Subtropical
(Sub*trop"ic*al) a. Nearly tropical.
Subtrude
(Sub*trude") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Subtruding.] [Pref. sub- + L.
trudere to thrust.] To place under; to insert. [R.]
Subturriculate
(Sub`tur*ric"u*late) a. (Zoöl.) Somewhat turriculate.
Subtutor
(Sub*tu"tor) n. An under tutor.
Subtypical
(Sub*typ"ic*al) a. (Zoöl.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other
group; slightly aberrant.
Subulate
(Su"bu*late Su"bu*la`ted) a. [NL. subulatus, fr. L. subula an awl.] Very narrow, and tapering
gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.
Subulicornes
(||Su`bu*li*cor"nes) n. pl. [NL., from L. subula an awl + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) A division
of insects having slender or subulate antennæ. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.
Subuliform
(Su"bu*li*form) a. Subulate.
Subulipalp
(Su"bu*li*palp`) n. [L. subula an awl + E. palp.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of carabid beetles
having slender palpi.
Subumbonal
(Sub`um*bo"nal) a. (Zoöl.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.
Subumbrella
(Sub`um*brel"la) n. (Zoöl.) The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped
body, of a jellyfish.
Subundation
(Sub`un*da"tion) n. [Pref. sub- + L. unda a wave.] A flood; a deluge. [Obs.] Huloet.
Subungual
(Sub*un"gual) a. Under the nail or hoof.
Suburb
(Sub"urb) n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See Urban.]
1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region
which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated
in the suburbs of Paris. "In the suburbs of a town." Chaucer.
[London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the
suburbs were very populous.
Hallam. 2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. "The suburbs . . . of sorrow." Jer. Taylor.
The suburb of their straw-built citadel.
Milton. Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] Milton.
