Part 901

Sub*ap"en*nine (?), a. Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.

Sub*ap"ic*al (?), a. Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

Sub`a*qua"ne*ous (?), a. [L. subaquaneus; sub + aqua water.] Subaqueous. [Obs.]

{ Sub`a*quat"ic (?), Sub*a"que*ous (?), } a. 1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.

2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.

{ 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.