Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
subaction |
noun |
The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. |
subaerial |
adjective |
Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth’s surface, as opposed to subaqueous. |
subagency |
noun |
A subordinate agency. |
subashdar |
noun |
A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. |
subalpine |
adjective |
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line. |
subaltern |
adjective |
Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer., Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition., A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain., A subaltern proposition. |
subapical |
adjective |
Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex. |
subarctic |
adjective |
Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle. |
subastral |
adjective |
Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. |
subbeadle |
noun |
An under beadle. |
subcaudal |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones. |
subcostal |
adjective |
Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles., A subcostal muscle., One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure. |
subdeacon |
noun |
One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church. |
subdented |
adjective |
Indented beneath. |
subdivide |
verb t. |
To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided., To be, or to become, subdivided. |
subdivine |
adjective |
Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. |
subdolous |
adjective |
Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. |
subduable |
adjective |
Able to be subdued. |
subdulcid |
adjective |
Somewhat sweet; sweetish. |
subeditor |
noun |
An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal. |
subereous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose. |
subfamily |
noun |
One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided. |
subgenera |
plural |
of Subgenus |
subinduce |
verb t. |
To insinuate; to offer indirectly. |
subjacent |
adjective |
Lying under or below., Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys. |
subjected |
imp. & past participle |
of Subject, Subjacent., Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another., Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious. |
subjoined |
imp. & past participle |
of Subjoin |
subjugate |
verb t. |
To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. |
sublation |
noun |
The act of taking or carrying away; removal. |
sublative |
adjective |
Having power, or tending, to take away. |
sublessee |
noun |
A holder of a sublease. |
sublimate |
verb t. |
To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor., To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate., A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained., Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. |
subliming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Sublime |
sublimely |
adverb |
In a sublime manner. |
sublimity |
noun |
The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective)., That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature. |
sublingua |
noun |
A process or fold below the tongue in some animals. |
sublition |
noun |
The act or process of laying the ground in a painting. |
sublumbar |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column. |
sublunary |
adjective |
Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly., Any worldly thing. |
submarine |
adjective |
Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants., A submarine plant or animal. |
submedial |
adjective |
Lying under the middle. |
submedian |
adjective |
Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks. |
submental |
adjective |
Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery. |
submentum |
noun |
The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum. |
submerged |
imp. & past participle |
of Submerge |
submersed |
adjective |
Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. |
submissly |
adverb |
In a submissive manner; with a submission. |
submitted |
imp. & past participle |
of Submit |
submitter |
noun |
One who submits. |
submonish |
verb t. |
To suggest; to prompt. |
submucous |
adjective |
Situated under a mucous membrane. |
subnormal |
noun |
That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal. |
subobtuse |
adjective |
Partially obtuse. |
suboctave |
adjective |
Alt. of Suboctuple |
subocular |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye. |
suborning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Suborn |
subovated |
adjective |
Subovate. |
subpoenal |
adjective |
Required or done under penalty. |
subreader |
noun |
An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. |
subrector |
noun |
An assistant restor. |
subrogate |
verb t. |
To put in the place of another; to substitute. |
subrotund |
adjective |
Somewhat rotund. |
subsacral |
adjective |
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum. |
subsaline |
adjective |
Moderately saline or salt. |
subscribe |
verb t. |
To write underneath, as one’s name; to sign (one’s name) to a document., To sign with one’s own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one’s self to the terms of, by writing one’s name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond., To attest by writing one’s name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records., To promise to give, by writing one’s name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars., To sign away; to yield; to surrender., To declare over one’s signature; to publish., To sign one’s name to a letter or other document., To give consent to something written, by signing one’s name; hence, to assent; to agree., To become surely; — with for., To yield; to admit one’s self to be inferior or in the wrong., To set one’s name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum., To enter one’s name for a newspaper, a book, etc. |
subscript |
adjective |
Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex., Anything written below. |
subsecute |
verb t. |
To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. |
subsellia |
plural |
of Subsellium |
subserous |
adjective |
Situated under a serous membrane. |
subserved |
imp. & past participle |
of Subserve |
subsiding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subside |
subsidize |
verb t. |
To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. |
subsidies |
plural |
of Subsidy |
subsigned |
imp. & past participle |
of Subsign |
subsisted |
imp. & past participle |
of Subsist |
subsolary |
adjective |
Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. |
substance |
noun |
That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence., The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport., Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance., Material possessions; estate; property; resources., Same as Hypostasis, 2., To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. |
substract |
verb t. |
To subtract; to withdraw. |
substrate |
noun |
A substratum., Having very slight furrows., To strew or lay under anything. |
substrata |
plural |
of Substratum |
substruct |
verb t. |
To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. |
substylar |
adjective |
Pertaining to the substyle. |
subsultus |
noun |
A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion. |
subtenant |
noun |
One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant. |
subtended |
imp. & past participle |
of Subtend |
subterete |
adjective |
Somewhat terete. |
subtilism |
noun |
The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety. |
subtility |
noun |
Subtilty. |
subtilize |
verb t. |
To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse., To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments., To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. |
subtorrid |
adjective |
Nearly torrid. |
subtriple |
adjective |
Containing a third, or one part to three. |
subtruded |
imp. & past participle |
of Subtrude |
subulated |
adjective |
Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear. |
subungual |
adjective |
Under the nail or hoof. |
suburbial |
adjective |
Alt. of Suburbian |
suburbian |
adjective |
Suburban. |
subvening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Subvene |
subverted |
imp. & past participle |
of Subvert |
subverant |
adjective |
Reserved. |
subverter |
noun |
One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. |
subworker |
noun |
A subordinate worker or helper. |