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Shotokan [Shotokan 词源字典]: "The style of karate which is the most widespread in the UK and a number of other countries", Japanese, from shō 'right, true' + to 'way' + kan 'mansion'.[Shotokan etymology, Shotokan origin, 英语词源]
speleology: "The study or exploration of caves", Late 19th century: from French spéléologie, via Latin from Greek spēlaion 'cave'.
sub-chantress: "A nun who assists the precentor of a convent", Late Middle English. From sub- + chantress. Compare Old French souschantre.
subtropic: "= subtropical", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. From sub- + tropic, perhaps after German subtropisch or scientific Latin subtropicus (both 1823 or earlier). Compare French subtropique, Danish subtropisk.
sciential: "Concerning or having knowledge", Late Middle English: from late Latin scientialis, from scientia 'knowledge' (see science).
synarthrosis: "An immovably fixed joint between bones connected by fibrous tissue (for example, the sutures of the skull)", Late 16th century: from modern Latin, from Greek sunarthrōsis, from sun- 'together' + arthrōsis 'jointing' (from arthron 'joint').
suppositive: "Hypothetical, conjectural; supposed; = suppositious. Compare slightly earlier suppositively", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in Surgical Treatise. Originally from classical Latin supposit-, past participial stem of suppōnere suppone + -ive.
superlunar: "= superlunary", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Alexander Pope (1688–1744), poet. Either from post-classical Latin superlunaris superlunary, or independently from super- + lunar, after sublunar.
saponaceous: "Of, like, or containing soap; soapy", Early 18th century: from modern Latin saponaceus (from Latin sapo, sapon- 'soap') + -ous.
subocular: "Situated below or under the eye", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in John Barrow. From post-classical Latin subocularis under the eyes from sub- + ocularis.
stomatogastric: "Relating to or connected with the mouth and stomach", Mid 19th century: from Greek stoma, stomat- 'mouth' + gastric.
substruction: " Architecture . The foundations or substructure of a building or other construction, especially (in classical architecture) a substructure which raises the floor of a building above ground level", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Wotton (1568–1639), diplomat and writer. From classical Latin substructiōn-, substructiō building of a foundation or substructure, supporting structure, substructure from substruct-, past participial stem of substruere + -iō.
Scotticism: "A characteristically Scottish phrase, word, or idiom", Early 18th century: from late Latin Scot(t)icus + -ism.
skiascope: " Ophthalmology = retinoscope. Now rare", Late 19th cent. From ancient Greek σκιά shadow + -scope.
subequatorial: "Designating regions immediately adjacent to equatorial regions, or, alternatively, regions which lie south of the equator; of, relating to, or inhabiting such regions", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William C. L. Martin (1798–1864), writer on natural history. From sub- + equatorial.
superprofit: "An unusually large or excessive profit", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Board of Trade Journal.
scopolamine: "Another term for hyoscine", Late 19th century: from Scopolia (genus name of the plants yielding it) + amine.
sagittate: "Shaped like an arrowhead", Mid 18th century: from Latin sagitta 'arrow' + -ate².
supramaxilla: " Anatomy the maxilla or upper jaw (now disused )", Late 19th cent..
stopple: "A stopper or plug", Middle English: partly a shortening of Old French estouppail 'bung', reinforced by the verb stop.