
surface gravity noun: the gravitational acceleration experienced at a planet's surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.
surface integral noun: An integral over a 2-dimensional domain
surface interval noun: time spent outside the water (i.e. on the surface) between underwater dives. This time is considered when calculating decompression requirements for the...
surface layer noun: The layer of molecules at the surface of a liquid that is responsible for surface tension
surface lease noun: Synonym of pie crust lease.
surface-level adjective: Synonym of superficial.
surface lift noun: A kind of cable transport for snowsports in which the skier or snowboarder remains on the ground while being pulled uphill.
surface mail noun: Mail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft.
surface mount adjective: Of electronic components, able to be soldered on top of printed circuit boards.
surface mount technology noun /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fɪs ˌmaʊnt tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/: A method in which the electrical components are mounted directly onto the surface of a printed circuit board.
surface mounted adjective: Alternative form of surface-mount.
surface mounted technology noun: Alternative form of surface-mount technology.
surface noise noun: A type of background noise that is caused by physical flaws or wear on a phonograph record or in a pickup system.
surface normal noun: A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v),...
surface of revolution noun: A surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution.
surface patch noun: Synonym of coordinate chart.
surface plasmon noun: A quantized electromagnetic wave trapped at a metallic surface through interaction with the free electrons of the metal.
surface quality noun: A numerical description of the flatness or roughness of a surface, especially an optical or machined surface.
surface runoff noun: Overland flow of excess water (with or without accumulated contaminants) that cannot be absorbed by the ground as infiltration.
surface ship noun: A military (naval) vessel designed for operation on the marine surface, as distinguished from a submarine or other types of vessels. Aircraft carriers are...
surface street noun: A street that is not a freeway and has at-grade intersections with other surface streets.
surface structure noun: The outward form of a sentence; the specific arrangement of words and phrases as they appear in spoken or written language.
surface-supplied diving noun: A form of deep diving using an umbilical that supplies air, power and communications from the surface to the diver, who wears a diving helmet.
surface tension noun: the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
surface-to-air adjective: fired from the ground, or from a ship, at an aircraft in flight, or at an incoming missile
surface-to-air missile noun: A ground-based anti-aircraft missile.
surface-to-surface adjective: fired from the surface at a target on land or water
surface-to-surface missile noun: A ground-based missile that can target other objects on the ground.
surface water noun: Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.
surfaceable adjective: Able to be brought to the surface.
surfaced adjective, verb: Having a (particular kind of) surface.
surfaceless adjective: Without a surface.
surfacelessness noun: Lack of a surface.
surfacely adverb: On the surface; superficially.
surfaceman noun: A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
surfaceome noun: All the surface proteins of a cell or organism
surfacer noun: One who rises to the surface.
surfaceward adjective: Toward the surface.
surfacewards adverb: Towards the surface.
surfacial adjective: Alternative spelling of surficial.
surfacic adjective: Of, or related to a surface.
surfacing noun, verb: Material used to make a surface.
surfacism noun: Superficiality.
surfactant noun /səɹˈfæktənt/: A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a...
surfactantless adjective: Lacking a surfactant
surfactantlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a surfactant.
surfactin noun: A bacterial cyclic lipopeptide that is a powerful surfactant, sometimes used as an antibiotic.
surfactometer noun: An instrument that measures surface tension, especially on the surface of bubbles
surfactometry noun: The measurement of surface tension
surfacy adjective: superficial
surfari noun /sɜː(ɹ)ˈfɑːɹi/: A hunt for good surfing conditions.
surfatron noun /ˈsɜː.fəˌtɹɒn/: An electron accelerator that works on the principle of plasma acceleration.
surfbird noun: A small sandpiper, Aphriza virgata, endemic to the northwestern parts of North America.
surfboard noun, verb /ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd/: A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.
surfboarder noun: A person who surfboards; a surfer.
surfboardlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a surfboard.
surfboat noun: Alternative spelling of surf boat.
surfboatman noun: Synonym of surfman (“member of surf boat crew”).
surfbort noun: A surfboard.
