Webster's Dictionary 1913

11179

Subopercular

Sub′o‐per″cu‐lar (?), a.(Anat.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum. — n. The suboperculum.

11180

Suboperculum

Sub′o‐per″cu‐lum (?), n. [NL. See Sub-, Operculum.] (Anat.) The lower opercular bone in fishes.

11181

Suborbicular

{ Sub′or‐bic″u‐lar (?), Sub′or‐bic″u‐late (?), } a. Almost orbiculate or orbicular.

11182

Suborbital

{ Sub‐or″bit‐al (?), Sub‐or″bit‐ar (?), } a.(Anat.) Situated under or below the orbit.

11183

Suborder

Sub‐or″der (?), n.(Nat. Hist.) A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous ...

11184

Subordinacy

Sub‐or″di‐na‐cy (?), n. [See Subordinate.] The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to...

11185

Subordinance

{ Sub‐or″di‐nance (?), Sub‐or″di‐nan‐cy (?) }, n. [Pref. sub + L. ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare. See Subordinate, a.] Subordinacy; subordination. Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.

11186

Subordinary

Sub‐or″di‐na‐ry (?), n.(Her.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.☞ Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, ...

11187

Subordinate

Sub‐or″di‐nate (?), a. [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See Ordain.] 1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or infe...

11188

Subordinate (2)

Sub‐or″di‐nate, n. One who stands in order or rank below another; — distinguished from a principal. Milton.

11189

Subordinate (3)

Sub‐or″di‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Subordinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Subordinating.] 1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance...

11190

Subordination

Sub‐or′di‐na″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. subordination.] 1. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.2. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior t...

11191

Subordinative

Sub‐or″di‐na‐tive (?), a. Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction.

11192

Suborn

Sub‐orn″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suborned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suborning.] [F. suborner, L. subornare; sub under, secretly + ornare to furnish, provide, equip, adorn. See Ornamen...

11193

Subornation

Sub′or‐na″tion (?), n. [F. subornation.] 1. (Law) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone.2. The sin o...

11194

Suborner

Sub‐orn″er (?), n. One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.

11195

Suboval

Sub‐o″val (?), a. Somewhat oval; nearly oval.

11196

Subovate

Sub‐o″vate (?), a. Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.

11197

Subovated

Sub‐o″va‐ted (?), a. Subovate.

11198

Suboxide

Sub‐ox″ide (?), n.(Chem.) An oxide containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O.

11199

Subpeduncular

Sub′pe‐dun″cu‐lar (?), a.(Anat.) Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.

11200

Subpedunculate

Sub′pe‐dun″cu‐late (?), a.(Bot. & Zoöl.) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.

11201

Subpellucid

Sub′pel‐lu″cid (?), a. Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

11202

Subpena

Sub‐pe″na (?), n. & v. t. See Subpœna.

11203

Subpentangular

Sub′pen‐tan″gu‐lar (?), a. Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.

11204

Subpericardial

Sub‐per′i‐car″di‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium.

11205

Subperiosteal

Sub‐per′i‐os″te‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Situated under the periosteum.Subperiosteal operation(Surg.), a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum.