super-, supra-, sur- +

1. A person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
2. An ideal superior man who, according to Nietzsche, forgoes transient pleasure, exercises creative power, lives at a level of experience beyond standards of good and evil, and is the goal of human evolution.
3. A superior being conceived as the product of human evolution.
4. One who prevails by virtue of being a ruthless egoist of superior strength, cunning, and force of will.

An excessive form of mania above and beyond a normal situation.

1. Celestial; heavenly.
2. Coming from, of, or being in the sky or high above.

1. A reference to being or coming from on high.
2. Characterized by being located in or belonging to the sky.

1. Swimming above, floating on the surface (as a lighter liquid on a heavier one).
2. A reference to that part of a floating body that is above the surface.

1. Pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or attributed to God or a deity.
3. A superlative degree; preternatural: "A missile of supernatural speed.
4. A reference to, or attributed to ghosts, goblins, or other unearthly beings; eerie; occult.
5. A being, place, object, occurrence, etc., considered as supernatural or of supernatural origin; that which is supernatural, or outside the natural order.
6. Behavior supposedly caused by the intervention of supernatural beings.
7. Supernatural forces and the supernatural plane of existence: "They had a deep fear of the supernatural when they walked by the cemetery."

1. A supernatural character or agency.
2. Belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, etc.
3. Belief in a supernatural agency that intervenes in the course of natural laws.

1. Descriptive of that which pertains to entities, events, or powers regarded as beyond nature, in that they cannot be explained by the laws of the natural world.
2. Relating to that which departs from what is considered usual or normal; especially, so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature; attributed to an invisible agent; such as, a ghost or spirit.

1. Greatly exceeding the normal or average but still obeying natural laws.
2. Paranormal; beyond the range of the normal human powers or scientifically explainable; supranormal.
3. Exceeding the normal or average.

1. The explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as twenty magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
2. A rare celestial phenomenon involving the explosion of most of the material in a star, resulting in an extremely bright, short-lived object that emits vast amounts of energy.

1. Being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra: "There was a supernumerary of TV broadcasts about the killings of women and children by the insane soldier."
2. Beyond what a regular body or staff consists of: "Paul was hired as a supernumerary assistant or substitute for anyone who could not show up for work because of an illness or for some other emergency situation."
3. Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous: "The supernumerary tornadoes caused great destruction and losses of lives in several areas."
4. A person who appears in a play or film without speaking lines or as part of a crowd; a walk-on; an extra: "The people who were in the background of the street scene were supernumerary actors."

1. The production of mature ova at an accelerated rate or in a large number at one time.
2. The stimulation of multiple ovulations with fertility drugs.
3. Extraordinary acceleration of ovulation, producing a greater than normal number of ova, usually as a result of the administration of exogenous gonadotropins.
4. Stimulation of multiple ovulation with fertility drugs; also known as controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH).

Infestation of parasites by other parasites; that is, parasites on other parasites.

1. Above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
2. Exceeding or going beyond the purely physical.
3. Not explained by known physical laws; preternatural or supernatural.

1. An extremely powerful nation; especially, one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
2. Power greater in scope or magnitude than that which is considered natural or has previously existed.
3. Power; especially, mechanical or electric power, on an extremely large scale secured by the linking together of a number of separate power systems, with a view to more efficient and economical generation and distribution.