Subnotation
(Sub`no*ta"tion) n. [L. subnotatio a signing underneath, fr. subnotare to subscribe; sub
under + notare to note or mark.] A rescript. Bouvier.
Subnotochordal
(Sub*no`to*chor"dal) a. (Anat.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the
subnotochordal rod.
Subnuvolar
(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. Subobscurely
(Sub`ob*scure"ly) adv. Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [R.] Donne.
Subobtuse
(Sub`ob*tuse") a. Partially obtuse.
Suboccipital
(Sub`oc*cip"i*tal) a. (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital,
or first cervical, nerve.
Suboctave
(Sub*oc"tave Sub*oc"tu*ple) a. Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight.
Bp. Wilkins.
Subocular
(Sub*oc"u*lar) a. [Pref. sub + ocular: cf. L. subocularis.] (Anat.) Situated under, or on the
ventral side of, the eye.
Subofficer
(Sub*of"fi*cer) n. [Pref. sub + officer: cf. F. sous-officer.] An under or subordinate officer.
Subopercular
(Sub`o*per"cu*lar) a. (Anat.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.
— n. The suboperculum.
Suboperculum
(Sub`o*per"cu*lum) n. [NL. See Sub-, Operculum.] (Anat.) The lower opercular bone
in fishes.
Suborbicular
(Sub`or*bic"u*lar Sub`or*bic"u*late) a. Almost orbiculate or orbicular.
Suborbital
(Sub*or"bit*al Sub*or"bit*ar) a. (Anat.) Situated under or below the orbit.
Suborder
(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.
Subordinacy
(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.
Subordinance
(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.
Subordinary
(Sub*or"di*na*ry) n. (Her.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common
than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon
bordure, gyron, and quarter, are always considered subordinaries by those who do not class them as
ordinaries.
Subordinate
(Sub*or"di*nate) a. [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange.
See Ordain.]
