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Suburbanite
- noun - a resident of a suburb
Suburbanize
- verb - make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities"
- take on suburban character; "the city suburbanized"
Subvocalise
- verb - articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized"
Subvocalize
- verb - articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized"
Succinimide
- - A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
Suffixation
- noun - formation of a word by means of a suffix
Suffocating
- verb - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
- suppress the development, creativity, or i
Suffocation
- noun - killing by depriving of oxygen
- the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
Suffocative
- adjective - causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
Suitability
- noun - fittingness
- the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"