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Superrechner

(computing) Any computer that has a far greater processing power than others of its generation.

Superschurke

A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.

Supersportwagen

Any high-performance sports car.

Superstar

Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

Supinum

(grammar, also, attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

Suppe

(countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

Suppenlöffel

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

Supplement

Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.

Supplementband

An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.

Support bieten

(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

Supposition

Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.

Suppositorium

(medicine) A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

supranational

Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.

Surditas

The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

Sure

Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

Surfbrett

A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

surfen

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

Surfer

A person who rides a surfboard.

Surplus

A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.

surreal

Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

Surrealismus

(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

Surrealist

a surrealist artist

surrealistisch

of, or relating to surrealism

Surren

The audible friction of voiced consonants.

Surrogat

(databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

Surrogatschlüssel

(databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

Susanna

(biblical character) A follower of Jesus (Luke 8:3)

Susanne

A en given name.

Sushi

(proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

suspekt

(North America, slang, of a person) Suspected of taking part in illicit or dishonorable dealings.

suspekter Typ

(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.

Suspension

(chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

Suspensorium

(US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.

süß

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

süß und saftig

Sweet and pleasant; delicious.

süß werden

(transitive) To make sweet to the taste.

Süßdolde

Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.

Süße

A cute person or animal.

süßen

(transitive) To make sweet to the taste.

Süßer

A cute person or animal.

süßer Sprudel

(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).

süßes Nichtstun

Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.

Süßholz

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

Süßigkeit

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

Süßigkeiten

A sweet delicacy; a confection.

süßlich

Excessively sweet.

Süßstoff

Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.

Süßwaren

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

Suszeptibilität

(physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

suszeptible

Likely to be affected by something.

Sutur

(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.

Svear

(historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden

SVG

(computer graphics) A graphic stored in the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.

Swag

(Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]

Swahili

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

Swap

(finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.

Swastika

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

Sweater

A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

Sweatshirt

A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

Sweatshop

A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. [from 1892]

Sweeper

A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.

Swetlana

A en given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.

Swing

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

swingen

(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.

Swinger

(sex) A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).

Swingerin

(sex) A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).

Switch

(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

sybaritisch

Of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent.

Sykomore

(originally) A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.

Sylphe

The elemental being of air, usually female.

Sylphide

(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.

Sylvia

A en given name.

Sylvin

(mineral) An evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.

Symbiont

(ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

Symbiose

A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.

symbiotisch

(ecology) Of, or relating to symbiosis; living together.

Symbol

A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.

Symbol dekodieren (Computersprache)

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

symbolhaft

(figurative) Famously and distinctively representative of its type.

Symbolik

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbolisch

Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.

symbolisieren

(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.

Symbolismus

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

symbolträchtig

Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.

symmetrisch

Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations.

Sympathie

A like; a predilection.

Sympathisant

(US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]

Sympathisantin

(often, derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.

sympathisch

Friendly or sociable.

Symphonie

An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.

Symposion

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

Symposium

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

symptomfrei

(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.

Synagoge

(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.

synaptische

(physiology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.

synchron

(linguistics) Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.

Synchronisation

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

synchronisieren

To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation

Synchronisierung

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

Syndikation

The act of syndicating a news feature by publishing it in multiple newspapers etc, simultaneously

Syndrom

(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

synergetisch

Relating to synergy; synergistic.

Synergie

(figurative) Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.

Synode

(Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

synonym

With the ability of being interchanged or swapped.

synonymisch

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

Synonymwörterbuch

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

Synopse

(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

Syntax

A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.

Synthesizer

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

synthetisieren

(transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

Syphilis

(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

Syracuse

Syracuse University (in New York)

Syrah

A variety of black grape used to make wine.

Syrakus

Syracuse University (in New York)

Syrer

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

Syrerin

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

Syrien

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

Syrier

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

Syrierin

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

syrisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syrian language.

System

(geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.

systematisch

Methodical or systematic.

systematisieren

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

systemisch

Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.

Szenario

An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.

Szenarium

(dated) An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.

Szepter

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

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