Vocabulary : Suchospondylous to Suckered
Suchospondylous : Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.
Suchwise : In a such a manner; so.
Suck : To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. ;; To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast. ;; To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground. ;; To draw or drain. ;; To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. ;; To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. ;; To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking. ;; To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. ;; The act of drawing with the mouth. ;; That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breas
Suckanhock : A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.
Suckatash : See Succotash.
Sucked : of Suck
Sucken : The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.
Sucker : One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. ;; A suckling; a sucking animal. ;; The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. ;; A pipe through which anything is drawn. ;; A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. ;; A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. ;; Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United
Sucker State : Illinois; -- a nickname.
Suckered : of Sucker
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