supertwistor
A supersymmetric extension of twistors, having n degrees of freedom (where n is the number of supersymmetries) in addition to those of a standard twistor.

supertwistors
plural of supertwistor

superunits
plural of superunit

supervariables
plural of supervariable

suprachemistry
Clipping of supramolecular chemistry (“the domain of chemistry that focuses on the chemical systems made up of a discrete number of assembled molecular subunits or components”).

suprema
plural of supremum

supremum
(real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; (order theory): given a subset X of a partially ordered set P (with partial order ≤), the least element y of P such that every element of X is ≤ y.

supremums
plural of supremum

surds
plural of surd

surexpression
Synonym of overexpression.

surplusage
A surplus; a superabundance.
Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and may be rejected.
A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.

surplusages
plural of surplusage

surprisal
A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault.
A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares.
A surprising event or occurrence.
The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement.
An information measure as equal in bits (binary digits) to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability, with the result that the number of choices equals 2ⁿ where n is the number of bits.

surprisals
plural of surprisal

surreals
plural of surreal

surrogation
The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.
The act or result of surrogating; replacement, substitution.

surrogations
plural of surrogation

sursolid
The fifth power of a number.

sursolids
plural of sursolid

sursumvergence
The amount by which the eyes can diverge in a vertical plane.

sverdrup
A unit of measure of volume transport, used in oceanography, equal to 1 million cubic metres per second.

sverdrups
plural of sverdrup

svl
Initialism of snout to vent length: a measurement of size taken from the tip of an animal’s nose to the opening of the cloaca at the tail base.

swarmsize
The size (number of individuals) of a swarm

swarmsizes
plural of swarmsize

sweetcure
A method of curing meat or fish using relative low salt and a certain amount of sugar.

sweight
A portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity.
The force of a moving object or body in motion; violence.
A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force.

sweights
plural of sweight

syllabaria
plural of syllabarium

syllabarium
Historical form of syllabary.

syllabariums
plural of syllabarium

symploidy
ploidy as a result of partial or complete fusion of a set of chromosomes

symposium
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.
A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.

symposiums
plural of symposium

synalephas
plural of synalepha

synaloephas
plural of synaloepha

synchrophasor
A phasor measurement unit

synchrophasors
plural of synchrophasor

synchysite
Any of a range of calcium carbonate / calcium fluoride minerals that contain varying amounts of lanthanides

synchysites
plural of synchysite

syneses
plural of synesis

synesis
A grammatical construction in which a word takes the gender or number not of the word with which it should regularly agree, but of some other implied word.
The faculty of good judgment or comprehension, passive intelligence.

synpolydactyly
The joint presentation of syndactyly and polydactyly.

syntone
A unit of synthesized sound used in creating artificial voices.
A person whose emotional state is in harmony with their environment.
Synonym of syntonic comma.

syntones
plural of syntone.

syntopicon
A publication that indexes and compares a number of works in some field.

syringeful
The amount that a syringe will hold

syringefuls
plural of syringeful

syringesful
plural of syringeful

tableau
A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
A vivid graphic scene of a group of people or objects arranged as in a painting or bas relief sculpture.
An arrangement of actors in static positions on stage, having the effect of pointing up a particular moment in the drama, conventionally revealed by opening tableau curtains (known as "tabs").
A two-dimensional array or table of data, usually numbers, of various specific kinds.
A table that shows constraint violations of a list of candidates given an input and a constraint ranking.
Mostly in solitaire card games, but also in other card and board games, the main area, where random cards can be arranged.
A semantic tableau.
A unit of a play, an opera, or a ballet with change of stage setting.

tableaus
plural of tableau

tableaux
plural of tableau

tablemount
A seamount with a flat top; synonym of guyot.

tablemounts
plural of tablemount

tablespoonful
The capacity of a tablespoon (table implement).
A tablespoon (measure of volume).

tablespoonfuls
plural of tablespoonful

tablespoonsful
plural of tablespoonful

tachyzoite
The asexual stage of rapid growth in a number of microorganisms.

tachyzoites
plural of tachyzoite

tadge
A small amount; a bit.

tadges
plural of tadge

tads
plural of tad

tael
Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms

taels
plural of tael

tagwerk
A unit of land area, the amount that could be ploughed in one day.

tagwerks
plural of tagwerk

tahil
Alternative form of tael.

tahils
plural of tahil

tailcuff
A cuff, attached to the tail, used to measure blood pressure in small animals.

tailcuffs
plural of tailcuff

tailnumber
The registration number that appears on the rear sections of aircraft.

tailnumbers
plural of tailnumber

talktime
Alternative form of talk time.

talktimes
plural of talktime

tallimeter
A form of tape measure used to measure the height of a person (typically a child)

tallimeters
plural of tallimeter

talonas
The currency of Lithuania from 1991 to 1993.

tam
Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.

tamburica
Any of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe.

tamburicas
plural of tamburica

tamburitza
Any of a number of different types of long-necked lutes found in the Balkans.

tamburitzas
plural of tamburitza

tams
plural of tam

tangents
plural of tangent

tangyuan
A Chinese food made from glutinous rice flour mixed with a small amount of water to form balls and then cooked and served in boiling water.

tankage
Storage in a tank.
The amount that a tank (or tanks) can hold.
The charge levied for storage in a tank.
Waste matter from tanks, especially the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.

tankages
plural of tankage

tankful
The amount (usually of a fluid) that will fill a tank.

tankfuls
plural of tankful

tanksful
plural of tankful

tannicities
plural of tannicity

tannicity
The relative amount of tannin in something (especially in a wine).

tapeline
A line of lightweight plastic put up around a crime scene to restrict access to the police.
A tape measure.

tapelines
plural of tapeline

tapeman
A surveyor who uses a tape measure.

tapemen
plural of tapeman.

tarefa
The amount of sugar cane that a slave was expected to cut in one day.

tarefas
plural of tarefa.

tastings
plural of tasting