Soor
41Sur — /soor/, n. a town in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea: site of ancient port of Tyre. * * * …
42sura — /soor euh/, n. Islam. any of the 114 chapters of the Koran. Also, surah. [1655 65; < Ar surah lit., row, step, rung] * * * …
43Surabaya — /soor euh bah yeuh/, n. a seaport on NE Java: second largest city in Indonesia; naval base. 1,556,255. Also, Surabaja. Dutch, Soerabaja. * * * Seaport city (pop., 1995 est.: 2,701,000), northeastern coast of Java, Indonesia. It is Indonesia s… …
44Surakarta — /soor euh kahr teuh/, n. a city on central Java, in central Indonesia. 414,285. Formerly, Solo. * * * ▪ Indonesia Dutch Soerakarta, also called Solo kotamadya (city), eastern Jawa Tengah provinsi (Central Java province), central Java,… …
45sural — /soor euhl/, adj. Anat. of or pertaining to the calf of the leg. [1605 15; < NL suralis, equiv. to L sur(a) calf of the leg + alis AL1] * * * …
46Suribachi — /soor euh bah chee/, n. an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945. * * * …
47suricate — /soor i kayt /, n. a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs. [1775 85; earlier surikate …
48Surinamese — /soor euh neuh meez , mees /, n., pl. Surinamese, adj. n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Suriname. adj. 2. of or pertaining to Suriname or its inhabitants. [SURINAM + ESE] * * * …
49surra — /soor euh/, n. Vet. Pathol. an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and… …
50sursum corda — /soor soom kawr dah, kohr /, Eccles. the words Lift up your hearts, addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the congregation just before the preface. [1550 60; < L] * * * …
