Webster's Dictionary 1913

11368

Subtleness

Sub″tle‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.

11369

Subtlety

Sub″tle‐ty (?), n.; pl.Subtleties (#). [OE. sotelte, sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See Subtle, and cf. Subtility.] 1. The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunn...

11370

Subtly

Sub″tly (?), adv. In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise. Milton.2. Nicely; delicately.In the nice bee what sense so subtly...

11371

Subtonic

Sub‐ton″ic (?), a.(Phonetics) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modi...

11372

Subtonic (2)

Sub‐ton″ic, n. 1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below ...

11373

Subtorrid

Sub‐tor″rid (?), a. Nearly torrid.

11374

Subtract

Sub‐tract″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Subtracted; p. pr. & vb. n.Subtracting.] [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to dr...

11375

Subtracter

Sub‐tract″er (?), n. 1. One who subtracts.2. The subtrahend.

11376

Subtraction

Sub‐trac″tion (?), n. [L. subtractio a drawing back. See Subtract, and cf. Substraction.] 1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.2. (Math.) The taking of a...

11377

Subtractive

Sub‐trac″tive (?), a. 1. Tending, or having power, to subtract.2. (Math.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus.

11378

Subtrahend

Sub″tra‐hend′ (?), n. [L. subtrahendus that is to be subtracted, p.fut.pess. of subtrahere. See Subtract.] (Math.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.

11379

Subtranslucent

Sub′trans‐lu″cent (?), a. Not perfectly translucent.

11380

Subtransparent

Sub′trans‐pa″rent (?), a. Not perfectly transparent.

11381

Subtreasurer

Sub‐treas″ur‐er (?), n. The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.

11382

Subtreasury

Sub‐treas″ur‐y (?), n.; pl.Subtreasuries (�). A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York.

11383

Subtriangular

Sub′tri‐an″gu‐lar (?), a. Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular. Darwin.

11384

Subtribe

Sub″tribe′ (?), n.(Bot. & Zoöl.) A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.

11385

Subtrihedral

Sub′tri‐he″dral (?), a. Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth. Owen.

11386

Subtriple

Sub‐tri″ple (?), a.(Math.) Containing a third, or one part to three. Bp. Wilkins.

11387

Subtriplicate

Sub‐trip″li‐cate (?), a.(Math.) Expressed by the cube root; — said especially of ratios.Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b ...

11388

Subtropical

Sub‐trop″ic‐al (?), a. Nearly tropical.

11389

Subtrude

Sub‐trude″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Subtruded; p. pr. & vb. n.Subtruding.] [Pref. sub- + L. trudere to thrust.] To place under; to insert.

11390

Subturriculate

Sub′tur‐ric″u‐late (?), a.(Zoöl.) Somewhat turriculate.

11391

Subtutor

Sub‐tu″tor (?), n. An under tutor.

11392

Subtypical

Sub‐typ″ic‐al (?), a.(Zoöl.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.

11393

Subulate

{ Su″bu‐late (?), Su″bu‐la′ted (?), } a. [NL. subulatus, fr. L. subula an awl.] Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.

11394

Subulicornes

‖Su′bu‐li‐cor″nes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. subula an awl + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) A division of insects having slender or subulate antennæ. The dragon flies and May flies are exa...