2. Nearly central; not quite central.

Sub*chant"er (?), n. (Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a

cathedral; a succentor.

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

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.

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.

Sub`co*lum"nar (?), a. (Geol.) Having an imperfect or interrupted

columnar structure.

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.

Sub`com*pressed" (?), a. Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat

compressed.

Sub*con"cave (?), a. Slightly concave. Owen.

Sub`con*form"a*ble (?), a. Partially conformable.

Sub*con"ic*al (?), a. Slightly conical.

Sub*con`junc*ti"val (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva.

Sub*con"scious (?), a. 1. Occurring without the possibility or the fact

of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

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