{ Sub`a*rach"noid (?), Sub*ar`ach*noid"al (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated
under the arachnoid membrane.
Sub*arc"tic (?), a. Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just
without the arctic circle.
{ Sub*ar"cu*ate (?), Sub*ar"cu*a`ted (?), } a. Having a figure
resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.
Sub`ar*ra"tion (?), n. [Pref. sub- + L. arra, arrha, earnest money.
See Earnest a pledge.] 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.
Sub`a*ryt"e*noid (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the arytenoid cartilage
of the larynx.
Sub*as"tral (?), a. Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. Bp.
Warburton.
Sub`as*trin"gent (?), a. Somewhat astringent.
Sub*at"om (?), n. (Chem.) A hypothetical component of a chemical atom,
on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; --
called also atomicule.
Sub*aud" (?), v. t. [L. subaudire, subauditum; sub under + audire to
hear.] To understand or supply in an ellipsis. [R.]
Sub`au*di"tion (?), n. [L. subauditio.] The act of understanding, or
supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood
or supplied. Trench.
Sub*ax"il*la*ry (?), a. 1. (Anat.) Situated under the axilla, or
armpit.
2. (Bot.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a
plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.
Sub*ba"sal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Near the base.
Sub"-base` (?), n. (Arch.) The lowest member of a base when divided
horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.
Sub"-bass`, n. (Mus.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an
organ; the fundamental or ground bass. [Written also sub-base.]
Ayliffe.
Sub*bea"dle (?), n. An under beadle.
Sub*brach"i*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the subbrachians.
||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.
Sub*brach"i*an (?), n. [Pref. sub- + brachium.] (Zoöl.) One of the
Subbrachiales.
Sub"breed` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A race or strain differing in certain
characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.
Sub*bron"chi*al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side
of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds.
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.
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.
Sub*car"bu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) United with, or containing, carbon in
less than the normal proportion. [Written also subcarburetted.]
[Obsoles.]
Sub*car`ti*lag"i*nous (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under or beneath a
cartilage or cartilages. (b) Partially cartilaginous.
Sub*cau"dal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of,
the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron, bones.
Sub`ce*les"tial (?), a. Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial
glories. Barrow.
Sub*cen"tral (?), a. 1. Under the center.