surfcast noun, verb: To fish by casting into the surf near the shoreline.
surfcaster noun: One who fishes by surfcasting.
surfcasting noun, verb: The practice of fishing by casting a line into the sea from the shore.
surfcoast noun: A coastal region popular with surfers.
surfeit adjective, noun, verb /ˈsɜː.fɪt/: Sated; surfeited; filled.
surfeit water noun: A liquid medicine for treating indigestion.
surfeiter noun /ˈsɜːfɪtə/: A person who surfeits or overeats.
surfeiting noun, verb: An overindulgence in food and drink.
surfeitive adjective: excessive
surfel noun, verb /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fəl/: To wash with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from sulphur.
surfer noun /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/: A person who rides a surfboard.
surfer's ear noun: An exostosis within the ear canal, caused by irritation from cold wind and water exposure.
surfer's knob noun: A hard bump or nodule on a surfer's knee, shin or ankle, resulting from recurrent contact with the surfboard.
surfer's knot noun: Synonym of surfer's knob.
surferish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a surfer.
surffish noun /ˈsɜːfˌfɪʃ/: Synonym of surfperch.
surfgrass noun: Any seagrass of the genus Phyllospadix
surficial adjective /səːˈfɪʃəl/: Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.
surficially adverb: In relation to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.
surfiction noun: A style of fiction that rejects realism and advertises its own fictional status, similar to metafiction, postmodernism or fabulation.
surfie noun: A surfer (one who rides a surfboard), especially one involved in the surfing subculture.
surfing noun, verb /ˈsɝfɪŋ/: The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
surfle verb: Alternative form of surfel (“wash with cosmetic water”).
surflike adjective: Resembling surf (breaking waves) or some aspect of it.
surfman noun: A member of a rescue team using a surf boat.
surfmanship noun: The art or skill of operating a surf boat.
surfome noun: All the surface proteins of an organism
surfoot adjective: Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed.
surform noun: A tool with which one grates, rasps, planes, or shaves material, especially wood, to form its surface.
surfperch noun /ˈsɜːfˌpɜːtʃ/: Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
surfpunk noun: Alternative form of surf punk.
surfrider noun: A person who takes part in surfriding.
surfriding noun: The sport of riding a surfboard using the power of the waves.
surfside adjective: Beside the sea.
surfusion noun: supercooling
surfwear noun: Clothing to be worn while surfing.
surfy adjective: of a shore, having lots of breaking waves
surg adjective, noun: Abbreviation of surgical.
surg tech noun /ˈsɜɹd͡ʒˌtɛk/: Clipping of surgical technologist
surgation noun: An erect penis; an erection.
surge noun, verb /sɝd͡ʒ/: A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
surge pricing noun: Synonym of dynamic pricing.
surge protector noun: An appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes by limiting the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by...
surge suppressor noun: Synonym of surge protector.
surge tank noun: A storage reservoir used to neutralize pressure in a system that conveys fluid by releasing pressure from sudden increases in volume and by supplying fluid...
surge testing noun: Increased testing for, and tracing of, people with coronavirus within a particular area, in an attempt to study and limit the spread.
surgeful adjective /ˈsɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒfəl/: surging
surgeless adjective: Free from surges; smooth; calm.
surgency noun: A trait aspect of emotional reactivity in which a person tends towards high levels of positive affect.
surgent adjective: Surging; rising.
surgeon noun /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/: One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
surgeon-dentist noun: A dental surgeon.
surgeon general noun: The leading public health official in a country, state, or military division.
surgeon major noun: The ranking surgeon of a regiment in the British Commonwealth
surgeon's knot noun: A knot derived from the reef knot, commonly used by surgeons.
surgeoncy noun /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/: The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
surgeoness noun: A female surgeon.
surgeonfish noun: Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp...
surgeonless adjective: Without a surgeon.
surgeonlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a surgeon.
surgeonly adjective: Befitting a surgeon.
surgeonry noun: surgery
surgeonship noun: Synonym of surgeoncy.
surgeproof adjective: Resistant to electrical surges.
