English English Dictionary

Under the center.

Nearly central; not quite central.

An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Nearly circular.

One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.

Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.

An under committee; a part or division of a committee.

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Slightly concave.

Partially conformable.

Slightly conical.

Situated under the conjunctiva.

Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

Partially conscious; feebly conscious.

A subordinate constellation.

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

Contracted after a former contract.

Betrothed for the second time.

One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.