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r, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf- , sug-, an…

Partially cartilaginous.

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Partially conformable.

Partially conscious; feebly conscious.

Partially horny.

Partially dilated.

Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. Bp. Hall.

Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.

Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus.

An incomplete or partial dislocation.

Partially obtuse.

e (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.

Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.

Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.

reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame. Prov. ix. 7. A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities. Bp. Wilkins.

one color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.

Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield. Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also bar tin. -- Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Lib…

The state of healty tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

riftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skins of the walrus or seal. In Alaska it is often partially underground and covered with timber and turf. Topeks are also used by Indians of the lower Yukon region.