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Under the center.

An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Nearly circular.

more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.

Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.

Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.

An under committee; a part or division of a committee. Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . . . those orders were commonly disobeyed. Milton.

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Slightly concave. Owen.

Partially conformable.

Slightly conical.

Situated under the conjunctiva.

Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.

The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind in which perception and other mental processes occur without distinct consciousness.

A subordinate constellation. Sir T. Browne.

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

Contracted after a former contract.

One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.