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Substantive
- adjective - any word or group of words functioning as a noun
- being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
- having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"
Subsumption
- noun - incorporating something under a more general category
- the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
Subsumptive
- - Relating to, or containing, a subsumption.
Subtracters
- noun - a machine that subtracts numbers
- a person who subtracts numbers
Subtracting
- verb - make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
- take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
Subtraction
- noun - an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"
Subtractive
- adjective - constituting or involving subtraction; "a subtractive correction"
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