Phrase Hound found 86 phrases and 19 compound words that contain superior. The most common are listed below. Open superior in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 86
- superior courtA court of general competence which typically has unlimited jurisdiction with regard to civil and criminal legal cases in the lowest hierarchy of a judiciary in a common law system.
- Lake SuperiorA lake in Canada and the United States: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and the third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
- mother superiorA nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess.
- limit superiorThe supremum of the set of accumulation points of a given sequence or set.
- Homo superiorA species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens; a superhuman.
- father superiora friar or monk in charge of a monastery, priory or convent; an abbot or a prior
- general superiorAlternative form of superior general: The highest leader of a Roman Catholic religious institute.
- superior generalThe highest leader of a Roman Catholic religious institute.
- superior goodA good that makes up a larger proportion of consumption as income rises, having income elasticity greater than one.
- superior goodsplural of superior good: A good that makes up a larger proportion of consumption as income rises, having income elasticity greater than one.
- superior letterA letter written in superscript, usually when it indicates an abbreviation.
- superior lettersplural of superior letter: A letter written in superscript, usually when it indicates an abbreviation.
- superior planetA planet that orbits the Sun beyond the orbit of the Earth and thus shows retrograde motion when viewed from the Earth
- superior rectusThe thinnest and narrowest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the superior aspect of the sclera.
- superior vena cavaThe large vein which returns blood from the head, neck, thorax and both upper limbs to the right atrium of the heart.
- superior obliqueEllipsis of superior oblique muscle.
- superior oblique muscleA long thin extraocular muscle that arises just above the margin of the optic foramen, is inserted on the upper part of the eyeball, and moves the eye downward and laterally.
- respondeat superiorA legal doctrine which holds that an employer, officer, manager, supervisor, or other individual or group superior to an employee or subordinate may be legally liable for the acts of that employee or subordinate.
- Peover SuperiorA former civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, now included in Peover Superior and Snelson.
- superior cervical ganglionA ganglion at the top of the sympathetic chain that lies between the internal carotid artery and the second and third cervical vertebrae and that sends postganglionic fibers to the heart, larynx, and pharynx, and to the head.
- superior laryngeal nerveOne of two branches of the vagus nerve that arises from the ganglion of the vagus situated below the jugular foramen in front of the transverse processes of the first two cervical vertebrae and that passes down the neck to supply the …
- superior tarsal muscleA smooth muscle helping to raise the upper eyelid.
- superior petrosal sinusThe smaller of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated superiorly and connects the cavernous and transverse sinuses of the same side.
- superior planetsplural of superior planet: A planet that orbits the Sun beyond the orbit of the Earth and thus shows retrograde motion when viewed from the Earth
- superior thyroid arteryOne of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and …
Compound words 19
- superiorityThe state of being superior.
- SuperiaA former continent in Earth. A proposed ancient continent that would later merge together with the continents of Vaalbara and Sclavia to form the supercontinent Kenorland.
- superiorlyabove; in a superior position.
- anterosuperiorFrom anterior to superior.
- posterosuperiorBehind and above.
- inferosuperiorfrom below to above
- laterosuperiorlateral and superior
- mediosuperiormedial and superior
- nonsuperiorNot superior.
- superioressA mother superior.