surgerant adjective: Rising.
surgerize verb: To perform surgery upon.
surgery noun /ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/: The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
surgery hours noun: The time during which a medical doctor regularly receives patients to his or her surgery for consultation or treatment.
surgerymaxx verb: To undergo cosmetic surgery to enhance one's physical appearance in a bid to increase one's sexual market value.
surgical adjective /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/: Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
surgical abdomen noun /ˈsɜː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩ ˈæb.də.mən/: Synonym of acute abdomen.
surgical glove noun: A medical glove.
surgical gown noun: A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery.
surgical-gowned adjective: Wearing a surgical gown.
surgical mask noun: A mask worn to catch bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.
surgical procedure noun: A procedure in which one or more incisions are made into the body in order to repair damage or remove diseased tissue; an operation.
surgical spirit noun: Ethanol with small quantities of additives (typically 2% castor oil and 0.5% methyl salicylate), used primarily as a topical antiseptic.
surgical stocking noun: A kind of stocking which supports the leg enhancing circulation, often used during flights.
surgical strike noun: A military attack of closely-controlled scope on a highly specific target.
surgical tape noun: A type of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid to hold a bandage or other dressing onto a wound.
surgical technologist noun: An member of an the operating room team who serves as an assistant to the surgeon.
surgicalist noun: A surgeon who works exclusively in a hospital setting.
surgically adverb: Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.
surgically gowned adjective: Synonym of surgical-gowned.
surgically induced childhood noun: An infantile personality resulting from lobotomy, once thought to be an interim stage toward maturation and recovery from the original condition that...
surgicenter noun: A medical facility where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.
surgicentre noun: Alternative form of surgicenter.
surgiholic noun: A person motivated to undergo repeated cosmetic surgery.
surging noun, verb: The action or an instance of a surge.
surgonopod noun: An extension of the tegument of some neuropters
Surgut proper noun: A city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
surgy adjective: Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Suri proper noun /sʊəɹi/: A surname.
Suriano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
suricat noun: Alternative form of suricate.
suricate noun: The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.
suriclone noun: A sedative and anxiolytic cyclopyrrolone drug.
Surigao proper noun /sʊˈɾi.ɣaʊ̯/: A former province of the Philippines.
Surigaonon adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Surigaonons.
surili noun: A small Old World monkey of the genus Presbytis, unlike other langurs in having bulges above the eyes.
surimi noun /sʊəˈɹiːmi/: A white paste, made from ground fish, that is used to make formed and textured food products.
surimono noun: A kind of Japanese woodblock print, privately commissioned for special occasions such as the New Year.
Surin proper noun: A province of Thailand.
surinabant noun: A cannabinoid receptor type 1 antagonist.
Surinam cherry noun: Alternative form of Suriname cherry.
Surinam toad noun: Pipa pipa, a South American frog in the family Pipidae.
Suriname proper noun /ˌsʊə.ɹɪˈnæm/: A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.
Suriname cherry noun: The pitanga (Eugenia uniflora).
Suriname toad noun: Alternative form of Surinam toad.
Surinamer noun: A person from Suriname or of Surinamese descent.
Surinamese adjective, noun /ˌsʊəɹɪnəˈmiːz/: A person from Suriname or of Surinamese descent.
Surinameseness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Surinamese.
surinamite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
Surinen noun /ˌsʊ.ɹɪˈnɛn/: An ethnic group who were the earliest known inhabitants of what is now Suriname.
surite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, carbon, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
suritozole noun: An investigational cognition enhancer.
Surjapuri noun: An Indo-Aryan language spoken in eastern India, as well as in Bangladesh and Nepal.
surject verb: To form or to undergo surjection
surjection noun /sɜː(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/: A function for which every element of the codomain is mapped to by some element of the domain; (formally) Any function f:X→Y for which for every y∈Y, there...
surjective adjective /səˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/: Of, relating to, or being a surjection.
surjective function noun: Synonym of surjection.
surjectively adverb: In a surjective manner.
surjectivity noun: The property of being surjective.
surjunctive adjective: Describing a group whose every injective cellular automaton is surjective
surjunctive group noun: A group such that every injective cellular automaton with the group elements as its cells is also surjective.
surkee noun: Alternative form of soorkee.
surkunda noun: Alternative form of sarkanda.
