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Styrone

A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called cinnamic alcohol or styryl alcohol.

Styryl

A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.

Styx

The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.

Suability

Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.

Suable

Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court.

Suant

Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even.

Suasible

Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.

Suasion

The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.

Suasive

Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory.

Suasory

Tending to persuade; suasive.

Suave

Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.

Sub

A subordinate; a subaltern.

Sub-base

The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.

Sub-bass

The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass.

Subacetate

An acetate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

Subacid

Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices. A substance moderately acid.

Subacromial

Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.

Subaction

The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely.

Subaerial

Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.

Subagent

A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter.

Subah

A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.

Subahdar

A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.

Subaid

To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.

Subalpine

Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

Subaltern

A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

Subalternate

A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.

Subalternation

The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.

Subapennine

Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.

Subapical

Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

Subaqueous Subaquatic

Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.

Subarctic

Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.

Subarration

The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

Subarytenoid

Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.

Subastral

Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial.

Subatom

A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also atomicule.

Subaud

To understand or supply in an ellipsis.

Subaudition

The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied.

Subbrachiales

A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.

Subbreed

A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.

Subbronchial

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.

Subcarbonate

A carbonate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

Subcarboniferous

Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.

Subcarbureted

United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion.

Subcartilaginous

Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages. Partially cartilaginous.

Subcaudal

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.

Subcelestial

Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories.

Subcellar

A cellar beneath another story wholly or partly underground; usually, a cellar under a cellar.

Subchanter

An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Subclass

One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.

Subclavian

Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

Subcolumnar

Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.

Subcommittee

An under committee; a part or division of a committee.

Subcompressed

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Subconscious

Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

Subconsciousness

The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind in which perception and other mental processes occur without distinct consciousness.

Subcontract

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

Subcontractor

One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

Subcontrary

A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

Subcoracoid

Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

Subcordate

Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.

Subcorneous

Situated under a horny part or layer. Partially horny.

Subcranial

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.

Subcrustaceous

Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.

Subdeacon

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.

Subdean

An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.

Subdecanal

Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.

Subdelegate

To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete.

Subdepartment

A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau.

Subdeposit

That which is deposited beneath something else.

Subderivative

A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, /friendliness/ is a subderivative, being derived from /friendly/, which is in turn a derivative from /friend./

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