<B>subphylum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a group of related animals ranking above a superclass and below a phylum. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=subdivision </B>(def. 3). </DL>
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<B>subplot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a minor or subordinate plot, as in a play or novel; underplot. <BR> <I>Ex. When several of the subplots must somehow be tied together, the work shows strain and becomes contrived (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>subpoena, </B>noun, verb, <B>-naed,</B> <B>-naing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an official written order commanding a person to appear in court or before another legal body, such as a committee of the U.S. Congress. A subpoena is delivered by an officer of the court or other legal body to the person specified in it, who becomes liable to penalty for failure to comply with it. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Bell has said that if necessary he will call the corporation officers on subpoena (London Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to summon with such an order; serve a subpoena on. <BR> <I>Ex. They were cited for refusing to turn over to the committee ... documents subpoenaed from them (New York Times).</I> <DD> Also, <B>subpena.</B> </DL>
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<B>subpoena ad testificandum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a subpoena requiring a person to appear in court as a witness. </DL>
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<B>subpoena duces tecum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a subpoena requiring a person to bring into court with him certain specified things, such as papers, books, financial records, or other documents. </DL>
<B>subpolar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>below or adjoining the poles or polar seas of the earth in latitude. <DD><B> 2. </B>beneath the pole of the heavens. <BR> <I>Ex. the subpolar passage of a star.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="subpopulation">
<B>subpopulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a part or subdivision of a population. </DL>
<A NAME="subpostoffice">
<B>sub-post office,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a branch of a post office. </DL>
<A NAME="subpotency">
<B>subpotency, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a lessening in the power to transmit inherited characteristics. </DL>
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<B>subpotent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or exhibiting subpotency. </DL>
<A NAME="subprefect">
<B>subprefect, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an assistant or deputy prefect. </DL>
<A NAME="subprefecture">
<B>subprefecture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the office or position of a subprefect. <DD><B> 2. </B>a division of a prefecture. </DL>
<A NAME="subprincipal">
<B>subprincipal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an assistant or deputy principal, as of a school or university. <DD><B> 2. </B>an auxiliary rafter in the framework of a roof. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Music.) a subbass of the open diapason class in an organ. </DL>
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<B>subprior, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the deputy or assistant of a prior. </DL>
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<B>subproblem, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a problem that is part of a larger problem. <BR> <I>Ex. The computer would be programmed to split the problem into subproblems (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>subprofessional, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>below what is professional; not up to the professional level. <BR> <I>Ex. subprofessional assistants, subprofessional talent.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=paraprofessional.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> a paraprofessional. <BR> <I>Ex. Dr. Gardner is training workers from the community, many of whom lack even high school diplomas, to act as therapists. The bulk of the therapeutic work is done by these subprofessionals (Science News).</I> </DL>
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<B>subprogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a part of a computer program. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=subroutine </B>(def. 2). </DL>
<A NAME="subpulsation">
<B>subpulsation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a part or constituent of a pulsation. </DL>
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<B>subpulse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a part or constituent of a pulse; a pulse that forms a part of a main pulse. <BR> <I>Ex. Subpulses have been observed in the pulsar (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
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<B>subramose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) branching only slightly. </DL>
<A NAME="subregion">
<B>subregion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a division or subdivision of a geographical region, especially with reference to animal distribution. </DL>
<A NAME="subregional">
<B>subregional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a subregion. </DL>
<A NAME="subreption">
<B>subreption, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the suppression of facts in order to obtain something, as ecclesiastical dispensation or preferment. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fallacious or deceptive representation or an inference derived from it. </DL>
<A NAME="subreptitious">
<B>subreptitious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>obtained by subreption. <DD><B> 2. </B>clandestine or surreptitious. adv. <B>subreptitiously.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="subresin">
<B>subresin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a resin which dissolves in boiling alcohol, and is deposited as the alcohol cools. </DL>
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<B>subrogate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-gated,</B> <B>-gating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to put (a person) into the place of another in respect to a legal right or claim. <DD><B> 2. </B>to substitute (a thing) for another. Also, <B>surrogate.</B> noun <B>subrogation.</B> </DL>
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<B>sub rosa,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in strict confidence; privately; secretly. <BR> <I>Ex. In Israel one can eat pork only sub rosa (Listener).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>confidential; private; secret. <BR> <I>Ex. A few ... had purchased in a sub rosa sort of way neckties which remained to be exhibited in public (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>subroutine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a part of a routine. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sequence of instructions directing an electronic computer to carry out a well-defined mathematical or logical operation. </DL>
<A NAME="subsaline">
<B>subsaline, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> moderately saline or salty. </DL>
<A NAME="subsalt">
<B>subsalt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a basic salt. </DL>
<A NAME="subsample">
<B>subsample, </B>noun, verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a sample taken from a group of samples; part of a large sampling. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to take a subsample of. </DL>
<A NAME="subsatellite">
<B>subsatellite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an object carried into orbit inside an artificial earth satellite and then ejected. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a subsatellite carrying particle detectors and a magnetometer (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="subsaturated">
<B>subsaturated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> partly or incompletely saturated. </DL>
<A NAME="subsaturation">
<B>subsaturation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> partial or incomplete saturation. </DL>
<A NAME="subscapular">
<B>subscapular, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> beneath, or on the anterior surface of, the scapula. <BR> <I>Ex. a subscapular gland or artery.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a subscapular muscle, artery, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="subscience">
<B>subscience, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch or subdivision of a science. <BR> <I>Ex. She was ... one of the first to develop the subscience of semiotics (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>subscribable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be subscribed to. <BR> <I>Ex. The new bond is subscribable only by holders of 2 7/8 per cent bonds (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>subscribe, </B>verb, <B>-scribed,</B> <B>-scribing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1a. </B>to promise to give or pay (a sum of money). <BR> <I>Ex. He subscribed $5 to the hospital fund.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to give or pay (money) in fulfillment of such a promise. <DD><B> 2. </B>to write (one's name) at the end of a document or the like; sign (one's name). <BR> <I>Ex. The old man subscribed his mark at the end of the will.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>to sign one's name to (a document, petition, or the like); show one's consent or approval by signing. <BR> <I>Ex. Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to attest (as a statement or will) by signing. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to give one's consent, approval, or support to; sanction. <BR> <I>Ex. Orestes ... chose rather to encounter the rage of an armed multitude, than to subscribe the ruin of an innocent people (Edward Gibbon).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1a. </B>to promise to give or pay money. <BR> <I>Ex. to subscribe to several charities.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to give or pay money in fulfillment of such a promise; contribute. <DD><B> 2. </B>to promise to take and pay for a number of copies of a newspaper, magazine, or other form of publication. <BR> <I>Ex. We subscribe to a few magazines. I am subscribing for some of the books of a book club.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give one's consent, approval, or support; agree. <BR> <I>Ex. She will not subscribe to anything unfair. I do not expect you to subscribe to my opinion.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to sign one's name to something, as to show agreement or approval, or as a witness. <BR> <I>Ex. John Hancock was the first man to subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="subscriber">
<B>subscriber, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who subscribes. <BR> <I>Ex. The magazines make a special offer to new subscribers.</I> </DL>
