Webster's Dictionary 1913

10936

Subchanter

Sub‐chant″er (?), n.(Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

10937

Subcircular

Sub‐cir″cu‐lar (?), a. Nearly circular.

10938

Subclass

Sub″class′ (?), n. One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.

10939

Subclavian

Sub‐cla″vi‐an (?), a. [Pref. sub- + L. clavis a key. See Clavicle.] (Anat.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

10940

Subcolumnar

Sub′co‐lum″nar (?), a.(Geol.) Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.

10941

Subcommittee

Sub′com‐mit″tee (?), n. An under committee; a part or division of a committee.Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad... those orders were commonly disobeyed. Milton.

10942

Subcompressed

Sub′com‐pressed″ (?), a. Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

10943

Subconcave

Sub‐con″cave (?), a. Slightly concave. Owen.

10944

Subconformable

Sub′con‐form″a‐ble (?), a. Partially conformable.

10945

Subconical

Sub‐con″ic‐al (?), a. Slightly conical.

10946

Subconjunctival

Sub‐con′junc‐ti″val (?), a.(Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva.

10947

Subconscious

Sub‐con″scious (?), a. 1. Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; — said of states of the soul.2. Partially conscious; feebly conscious.

10948

Subconsciousness

Sub‐con″scious‐ness (?), n. The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind in which perception and other mental processes occur without distinct consciousness.

10949

Subconstellation

Sub‐con′stel‐la″tion (?), n.(Astron.) A subordinate constellation. Sir T. Browne.

10950

Subcontract

Sub‐con″tract (?), n. A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

10951

Subcontracted

Sub′con‐tract″ed (?), a. 1. Contracted after a former contract.2. Betrothed for the second time. Shak.

10952

Subcontractor

Sub′con‐tract″or (?), n. One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

10953

Subcontrary

Sub‐con″tra‐ry (?), a. 1. Contrary in an inferior degree.2. (Geom.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; — said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by ...

10954

Subcontrary (2)

Sub‐con″tra‐ry, n.; pl.Subcontraries (�). (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

10955

Subcoracoid

Sub‐cor″a‐coid (?), a.(Anat.) Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

10956

Subcordate

Sub‐cor″date (?), a. Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.

10957

Subcorneous

Sub‐cor″ne‐ous (?), a.(Anat.) (a) Situated under a horny part or layer. (b) Partially horny.

10958

Subcostal

Sub‐cos″tal (?), a.(Anat. & Zoöl.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles.☞ The subcostal muscles are distinct from, and within, the intercostal.

10959

Subcostal (2)

Sub‐cos″tal, n. 1. (Anat.) A subcostal muscle.2. (Zoöl.) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.

10960

Subcranial

Sub‐cra″ni‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.

10961

Subcrustaceous

Sub′crus‐ta″ceous (?), a. Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.

10962

Subcrystalline

Sub‐crys″tal‐line (?), a. Imperfectly crystallized.