Chapter Superintendence to Superseminate of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Supernaturalistic
(Su`per*nat`u*ral*is"tic) a. Of or pertaining to supernaturalism.

Supernaturality
(Su`per*nat`u*ral"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being supernatural.

Supernaturalize
(Su`per*nat"u*ral*ize) v. t. To treat or regard as supernatural.

Supernaturally
(Su`per*nat"u*ral*ly), adv. In a supernatural manner.

Supernaturalness
(Su`per*nat"u*ral*ness), n. The quality or state of being supernatural.

Supernumerary
(Su`per*nu"mer*a*ry) a. [L. supernumerarius: cf. OF. supernuméraire, F. surnuméraire. See Super-, and Numerary, Number.]

1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense. Addison.

Supernumerary
(Su`per*nu"mer*a*ry), n.; pl. Supernumeraries

1. A person or thing beyond the number stated.

2. A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.

Superoccipital
(Su`per*oc*cip"i*tal) a. Supraoccipital.

Superorder
(Su`per*or"der) n. (Zoöl.) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.

Superordination
(Su`per*or`di*na"tion) n. [Pref. super- + ordination: cf. L. superordinatio.] The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor. Fuller.

Superoxide
(Su`per*ox"ide) n. (Chem.) See Peroxide. [Obs.]

Superparticular
(Su`per*par*tic"u*lar) a. [L. superparticularis. See Super-, and Particular.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4. [Obs.] Hutton.

Superpartient
(Su`per*par"tient) a. [L. superpartiens; super over + partiens, p. pr. of partire to divide.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10. [Obs.] Hutton.

Superphosphate
(Su`per*phos"phate) n. (Chem.) An acid phosphate.

Superphosphate of lime (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, Ca₃(PO₄)₂, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate Ca(H₂PO₄)₂, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil.

Superphysical
(Su`per*phys"ic*al) a. Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.

Something superphysical and superchemical.

J. Le Conte.

Superplant
(Su"per*plant`) n. A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte. [Obs.] Bacon.