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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./

Subdial

Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.

Subdichotomy

A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision.

Subdititious

Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in.

Subdiversify

To diversify aggain what is already diversified.

Subdivine

Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.

Subdivision

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

Subdominant

The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.

Subdue

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

Subdued

Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.

Subduer

One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.

Subduple

Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.

Subduplicate

Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios.

Subdural

Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.

Subeditor

An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal.

Subereous

Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.

Suberic

Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance.

Suberin

A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.

Suberite

Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.

Suberization

Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are impervious to water.

Suberone

The hypothetical ketone of suberic acid. A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate.

Subfamily

One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.

Subfuscous

Duskish; dusky; moderately dark; brownish; tawny.

Subgenus

A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.

Subglacial

Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams.

Subglottic

Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords.

Subgroup

A subdivision of a group, as of animals.

Subhepatic

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.

Subhornblendic

Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.

Subhyoidean

Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.

Subimago

A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.

Subindex

A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.

Subindicate

To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly.

Subindication

The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication.

Subinfer

To infer from an inference already made.

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