Subcompressed
(Sub`com*pressed") a. Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
Subconcave
(Sub*con"cave) a. Slightly concave. Owen.
Subconformable
(Sub`con*form"a*ble) a. Partially conformable.
Subconical
(Sub*con"ic*al) a. Slightly conical.
Subconjunctival
(Sub*con`junc*ti"val) a. (Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva.
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.
Subconstellation
(Sub*con`stel*la"tion) n. (Astron.) A subordinate constellation. Sir T. Browne.
Subcontract
(Sub*con"tract) n. A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
Subcontracted
(Sub`con*tract"ed) a.
1. Contracted after a former contract.
2. Betrothed for the second time. [Obs.] Shak.
Subcontractor
(Sub`con*tract"or) n. One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal
contractor.
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 a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied
also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite
sides not being parallel. Brande & C.
3. (Logic) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative.
Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
Subcontrary
(Sub*con"tra*ry), n.; pl. Subcontraries (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition
inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Subcoracoid
(Sub*cor"a*coid) a. (Anat.) Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the
subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.
Subcordate
(Sub*cor"date) a. Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
Subcorneous
(Sub*cor"ne*ous) a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under a horny part or layer. (b) Partially
horny.
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.
