Suppressive: alternatives and connections

An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing

from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the…

Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…

To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.

To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.

The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or mo…

A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cl…

The act of conquering or subduing.

The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.

A fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.

Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.

To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words…