Part 918

Sub*mu"cous (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under a mucous membrane.

Sub*mul"ti*ple (?), n. (Math.) A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.

Sub*mul"ti*ple, a. (Math.) Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.

Sub*mus"cu*lar (?), a. Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.

Sub`nar*cot"ic (?), a. (Med.) Moderately narcotic.

Sub*na"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.

Sub*nas"cent (?), a. [L. subnascens, p. pr. of subnasci to grow under; sub under + nasci to be born.] Growing underneath. [R.] Evelyn.

Sub*nect" (?), v. t. [L. subnectere, subnextum; sub under + nectere to tie.] To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath. [R.] Pope.

Sub*nex" (?), v. t. [See Subnect.] To subjoin; to subnect. [Obs.] Holland.

Sub*nor"mal (?), n. (Geom.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.

Sub`no*ta"tion (?), n. [L. subnotatio a signing underneath, fr. subnotare to subscribe; sub under + notare to note or mark.] A rescript. Bouvier.

Sub*no`to*chor"dal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.

Sub*nu"vo*lar (?), a. [Pref. sub + It. nuvola cloud: cf. L. subnubilus somewhat cloudy.] Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy. [R. & Poetic]

Subnuvolar lights of evening sharply slant.

Milnes.

Sub`ob*scure"ly (?), adv. Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [R.] Donne.

Sub`ob*tuse" (?), a. Partially obtuse.

Sub`oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.

{ Sub*oc"tave (?), Sub*oc"tu*ple (?), } a. Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. Bp. Wilkins.

Sub*oc"u*lar (?), a. [Pref. sub + ocular: cf. L. subocularis.] (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.

Sub*of"fi*cer (?), n. [Pref. sub + officer: cf. F. sous-officer.] An under or subordinate officer.

Sub`o*per"cu*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum. -- n. The suboperculum.

Sub`o*per"cu*lum (?), n. [NL. See Sub-, Operculum.] (Anat.) The lower opercular bone in fishes.

{ Sub`or*bic"u*lar (?), Sub`or*bic"u*late (?), } a. Almost orbiculate or orbicular.

{ Sub*or"bit*al (?), Sub*or"bit*ar (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated under or below the orbit.

Sub*or"der (?), n. (Nat. Hist.) A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositæ.

Sub*or"di*na*cy (?), n. [See Subordinate.] The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason. Spectator.

{ Sub*or"di*nance (?), Sub*or"di*nan*cy (?) }, n. [Pref. sub + L. ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare. See Subordinate, a.] Subordinacy; subordination. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.