<B>submachine gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, designed to be fired from the shoulder or hip. </DL>
<A NAME="submandibular">
<B>submandibular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated under the jaw, especially the lower jaw. <BR> <I>Ex. a submandibular gland.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submarginal">
<B>submarginal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>below the margin; not up to minimum standard. <BR> <I>Ex. submarginal housing, submarginal intelligence.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not productive enough to be worth cultivating or developing. <BR> <I>Ex. submarginal farmland. Lots of [Russian] land is submarginal by U.S. standards (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Biology.) near the margin or edge of a body or organ. adv. <B>submarginally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="submarine">
<B>submarine, </B>noun, verb, <B>-rined,</B> <B>-rining,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a boat that can go under water. Submarines are used in warfare for attacking enemy ships with torpedoes and for launching guided missiles. <BR> <I>Ex. Nuclear-powered submarines have broken all earlier records for speed, endurance, and time submerged (Raymond V. B. Blackman).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>an organism that lives under water. <DD><B> b. </B>anything designed to be used under water, such as a mine or other explosive device. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a hero sandwich. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to attack, damage, or sink by a submarine. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Football.) to charge very low against and upset a lineman. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>happening, growing, done, or used below the surface of the sea; underwater. <BR> <I>Ex. submarine plants, a submarine mine. The continental terrace is one of the main subjects of investigation in submarine geology today (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or carried out by a submarine or submarines. <BR> <I>Ex. submarine tactics, submarine warfare, a submarine attack.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submarinechaser">
<B>submarine chaser,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, fast warship for pursuing and destroying submarines. It is usually smaller than a destroyer. </DL>
<A NAME="submarinepen">
<B>submarine pen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an underground shelter along the shore for docking and refueling submarines. Many partly exposed submarine pens are reinforced with concrete. </DL>
<A NAME="submariner">
<B>submariner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of the crew of a submarine. </DL>
<A NAME="submarino">
<B>submarino, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an undersea oceanographic vessel; submersible. </DL>
<A NAME="submaxilla">
<B>submaxilla, </B>noun, pl. <B>-maxillae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the lower jaw or lower jawbone in man and other vertebrates. </DL>
<A NAME="submaxillary">
<B>submaxillary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-laries,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the lower jawbone. <DD><B> 2. </B>a salivary gland situated beneath the lower jaw on either side. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of, having to do with, or beneath the lower jaw or lower jawbone. <BR> <I>Ex. a submaxillary fracture.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with the submaxillary glands. </DL>
<A NAME="submaxillarygland">
<B>submaxillary gland,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> either of a pair of salivary glands beneath the lower jaw. </DL>
<A NAME="submedian">
<B>submedian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated near but not at the middle. </DL>
<A NAME="submediant">
<B>submediant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the tone next above the dominant in the scale. <DD><B> 2. </B>a key in which the submediant is the tonic. <BR> <I>Ex. The slow movement was in the submediant.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submentum">
<B>submentum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the lower part of the labium in insects. </DL>
<A NAME="submenu">
<B>submenu</B> or <B>sub-menu, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a list of options in a computer program that are available under a larger category of functions. <BR> <I>Ex. Now, the menu has a single Helvetica listing--a type family ... and an arrow that indicates a sub-menu (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submerge">
<B>submerge, </B>verb, <B>-merged,</B> <B>-merging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put under water; cover with water. <BR> <I>Ex. A big wave submerged us. The flooded river submerged most of the farmland in the valley.</I> (SYN) plunge, immerse, submerse. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to cover; bury. <BR> <I>Ex. His talent was submerged by his shyness.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to go below the surface of a body of water; sink under water. <BR> <I>Ex. The submarine submerged to escape enemy attack.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to sink out of sight; be lost to view. </DL>
<A NAME="submerged">
<B>submerged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>sunk under water or beneath the surface of something. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) living in extreme poverty and misery. <BR> <I>Ex. the submerged classes of society.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Botany.) growing under water. </DL>
<A NAME="submergence">
<B>submergence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of submerging. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being submerged. </DL>
<B>submersed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=submerged.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. </DL>
<A NAME="submersibility">
<B>submersibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being submersible. </DL>
<A NAME="submersible">
<B>submersible, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that can be submerged. <BR> <I>Ex. To preserve future catches, Millot is designing a large submersible cage (Scientific American).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an undersea vessel used for oceanographic research and exploration, such as a bathyscaph or mesoscaph. <BR> <I>Ex. A true submersible ... supports itself by the buoyancy of its very strong and relatively light hull (New Scientist) ... an overview of Sealab II and other deep submersibles, and the human performance aboard (Science News).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=submarine.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="submersion">
<B>submersion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action of submerging. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being submerged. </DL>
<A NAME="submetallic">
<B>submetallic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> imperfectly or partially metallic. </DL>
<A NAME="submicron">
<B>submicron, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or consisting of particles that are each smaller than a micron, or 10,000 to 20,000 times smaller than a millimeter. <BR> <I>Ex. Finest glass fibers ever made may serve to screen out submicron dust and particles such as would result from atomic explosions (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submicroscopic">
<B>submicroscopic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> so tiny or minute as to be invisible through the normal microscope. <BR> <I>Ex. It is composed of submicroscopic cigar-shaped particles of iron (Scientific American).</I> adv. <B>submicroscopically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="submillimeter">
<B>submillimeter, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> smaller than a millimeter. </DL>
<A NAME="subminiature">
<B>subminiature, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> smaller than the standard small size; microminiature. <BR> <I>Ex. A subminiature radio receiver, small enough to be plugged into an ear (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="subminiaturize">
<B>subminiaturize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to reduce to subminiature size; microminiaturize. <BR> <I>Ex. The proliferation of transistorized and "subminiaturized" tape recording devices--many of them easily concealed or disguised ... (Saturday Review).</I> noun <B>subminiaturization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="subminimal">
<B>subminimal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> below the minimum; not up to the minimum standard. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a subminimal public education program (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<B>submiss, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) submissive; humble. <BR> <I>Ex. In adoration at his feet I fell submiss (Milton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submission">
<B>submission, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the act of yielding to the power, control, or authority of another; submitting. <BR> <I>Ex. The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.</I> (SYN) compliance, acquiescence, surrender. <DD><B> b. </B>the condition or an instance of having submitted. <DD><B> 2. </B>humble obedience. <BR> <I>Ex. They bowed in submission to the queen's order.</I> (SYN) humbleness. <DD><B> 3a. </B>the act or process of referring or the fact of being referred to the consideration or judgment of some person or group. <DD><B> b. </B>something submitted to another for decision or consideration. <BR> <I>Ex. The Government Departments have contributed letters, reports and submissions to the Queen (Sunday Times). They spitefully submitted a sonnet by Keats. This was returned as speedily as the other submissions (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="submissionist">
<B>submissionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in or advocates submission. </DL>
<A NAME="submissive">
<B>submissive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> yielding to the power, control, or authority of another; inclined to submit; obedient; humble. <BR> <I>Ex. He was proud, when I praised, he was submissive when I reproved him; but he did never love me (Charles Lamb). Between the overstrict and the easygoing fathers, Dr. Block found striking personality differences. The restrictive men were submissive, indecisive, ... and unconfident (Newsweek).</I> adv. <B>submissively.</B> noun <B>submissiveness.</B> </DL>
