Chapter Subagency to Subdual of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Subbeadle
(Sub*bea"dle) n. An under beadle.

Subbrachial
(Sub*brach"i*al) a. Of or pertaining to the subbrachians.

Subbrachiales
(||Sub*brach`i*a"les) n. pl. [NL. See Sub-, and Brachial.] (Zoöl.) A division of soft- finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.

Subbrachian
(Sub*brach"i*an) n. [Pref. sub- + brachium.] (Zoöl.) One of the Subbrachiales.

Subbreed
(Sub"breed`) n. (Zoöl.) A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.

Subbronchial
(Sub*bron"chi*al) a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.

Subcaliber
(Sub*cal"i*ber) a. Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written also subcalibre.]

Subcaliber projectile, a projectile having a smaller diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight.

Subcarboniferous
(Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous) a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. — n. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.

Subcarbureted
(Sub*car"bu*ret`ed) a. (Chem.) United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion. [Written also subcarburetted.] [Obsoles.]

Subcartilaginous
(Sub*car`ti*lag"i*nous) a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages. (b) Partially cartilaginous.

Subcaudal
(Sub*cau"dal) a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.

Subcelestial
(Sub`ce*les"tial) a. Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories. Barrow.

Subcentral
(Sub*cen"tral) a.

1. Under the center.

2. Nearly central; not quite central.

Subchanter
(Sub*chant"er) n. (Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Subcircular
(Sub*cir"cu*lar) a. Nearly circular.

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.

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.

Subcolumnar
(Sub`co*lum"nar) a. (Geol.) Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.

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.