Superior definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUPE'RIOR, a. [Sp.L ... above.] 1. Higher; upper; more elevated in place; as the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing ... goodness or value of any quality; as a man of superior merit, of superior bravery, of superior talents or understanding, ...
Superior figure definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Superior Su*pe"ri*or, a. [L., compar. of superus being ... More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; ...
Superior planets definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Superior Su*pe"ri*or, a. [L., compar. of superus being ... More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; ...
Superior letter definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Superior Su*pe"ri*or, a. [L., compar. of superus being ... More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; ...
superior conjunction definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (astronomy ... between the earth and the planet Webster's 1913 Dictionary Superior Su*pe"ri*or, a. [L., compar. of superus being ... More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater in excellence; ...
mother superior definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother superior, prioress] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (Mother Superiors) A Mother Superior is a nun who is in charge of the other ... dowager, first lady, goodwife, governess, great lady, homemaker, housewife, lady superior, madam, matriarch, matron, mistress, novice, nun, postulant, prioress, religieuse, secular ...
superior rectus muscle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially [syn: superior rectus muscle, superior rectus, rectus superior]
superior rectus definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially [syn: superior rectus muscle, superior rectus, rectus superior]
superior pulmonary vein definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the superior lobes of the lungs [syn: superior pulmonary vein, vena pulmonalis superior]
rectus superior definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ocular ... muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially [syn: superior rectus muscle, superior rectus, rectus superior]
vena pulmonalis superior definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: either of ... two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the superior lobes of the lungs [syn: superior pulmonary vein, vena pulmonalis superior]
superior labial artery definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... of the facial artery that supplies the upper lip [syn: superior labial artery, arteria labialis superior]
superior epigastric veins definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: veins that accompany the superior epigastric artery [syn: superior epigastric veins, venae epigastricae superiores]
vena cerebrum superior definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a cerebral ... the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus [syn: superior cerebral vein, vena cerebrum superior]