SUBSTRATUM
SUBSTRA'TUM, noun [Latin substratus, spread under; sub and sterno.]1. That which is laid or spread under; a layer of earth lying under another. In agriculture, the subsoil.2. In...
Dicionário
Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
Buscar
Encontrar uma palavra ou entrada
Letra atual
S
6.599 entradas
SUBSTRUCTION
SUBSTRUC'TION, noun [Latin substructio.] Under building.
SUBSTRUCTURE
SUBSTRUC'TURE, noun [Latin sub and structure.] An under structure; a foundation.
SUBSTYLAR
SUBSTY'LAR, adjective In dialing, the substylar line, is a right line on which the gnomon or style is erected at right angles with the plane.
SUBSTYLE
SUB'STYLE, noun [sub and style.] In dialing, the line on which the gnomon stands.
SUBSULPHATE
SUBSULPH'ATE, noun A sulphate with an excess of the base.
SUBSULTIVE
SUBSULT'IVESUBSULT'ORILY, adverb In a bounding manner; by leaps, starts or twitches.
SUBSULTORILY
SUBSULT'ORILY, adv. In a bounding manner; by leaps, starts or twitches.
SUBSULTORY
SUBSULT'ORY, adjective [from Latin subsultus, a leap, from subsulto; sub and salio.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts, or by twitches.
SUBSULTUS
SUBSULT'US, noun [Latin] In medicine, a twitching or convulsive motion; as subsultus tendinum.
SUBSUME
SUBSU'ME, verb transitive [Latin sub and sumo.] To assume as a position by consequence. [Not used.]
SUBTANGENT
SUBTAN'GENT, noun In geometry, the part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
SUBTEND
SUBTEND', verb transitive [Latin sub and tendo, to stretch.] To extend under; as the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; to subtend the chord of an arch. A line f...
SUBTENDED
SUBTEND'ED, participle passive Extended under.
SUBTENDING
SUBTEND'ING, participle present tense Extending under.
SUBTENSE
SUBTENSE, noun subtens'. [Latin sub and tenus.] The chord of an arch or arc.
SUBTEPID
SUBTEP'ID, adjective [Latin sub and tepidus, warm.] Moderately warm.
SUBTER
SUB'TER, a Latin preposition, signifies under.
SUBTERFLUENT
SUBTER'FLUENTSUBTER'FLUOUS, adjective [Latin subterfluens, subterfluo.]Running under or beneath.
SUBTERFLUOUS
SUBTER'FLUOUS, a. [L. subterfluens, subterfluo.]Running under or beneath.
SUBTERFUGE
SUB'TERFUGE, noun [Latin subter and fugio, to flee.] Literally, that to which a person resorts for escape or concealment; hence, a shift; an evasion; an artifice employed to esc...
SUBTERRANE
SUBTERRA'NE, noun [infra.] A cave or room under ground.
SUBTERRANEAN
SUBTERRA'NEANSUBTERRA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin subter, under, and terra, earth.] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth or under ground; as subt...
SUBTERRANEOUS
SUBTERRA'NEOUS, a. [L. subter, under, and terra, earth.] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth or under ground; as subterranean springs; a sub...
SUBTERRANITY
SUBTERRA'NITY, noun A place under ground. [Not in use.]
SUBTERRANY
SUB'TERRANY, noun What lies under ground. [Not in use.]
SUBTIL
SUB'TIL, adjective [Latin subtilis. This word is often written subtle, but less properly.]1. Thin; not dense or gross; as subtil air; subtil vapor; a subtil medium.2. Nice; fine...