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  • English Word Subaerial Definition Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.
  • English Word Subagency Definition A subordinate agency.
  • English Word Subagent Definition A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter.
  • English Word Subagitation Definition Unlawful sexual intercourse.
  • English Word Subaid Definition To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.
  • English Word Subalmoner Definition An under almoner.
  • English Word Subalpine Definition Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.
  • English Word Subaltern Definition Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
  • English Word Subaltern Definition Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
  • English Word Subaltern Definition A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
  • English Word Subaltern Definition A subaltern proposition.
  • English Word Subalternant Definition A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2.
  • English Word Subalternate Definition Succeeding by turns; successive.
  • English Word Subalternate Definition Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
  • English Word Subalternate Definition A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.
  • English Word Subalternating Definition Subalternate; successive.
  • English Word Subalternation Definition The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
  • English Word Subangular Definition Slightly angular.
  • English Word Subapennine Definition Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.
  • English Word Subapical Definition Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.
  • English Word Subaquaneous Definition Subaqueous.
  • English Word Subaquatic Definition Alt. of Subaqueous
  • English Word Subaqueous Definition Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.
  • English Word Subaqueous Definition Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.
  • English Word Subarachnoid Definition Alt. of Subarachnoidal
  • English Word Subarachnoidal Definition Situated under the arachnoid membrane.
  • English Word Subarctic Definition Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.
  • English Word Subarcuate Definition Alt. of Subarcuated
  • English Word Subarcuated Definition Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.
  • English Word Subarration Definition The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.