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(Latin: a suffix; a person who, a place where, a thing which, or pertaining to; connected with; having the character of; apparatus)

The following examples of this suffix represent a very small number of those that exist in other parts of this lexicon.


stercorary
A place, properly secured from the weather, which contains dung.
sublunary
1. Existing or situated beneath the moon; lying between the orbit of the moon and the earth; hence, subject to the moon's influence.
2. Of or belonging to this world; earthly, terrestrial.
subsidiary
1. Serving to help, assist, or supplement; furnishing assistance or supplementary supplies; auxiliary, tributary, supplementary.
2. A subsidiary thing; something which furnishes assistance or additional supplies; an aid.
summary
1. A shortened version of something that has been said or written, containing only the main points.
2. Presenting the substance of something in a condensed form; a concise repetition: "He made a summary review of what happened."
3. Performed speedily and without ceremony; such as, summary justice; a summary rejection.
sumptuary
1. Pertaining to or regulating expenditure.
2. Someone who is responsible for expenditures.
supereminence
1. Of superior eminence, rank, or dignity.
2. Distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
superlunary, supralunary
1. Situated above or beyond the moon.
2. Belonging to a higher world, celestial; figuratively, extravagant.
3. Celestial, rather than earthly; unworldly or ethereal.
4. The opposite of sublunary.
supernumerary
1. Being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.
2. Associated with a regular body or staff as an assistant or substitute in case of necessity.
3. Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous.
4. A person who appears in a play or film without speaking lines or as part of a crowd; walk-on; extra.
superplanetary
Above the surface of a planet.
temerary
1. Rash, reckless.
2. Reprehensibly heedless or careless; culpably negligent.
temporary
1. Lasting for or relating to a limited time; not permanent; transient; made to supply a passing need.
2. Someone who is hired to work in an office or other workplace for a limited time only.
3. Belonging to the present life or this world.
tercentenary
1. A year, or an exact day, 300 years after an event, usually one of special historic significance.
2. Coinciding with the 300th anniversary of an event, and often celebrating or commemorating the event.
ternary
1. Consisting of, or involving, three; threefold; triple.
2. Third in order or rank.
3. Based on the number three.
4. Pertaining to, consisting of, compounded of, or characterized by a set (or sets) of three; threefold, triple.

A ternary system (of classification), one in which each division is into three parts.

topiary
1. Of or characterized by the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into decorative shapes, as of animals.
2. A reference to plants that are clipped or trimmed into fantastic shapes.
3. The art of clipping bushes and shrubs into ornamental shapes.

The topiary garden at Levens Hall, Cumbria, UK, features designs that are more than 300 years old and were initially planted and trained during the 1690s. The topiary shapes in the garden include a judge's wig, umbrellas, all kinds of animals, and other shapes.

When Col. Grahme, who had held the office of Privy Purse to King James II, came back to Levens in 1688 upon the abdication of the King, he brought with him the gardener Monsieur Guillaume Beaumont. He was trained under Le Nôtre at Versailles and he laid out the gardens at Hampton Court. He started work in 1694 creating the design for the garden which can be seen now.

transdisciplinary
Of or pertaining to more than one discipline or branch of learning; interdisciplinary.

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