English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Subungual (a.)

Under the nail or hoof.

Suburb (n.)

An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.

Suburb (n.)

Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.

Suburban (a.)

Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city.

Suburban (n.)

One who dwells in the suburbs.

Suburbed (a.)

Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.

Suburbial (a.)

Alt. of Suburbian

Suburbian (a.)

Suburban.

Suburbicarian (a.)

Alt. of Suburbicary

Suburbicary (a.)

Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome.

Suburethral (a.)

Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.

Subvaginal (a.)

Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.

Subvariety (n.)

A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.

Subvene (v. i.)

To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.

Subvened (imp. & p. p.)

of Subvene

Subvening (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Subvene

Subventaneous (a.)

Produced by the wind.

Subvention (n.)

The act of coming under.

Subvention (n.)

The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.

Subvention (n.)

A government aid or bounty.