9-letter words starting with sub
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- sub-humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- sub-ideal — a conception of something in its perfection.
- sub-level — a drift, dug through ore, into which overlying material, especially from an upper layer of ore, is caved.
- sub-phase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- sub-stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subaerial — located or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subahdary — the position or office of subadar
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subastral — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
- subbureau — a bureau subordinate to the main bureau
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcasing — a rough casing for a doorway or window.
- subcaudal — below a tail
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subcellar — a cellar below the main cellar.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subclause — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony
- subconsul — an assistant to a consul
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subcostal — below the rib
- subcounty — a division of a county
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- subdealer — a dealer who buys from another dealer
- subdeputy — an assistant to a deputy
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdivide — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- subdolous — clever, crafty, or sly
- subdorsal — situated close to the back in humans or upper surface in animals
- subducted — to take away; subtract.
- subduedly — quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subereous — of the nature of or resembling cork; suberose.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- subfossil — something partly fossilized
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