| suffragette |
formerly, a woman who strongly advocated the right of women to vote. |
| suffragist |
someone who advocates extending suffrage, esp. to women. |
| suffuse |
of a color, liquid, or the like, to spread throughout or across the surface of. |
| Sufi |
a member of an ascetic, contemplative Muslim sect that was founded in Persia in the eighth century. |
| sug- |
under. |
| sugar |
a sweet crystalline substance obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and widely used as a flavoring, preservative, and fermenting agent; sucrose. [8 definitions] |
| sugar beet |
a widely grown variety of beet that has a white root and is rich in sugar. |
| sugarbush |
a grove or orchard of maple trees, used as a source of maple syrup or maple sugar. |
| sugar cane |
a tall perennial grass of tropical and subtropical regions that has a stout, jointed stalk and is the principal source of sugar. |
| sugarcoat |
to cover with a layer of sugar. [2 definitions] |
| sugar-cured |
of meats, esp. ham, cured with a mixture of sugar, salt, and nitrate or nitrite. |
| sugar daddy |
(informal) a wealthy older man who lavishes money and expensive gifts on a usu. attractive young woman in return for companionship and intimacy. |
| sugar diabetes |
see "diabetes mellitus." |
| sugar-free |
used to describe food products containing less than 0.5 grams per serving of sucrose or other forms of sugar. |
| sugarhouse |
a building or shed where maple sap is boiled down to make maple syrup and maple sugar. |
| sugarless |
combined form of sugar. |
| sugar loaf |
a hard cone-shaped mass of sugar. |
| sugar maple |
a maple tree of eastern North America whose hard wood is used for making cabinets and furniture and whose sweet sap is used to make maple syrup and maple sugar. |
| sugar pine |
a tall pine tree of the northwestern United States, having sugarlike resin, large cones, and soft, reddish brown wood used for timber. |
| sugarplum |
a small, flavored sugar candy, esp. in the shape of a ball. |
| sugary |
containing sugar, esp. a large amount of it. [3 definitions] |