| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| subashdary | noun | Alt. of Subashship |
| subashship | noun | The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar. |
| subalmoner | noun | An under almoner. |
| subangular | adjective | Slightly angular. |
| subaquatic | adjective | Alt. of Subaqueous |
| subaqueous | adjective | Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet., Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits. |
| subarcuate | adjective | Alt. of Subarcuated |
| subcaliber | adjective | Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. |
| subcentral | adjective | Under the center., Nearly central; not quite central. |
| subchanter | noun | An underchanter; a precentor’s deputy in a cathedral; a succentor. |
| subclavian | adjective | Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries. |
| subconcave | adjective | Slightly concave. |
| subconical | adjective | Slightly conical. |
| subcordate | adjective | Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape. |
| subcranial | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial. |
| subdeanery | noun | Office or rank of subdean. |
| subdecanal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery. |
| subdecuple | adjective | Containing one part of ten. |
| subdeposit | noun | That which is deposited beneath something else. |
| subdialect | noun | A subordinate dialect. |
| subdilated | adjective | Partially dilated. |
| subdivided | imp. & past participle | of Subdivide |
| subduction | noun | The act of subducting or taking away., Arithmetical subtraction. |
| subduement | noun | Subdual. |
| subendymal | adjective | Situated under the endyma. |
| subfibrous | adjective | Somewhat fibrous. |
| subfuscous | adjective | Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny. |
| subgeneric | adjective | Of or pertaining to a subgenus. |
| subglacial | adjective | Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams. |
| subglobose | adjective | Not quite globose. |
| subglossal | adjective | Situated under the tongue; sublingual. |
| subglottic | adjective | Situated below the glottis; — applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords. |
| subhepatic | adjective | Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; — applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein. |
| subhyaloid | adjective | Situated under the hyaliod membrane. |
| subindices | plural | of Subindex |
| subjecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Subject |
| subjection | adjective | The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing., The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws. |
| subjectist | noun | One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist. |
| subjective | adjective | Of or pertaining to a subject., Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one’s own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one’s own internal states., Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. |
| subjicible | adjective | Capable of being subjected. |
| subjoining | present participle & vb. noun | of Subjoin |
| subjoinder | noun | An additional remark. |
| sub judice | Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration. | |
| subjugated | imp. & past participle | of Subjugate |
| subjugator | noun | One who subjugates; a conqueror. |
| subkingdom | noun | One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia. |
| sublapsary | adjective | Sublapsarian. |
| subletting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sublet |
| sublimable | verb t. | Capable of being sublimed or sublimated. |
| sublimated | imp. & past participle | of Sublimate, Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified. |
| sublinguae | plural | of Sublingua |
| sublingual | adjective | Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland., Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia. |
| sublobular | adjective | Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver. |
| submammary | adjective | Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation. |
| submarshal | noun | An under or deputy marshal. |
| submediant | noun | The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant. |
| submerging | present participle & vb. noun | of Submerge |
| submersion | noun | The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning., The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned. |
| submission | noun | The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance., The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation., Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error., An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. |
| submissive | adjective | Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one’s inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble., Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor. |
| submitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Submit |
| subnascent | adjective | Growing underneath. |
| subnuvolar | adjective | Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy. |
| suboctuple | adjective | Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. |
| subofficer | noun | An under or subordinate officer. |
| suborbital | adjective | Alt. of Suborbitar |
| suborbitar | adjective | Situated under or below the orbit. |
| subpleural | adjective | Situated under the pleural membrane. |
| subpoenaed | imp. & past participle | of Subpoena |
| subreption | noun | The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. |
| subreptive | adjective | Surreptitious. |
| subriguous | adjective | Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. |
| subscribed | imp. & past participle | of Subscribe |
| subscriber | noun | One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing., One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like. |
| subsellium | noun | One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall. |
| subsequent | adjective | Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome., Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. |
| subserving | present participle & vb. noun | of Subserve |
| subsesqui- | A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base. | |
| subsidence | noun | Alt. of Subsidency |
| subsidency | noun | The act or process of subsiding. |
| subsidiary | adjective | Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream., Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally., One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. |
| subsidized | imp. & past participle | of Subsidize |
| subsigning | present participle & vb. noun | of Subsign |
| subsisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Subsist |
| subsistent | adjective | Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit., Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter. |
| subspecies | noun | A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race. |
| subspinous | adjective | Subvertebral., Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus. |
| substitute | noun | One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else, a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man., To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange. |
| substratum | noun | That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil., The permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance. |
| subsultive | adjective | Subsultory. |
| subsultory | adjective | Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. |
| subsumable | adjective | Capable of being subsumed. |
| subtangent | noun | The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. |
| subtending | present participle & vb. noun | of Subtend |
| subterfuge | noun | That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. |
| subterrane | noun | A cave or room under ground. |
| subterrany | adjective | Subterranean., A subterranean place. |
| subterrene | adjective | Subterraneous. |
| subtiliate | verb t. | To make thin or rare. |
| subtilized | imp. & past participle | of Subtilize |
| subtilizer | noun | One who subtilizes. |
| subtleness | noun | The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety. |
| subtleties | plural | of Subtlety |
| subtracted | imp. & past participle | of Subtract |
| subtracter | noun | One who subtracts., The subtrahend. |
| subtrahend | noun | The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another. |
| subtruding | present participle & vb. noun | of Subtrude |
| subtypical | adjective | Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant. |
| subuliform | adjective | Subulate. |
| subulipalp | noun | One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi. |
| subumbonal | adjective | Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell. |
| subvaginal | adjective | Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve. |
| subvariety | noun | A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety. |
| subvention | noun | The act of coming under., The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help., A government aid or bounty., To subventionize. |
| subversion | noun | The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. |
| subversive | adjective | Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. |
| subverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Subvert |