suability | (noun) (law) liability to be sued. | - |
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suasion | (noun) the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | Synonyms: persuasion |
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suaveness | (noun) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner | Synonyms: blandness, smoothness, suavity |
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suavity | (noun) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner | Synonyms: blandness, smoothness, suaveness |
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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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subsidiary | (noun) a company that is completely controlled by another company | Synonyms: subsidiary company |
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(noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subordinate, underling |
subsiding | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsidence |
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subsidisation | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: grant, subsidization |
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(noun) money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidization |
subsidiser | (noun) someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidizer |
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