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4,564 words match “SUB”

SUBTORRID a.
Nearly torrid.
SUBTRACT v.
To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
SUBTRACTER n. 2 definitions
One who subtracts.
SUBTRACTION n. 3 definitions
The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
SUBTRACTIVE a. 2 definitions
Tending, or having power, to subtract.
SUBTRAHEND n.
The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
SUBTRANSLUCENT a.
Not perfectly translucent.
SUBTRANSPARENT a.
Not perfectly transparent.
SUBTREASURER n.
The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury. [U. S.]
SUBTREASURY n.
A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York. [U. S.]
SUBTRIANGULAR a.
Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular. Darwin.
SUBTRIBE n.
A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
SUBTRIHEDRAL a.
Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth. Owen.
SUBTRIPLE a.
Containing a third, or one part to three. Bp. Wilkins.
SUBTRIPLICATE a.
Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios. Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b is cube roota to cube rootb, or cube roota/b.
SUBTROPICAL a.
Nearly tropical.
SUBTRUDE v.
To place under; to insert. [R.]
SUBTURRICULATE a.
Somewhat turriculate.
SUBTUTOR n.
An under tutor.
SUBTYPICAL a.
Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
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