| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| surrey |
a lightweight horse-drawn carriage with four wheels and two seats, each of which accommodates two people. |
| surrogacy |
the state or condition of being a surrogate. [3 definitions] |
| surrogate |
one that acts in another's place, esp. in an official capacity; substitute. [4 definitions] |
| surround |
to encompass by closing off all sides. [4 definitions] |
| surrounding |
enclosing; encircling. [3 definitions] |
| surroundings |
all the things around one; one's environment. |
| surtax |
an additional tax imposed on something that has already been taxed; extra tax. [3 definitions] |
| surtout |
a long, close-fitting overcoat often worn by men in the late nineteenth century. |
| surveil |
to keep under surveillance; keep a continuous watch over. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, esp. of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| surveillant |
carrying out a surveillance; observing carefully. [2 definitions] |
| survey |
the act of determining the shape, area, and elevation of a piece of land. [9 definitions] |
| surveying |
the act, profession, or scientific study of making land surveys. |
| surveyor |
a person engaged in surveying as a profession. |
| surveyor's level |
an instrument for measuring elevation, consisting of a tripod on which are mounted a horizontally revolving telescope and a spirit level. |
| surveyor's measure |
a system of measurement of length based on the surveyor's chain, equal to sixty-six feet or 20.1 meters, as a unit. |
| survival |
the act of surviving, or the fact of having survived. [2 definitions] |
| survivalist |
one who believes that a disaster such as nuclear war or social upheaval is likely to occur and who attempts to ensure his or her survival by building shelter in a remote area, hoarding food and supplies, and the like. |
| survival of the fittest |
in biology, the evolutionary principle that only the forms of plants or animals best suited to or most easily able to adapt to existing conditions will survive, while other less suited forms will become extinct. (See natural selection.) |
| survive |
to continue to live despite serious immediate threat to one's life. [5 definitions] |