Sub`glo*bose" (?), a. Not quite globose.
Sub*glob"u*lar (?), a. Nearly globular.
Sub*glos"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the tongue; sublingual.
Sub*glot"tic (?), a. (Anat.) Situated below the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the true vocal cords.
Sub`glu*ma"ceous (?), a. Somewhat glumaceous.
Sub*gov"ern*or (?), n. A subordinate or assistant governor.
Sub*gran"u*lar (?), a. Somewhat granular.
Sub"group` (?), n. (Biol.) A subdivision of a group, as of animals. Darwin.
Sub`has*ta"tion (?), n. [L. subhastatio.] A public sale or auction. [R.] Bp. Burnet.
Sub`he*pat"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
Sub`horn*blend"ic (?), a. (Min.) Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.
Sub*hu"mer*ate (?), v. t. [See Sub- , Humerus.] To place the shoulders under; to bear. [Obs.]
Nothing surer ties a friend than freely to subhumerate the burden which was his.
Feltham.
Sub*hy"a*loid (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the hyaliod membrane.
Sub`hy*oid"e*an (?), a. (Anat. & Med.) Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.
||Sub`i*ma"go (?), n. [NL. See Sub- , and Imago.] (Zoöl.) A stage in ||the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, ||intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is ||able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. ||Called also pseudimago.
Sub*in`cu*sa"tion (?), n. [Pref. sub + L. incusatio accusation, fr. incusare to accuse.] A slight charge or accusation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Sub*in"dex (?), n.; pl. Subindices (&?;). (Math.) A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
Sub*in"di*cate (?), v. t. [Pref. sub + indicate: cf. L. subindicare.] To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Sub*in`di*ca"tion (?), n. The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [R.] "The subindication and shadowing of heavenly things." Barrow.
Sub*in`di*vid"u*al (?), n. A division of that which is individual.
An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals.
Milton.
Sub`in*duce" (?), v. t. To insinuate; to offer indirectly. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.
Sub`in*fer" (?), v. t. & i. To infer from an inference already made. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Sub*in`feu*da"tion (?), n. (Law) (a) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure. Craig. (b) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.
The widow is immediate tenant to the heir, by a kind of subinfeudation, or undertenancy.
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