| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| subact | verb t. | To reduce; to subdue. |
| subash | noun | A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar. |
| subaid | verb t. | To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. |
| subaud | verb t. | To understand or supply in an ellipsis. |
| subdue | verb t. | To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish., To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush., To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever., To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions., To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties., To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears., To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds., To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors. |
| subito | adverb | In haste; quickly; rapidly. |
| sublet | imp. & past participle | of Sublet, To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person. |
| submit | verb t. | To let down; to lower., To put or place under., To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; — often with the reflexive pronoun., To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; — often followed by a dependent proposition as the object., To yield one’s person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender., To yield one’s opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce., To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. |
| subnex | verb t. | To subjoin; to subnect. |
| suborn | verb t. | To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken., To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate. |
| subtle | superl. | Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; — applied to persons; as, a subtle foe., Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem., Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; — said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; — said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive., Smooth and deceptive. |
| subtly | adverb | In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly., Nicely; delicately., Deceitfully; delusively. |
| suburb | noun | An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris., Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. |
| subway | noun | An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted. |