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Suchitra
Suchitra (Suchitra Ramadurai), aka RJ Suchi or Mirchi Suchi, is an Indian Tamil radio jockey and playback singer of over 100 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, known for Radio Mirchi's Hello Chennai, the 2017 SuchiLeaks hacking episode, and her 2020 comeback.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (सुचित्रा कृष्णमूर्ति)
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (सुचित्रा कृष्णमूर्ति), born 1975 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress, singer, writer, and painter, best known as Anna in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), for 1990s Indipop albums like Dole Dole, her memoir Drama Queen, and her stage and Audible musical adaptations.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
Suchitra Krishnamoorthy, also spelled Suchitra Krishnamurthy, is an Indian singer and actress who released 1990s Indipop albums and starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994).
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin is an American pharmacologist and tobacco-addiction researcher who is the Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and an authority on youth tobacco use.
Suchitra Nelson
Suchitra Nelson is an American epidemiologist, Professor and Associate Dean at Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine, and a 2007 PECASE award recipient.
Suchitra Pillai
Suchitra Pillai, Indian actress, VJ, model, and singer born 1970 in Ernakulam, Kerala; known for Dil Chahta Hai, Page 3, Fashion, 24: India, and OTT shows like Broken News 2.
Suchitra Sen (সুচিত্রা সেন)
Suchitra Sen (সুচিত্রা সেন), born Roma Dasgupta (1931-2014), Indian Bengali and Hindi film actress, the mahanayika paired with Uttam Kumar; first Indian actress to win an international festival award (Moscow 1963), Padma Shri 1972, refused the 2005 Dadasaheb Phalke Award, reclusive after 1978.
Sucidava (Romania)
Sucidava (Celei, Corabia, Romania): Dacian capital of the Suci and Roman-Byzantine fortress on the north Danube bank, northern end of Constantine the Great's 328 AD bridge to Oescus, with its secret fountain and 4th-century basilica.
Sucintita
Sucintita (सुचिन्तित) is the name of several elder monks in the Apadāna, a Pali collection of verse autobiographies; one bearer recalls a past life as a hunter who offered meat to the Buddha Atthadassī.
Suck It and See
Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys' fourth studio album, released 6 June 2011 on Domino, produced by James Ford, recorded live at Sound City LA, UK number 1, Metascore 74.
Sucker (song)
"Sucker" is a 2019 Jonas Brothers comeback single, produced by Ryan Tedder and Frank Dukes, that debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, topped 2019 US radio play, and won Best Pop Video at the MTV VMAs.
Sucker for Pain
Sucker for Pain, also credited to Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla $ign and X Ambassadors, is a 2016 Alex da Kid-produced Suicide Squad soundtrack single that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Sucker punch
Sucker punch: an unannounced punch at an unprepared target, from 1917 boxing slang; synonyms king hit and coward punch; medically the fatal injury is usually the secondary head impact with the ground, not the punch itself.
Sucker Punch (2011 film)
Sucker Punch (2011) is Zack Snyder's first original-story film, an action fantasy starring Emily Browning as Babydoll, institutionalized and escaping through fantasy worlds. Grossed $89.8M on an $82M budget; 23% on Rotten Tomatoes; unreleased director's cut pending licensing.
Sucker Punch Productions
Sucker Punch Productions, founded 1997 in Bellevue, Washington by ex-Microsoft staff, is a PlayStation Studios developer behind Sly Cooper, Infamous, Ghost of Tsushima, and Ghost of Yōtei (2025).
Sucker rod pump
A sucker rod pump, also called a beam pump, is an artificial-lift system that drives a downhole pump through a rod string, lifting oil from over 600,000 wells.
Suckling pig
Suckling pig (lechon, cochon de lait): a milk-fed piglet slaughtered before weaning and roasted whole. Defined by milk-only diet; EU law sets 28-day minimum weaning age; Segovia, Spain is famed for the dish since Roman times.
Sucralfate
Sucralfate is a locally acting aluminum sucrose octasulfate antiulcer drug that forms an ulcer-adherent barrier against acid, pepsin, and bile salts; used for duodenal ulcer treatment and maintenance, with renal and drug-interaction cautions.
Sucralose
Sucralose (E 955, Splenda) is a chlorinated sucrose-derived artificial sweetener about 600 times sweeter than sugar; FDA-approved 1998-1999, EU ADI 15 mg/kg bw/day, heat stable.
Sucre
Sucre, Bolivia's constitutional capital and capital of Chuquisaca department, founded 1538 as La Plata, renamed 1839 for Antonio José de Sucre; UNESCO World Heritage historic city since 1991.
Sucromalt
Sucromalt (Xtend™) is a nutritive sweetener made from sucrose and maltose with alternansucrase enzyme, developed by USDA-ARS and Cargill; glycemic index 53, 4.0 kcal/g, 70% as sweet as sugar, GRAS as GRN 258.
Sucrose
Sucrose, also known as cane sugar, is ordinary table sugar, a nonreducing disaccharide of glucose and fructose crystallized from sugarcane and sugar beet juice and hydrolyzed into invert sugar.
Sucrose acetate isobutyrate
Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB, E 444, CAS 126-13-6), a mixture of fully esterified sucrose esters, is a density-adjusting agent stabilizing citrus flavor-oil emulsions in soft drinks at 150-300 ppm, with an ADI of 20 mg/kg bw per day.
Sucrose esters of fatty acids
Sucrose esters of fatty acids (SFAE, sugar esters, E 473) are nonionic biodegradable surfactants from sucrose and fatty acids, used as food emulsifiers since the 1950s and in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
Sucrose phosphorylase
Sucrose phosphorylase, also called sucrose glucosyltransferase, is a bacterial enzyme that reversibly splits sucrose into fructose and glucose 1-phosphate, and is used industrially to make glycosides.
Suction
Suction in medicine removes secretions, gas, or fluid from hollow organs and cavities using a tube and negative pressure, for airway clearance, drainage, and wound therapy.
Suction cup
A suction cup is a flexible, cup-shaped element that grips a surface by atmospheric pressure when the air inside is removed, powering industrial vacuum lifters and everyday holders.
Suction grasping
Suction grasping is a robotic grasping method in which a suction cup seals against an object and holds it by pressure difference, widely used in warehouse picking.
Sud america
Sud América (Institución Atlética Sud América, IASA) is a Uruguayan football club founded 15 February 1914 in Montevideo's Villa Muñoz; orange shirts, nicknames Los Naranjas and Los Buzones, 7 Segunda División titles, 1995 Copa Conmebol participant. Distinguished from Argentine clubs of the same name.
Sud Aviation Caravelle
The Sud Aviation Caravelle, also known as the Super Caravelle, was a French twin-engine jet airliner, first flown in 1955 with rear-mounted engines, serving airlines like Air France and SAS.