chasuble | (noun) a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass | - |
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consubstantiation | (noun) the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine | - |
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countersubversion | (noun) the aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities | - |
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hardsub | (noun) (often plural) a subtitle whose text is irreversibly merged in original video frames. | Synonyms: hard subtitle |
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insubordination | (noun) an insubordinate act | Synonyms: rebelliousness |
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(noun) defiance of authority | - |
insubstantiality | (noun) lacking substance or reality | - |
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(noun) lack of solid substance and strength | - |
minisub | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisubmarine |
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minisubmarine | (noun) submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration | Synonyms: minisub |
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sub | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: pigboat, submarine |
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(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
subaltern | (noun) a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain | - |
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subbase | (noun) the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard | - |
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subbing | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: substituting |
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subception | (noun) (psychology) perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness. | Synonyms: subliminal perception |
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subclass | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order | - |
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subcommittee | (noun) a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose | - |
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subcompact | (noun) a car smaller than a compact car | Synonyms: subcompact car |
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subconscious | (noun) psychic activity just below the level of awareness | Synonyms: subconscious mind |
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subconsciousness | (noun) a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness | - |
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subcontinent | (noun) a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent | - |
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subcontract | (noun) a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract | - |
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subcontractor | (noun) someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor | - |
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subculture | (noun) a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs | - |
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subdeacon | (noun) a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
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subdimension | (noun) a partial dimension that constitutes the entire dimension of a given object. | - |
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subdirectory | (noun) (computer science) a directory that is listed in another directory | - |
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subdivider | (noun) someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites) | - |
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subdivision | (noun) the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided | - |
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(noun) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | Synonyms: subsection |
(noun) a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) | Synonyms: section |
(noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization | Synonyms: arm, branch |
(noun) an area composed of subdivided lots | - |
subdominant | (noun) (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale | - |
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subduction | (noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate | - |
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subduedness | (noun) the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity | Synonyms: dimness |
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(noun) a disposition to be patient and long suffering | Synonyms: meekness |
subduer | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: overcomer, surmounter |
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subeditor | (noun) an assistant editor | - |
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subentry | (noun) An entry, such as one in an account or reference work, that is included within a main entry. | - |
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subfamily | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic category below a family | - |
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subfigure | (noun) a figure that is a part of another figure | - |
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subgenus | (noun) (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species | - |
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subgroup | (noun) (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group | - |
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(noun) a distinct and often subordinate group within a group | - |
subhead | (noun) a heading of a subdivision of a text | Synonyms: subheading |
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subheading | (noun) a heading of a subdivision of a text | Synonyms: subhead |
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subject | (noun) something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation | Synonyms: content, depicted object |
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(noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field |
(noun) some situation or event that is thought about | Synonyms: issue, matter, topic |
(noun) the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Synonyms: theme, topic |
(noun) (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated | - |
(noun) (logic) the first term of a proposition | - |
(noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: national |
(noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: case, guinea pig |
subjection | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, conquest, subjugation |
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(noun) forced submission to control by others | Synonyms: subjugation |
subjectiveness | (noun) judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts | Synonyms: subjectivity |
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subjectivism | (noun) the quality of being subjective | - |
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(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience | - |
subjectivist | (noun) a person who subscribes to subjectivism | - |
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subjectivity | (noun) judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts | Synonyms: subjectiveness |
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subjoining | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjunction, supplementation |
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subjugation | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, conquest, subjection |
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(noun) the act of subjugating by cruelty | Synonyms: oppression |
(noun) forced submission to control by others | Synonyms: subjection |
subjugator | (noun) a conqueror who defeats and enslaves | - |
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subjunction | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjoining, supplementation |
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subjunctive | (noun) a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible | Synonyms: subjunctive mood |
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subkingdom | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom | - |
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sublease | (noun) a lease from one lessee to another | Synonyms: sublet |
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sublet | (noun) a lease from one lessee to another | Synonyms: sublease |
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sublieutenant | (noun) an officer ranking next below a lieutenant | - |
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sublimate | (noun) the product of vaporization of a solid | - |
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sublimation | (noun) (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid | - |
sublimit | (noun) (insurance) a limitation in an amount of loss coverage. | - |
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sublimity | (noun) nobility in thought or feeling or style | - |
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subluxation | (noun) partial displacement of a joint or organ | - |
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submarine | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: pigboat, sub |
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(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
submariner | (noun) a member of the crew of a submarine | - |
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submaxilla | (noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | Synonyms: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone |
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submediant | (noun) (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) | - |
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submenu | (noun) a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu | Synonyms: cascading menu, hierarchical menu |
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submergence | (noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submerging, submersion |
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submerging | (noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submergence, submersion |
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submersible | (noun) a warship designed to operate under water | Synonyms: submersible warship |
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(noun) an apparatus intended for use under water | - |
submersion | (noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it | Synonyms: dousing, ducking, immersion |
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(noun) sinking until covered completely with water | Synonyms: immersion, submergence, submerging |
submission | (noun) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another | Synonyms: compliance |
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(noun) something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | Synonyms: entry |
(noun) an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | - |
(noun) a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter | - |
(noun) (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing | - |
(noun) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness | Synonyms: meekness |
(noun) the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else | - |
submissiveness | (noun) the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. | - |
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submitter | (noun) someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others | - |
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(noun) someone who yields to the will of another person or force | - |
submucosa | (noun) the connective tissue beneath mucous membrane | - |
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subnormal | (noun) a person of less than normal intelligence | - |
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subnormality | (noun) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | Synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness |
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(noun) the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence) | - |
suborder | (noun) (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order | - |
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subordinate | (noun) a word that is more specific than a given word | Synonyms: hyponym, subordinate word |
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(noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subsidiary, underling |
subordinateness | (noun) secondary importance | Synonyms: subsidiarity |
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subordination | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: mastery |
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(noun) the quality of obedient submissiveness | - |
(noun) the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head | - |
(noun) the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | Synonyms: hyponymy |
(noun) the state of being subordinate to something | - |
subornation | (noun) underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful | - |
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(noun) perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give | - |
suborner | (noun) someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act | Synonyms: briber |
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subpart | (noun) a part of a part | - |
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subphylum | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class | - |
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subpoena | (noun) a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court | Synonyms: subpoena ad testificandum |
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subpoint | (noun) A point (proposition in a debate etc.) that forms part of a larger point. | - |
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subpopulation | (noun) a population that is part of a larger population | - |
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subprogram | (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: function, procedure, routine, subroutine |
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subrogation | (noun) (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another | - |
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subroutine | (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: function, procedure, routine, subprogram |
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subscriber | (noun) someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money | Synonyms: contributor |
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(noun) someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication | Synonyms: reader |
(noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, indorser, ratifier |
subscript | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character | Synonyms: inferior |
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subscription | (noun) a pledged contribution | - |
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(noun) the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document) | - |
(noun) agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name | - |
(noun) a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time | - |
subsection | (noun) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | Synonyms: subdivision |
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subsequence | (noun) following in time | Synonyms: posteriority, subsequentness |
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(noun) something that follows something else | Synonyms: sequel |
subsequentness | (noun) following in time | Synonyms: posteriority, subsequence |
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subservience | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, servility |
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(noun) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan | - |
(noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservientness |
subservientness | (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservience |
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subset | (noun) a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set | - |
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subshrub | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: suffrutex |
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subsidence | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsiding |
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(noun) the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it | Synonyms: cave in |
(noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remission, remittal |
subsidiarity | (noun) secondary importance | Synonyms: subordinateness |
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