Surl proper noun: A surname.
surla noun: Alternative form of zurna.
surlily adverb: In a surly manner.
surliness noun: The property of being surly.
surling noun: A sour, morose fellow.
surloin noun: rare spelling of sirloin
surly adjective, adverb /ˈsɜːli/: Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
surma noun: Alternative form of soorma.
surmai noun: A fish, the Indo-Pacific king mackerel (Scomberomorus guttatus).
Surman proper noun: A surname.
surmark noun: A mark made on the moulds of a ship to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed.
surmaster noun: A teacher in a school ranking immediately below the headmaster.
Surmic adjective: Of or relating to a certain branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family.
Surmiran adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or from the region of Surmeir in Switzerland
surmisable adjective: Capable of being surmised.
surmisably adverb: Such that it can be surmised.
surmisal noun: surmise
surmisant adjective: Aware through having made a surmise; suspecting.
surmise noun, verb /sɜːˈmaɪz/: Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
surmisedly adverb: According to surmise.
surmiser noun: One who surmises.
surmising noun, verb: The act of making surmises.
surmission noun: An act of surmising; a guess or conjecture.
surmit verb: to surmise.
surmoulage noun: The fraudulent practice of taking a casting directly from a sculpture rather than from the artist's original.
surmount verb /səˈmaʊnt/: To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
surmountability noun: The condition of being surmountable
surmountable adjective: Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
surmountableness noun: The quality of being surmountable.
surmountably adverb: In a surmountable manner
surmounted adjective, verb: Of an arch or dome: rising higher than a semicircle.
surmounter noun: One who, or that which, surmounts.
surmounting noun, verb: The act by which something is surmounted, or overcome.
surmullet noun /ˌsɚˈmələt/: A red mullet, Mullus surmuletus.
surmulot noun: The brown rat.
surname noun, verb /ˈsɜːˌneɪm/: The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the...
surnamed adjective, verb: Bearing a surname.
surnameless adjective: Without a surname.
surnamey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a surname.
surnatant adjective, noun: Lying below a floating solid
surnay noun: Alternative form of zurna.
surnominal adjective: Relating to surnames.
suroz noun: A stringed instrument with a long neck, played vertically and with a bow, especially associated with the Baloch people.
surp noun: Pronunciation spelling of syrup.
surpaish noun: Alternative form of sarpech.
surpass verb /səˈpɑːs/: To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
surpassable adjective: Able to be surpassed; able to be overcome.
surpasser noun: One who surpasses.
surpassing adjective, noun, verb: Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional; exceeding.
surpassingly adverb: In a surpassing manner; exceptionally.
surpassingness noun: The quality of being surpassing.
surpassive adjective: surpassing
surpay verb: To more than compensate for; to outweigh.
surpeti noun: Synonym of shruti box.
surplice noun /ˈsɝplɪs/: A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to...
surpliced adjective: Wearing a surplice.
surplus adjective, noun, verb /ˈsɝˌplʌs/: That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.
surplus budget noun: A budget in which estimated or actual revenues exceed planned or actual expenditures over a given period.
surplus killing noun: The behaviour of a predator that kills more prey than it can immediately eat and then caches or abandons the remainder.
surplus labour noun: Labour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker.
surplus to requirements adjective: No longer needed, redundant.
surplus value noun: The part of the new value made by production that is taken by enterprises as generic gross profit.
surplusage noun: A surplus; a superabundance.
surpoose noun: A cover, as of a basin, dish, hookah bowl, etc.
surprint noun, verb: The printing of text or graphics elements on top of a background that is a different tint of the same color.
surprisable adjective: Capable of being surprised.
surprisal noun /sə(ɹ)ˈpɹaɪzəl/: A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault.
surprisation noun: The act of being surprised.
surprise interjection, noun, verb /sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/: Something unexpected.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.