Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 182
Sublinguae (n. pl. ) of Sublingua.
Sublingua (n.) (Anat.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
Sublingual (a.) (Anat.) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.
Sublingual (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland Sublumbar; as, sublingual salvia.
Sublingual (a.) Beneath the tongue.
Sublition (n.) (Paint.) The act or process of laying the ground in a painting. [R.]
Sublittoral (a.) Under the shore. -- Smart
Sublittoral (a.) Of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there.
Sublobular (a.) (Anat.) Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver.
Sublumbar (a.) (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column. Sublunar
Sublunar (a.) Alt. of Sublunary
Sublunary (a.) Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.
All things sublunary are subject to change. -- Dryden.
All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are under. -- South.
Sublunary (n.) Any worldly thing. [Obs.]
Sublunary (a.) Situated between the earth and the moon [syn: {sublunar}, {sublunary}, {cislunar}].
Sublunary (a.) Of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn: {sublunar}, {sublunary}, {terrestrial}].
Subluxation (n.) (Surg.) An incomplete or partial dislocation.
Subluxation (n.) Partial displacement of a joint or organ.
Submammary (a.) Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation.
Compare: Hoagie
Hoagie, hoagy (n.) A large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the U. S., such as {hero}, {grinder}, and {submarine}.
Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
Submarine (n.) A submarine plant or animal.
Submarine (n.) A submarine boat; a ship that can travel under the surface of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research. Also called {sub} and (from the German U-Boot) {U-boat}. esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. {submergible submarine} when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and {submersible submarine} when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.
Submarine (n.) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. [Colloq.]
Submarine (n.) A {submarine sandwich}.
Submarine (a.) Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
{Submarine armor}, A waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.
{Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}.
{Submarine mine}. See {Torpedo}, 2 (a) .
Submarine sandwich (n.) A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied; called also {hoagie}, {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {grinder}, {sub}, {submarine}, {poor boy}, and {Italian sandwich}. A single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
Compare: Armor
Armor (n.) Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
Note: In English statues, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war, including offensive as well as defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms every man should provide.
Armor (n.) Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.
{Coat armor}, The escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.
{Submarine}, A water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under {Submarine}.
Submarine (a.) Beneath the surface of the sea [syn: {submarine}, {undersea}].
Submarine (n.) A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn: {submarine}, {pigboat}, {sub}, {U-boat}].
Submarine (n.) A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: {bomber}, {grinder}, {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {hoagie}, {hoagy}, {Cuban sandwich}, {Italian sandwich}, {poor boy}, {sub}, {submarine}, {submarine sandwich}, {torpedo}, {wedge}, {zep}].
Submarine (v.) Move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car."
Submarine (v.) Throw with an underhand motion.
Submarine (v.) Bring down with a blow to the legs.
Submarine (v.) Control a submarine
Submarine (v.) Attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies."
Submarine (n.) [ C ] (Informal sub) 潛艇 A ship that can travel underwater.
// A nuclear submarine.
// A submarine base/ commander.
Submarine (a.) (Specialized) 海面下的，海底的 Existing below the surface of the sea.
Submarshal (n.) An under or deputy marshal.
Submaxillary (a.) (Anat.) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.
Submaxillary (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.
Submedial (a.) Lying under the middle.
Submedian (a.) (Zool.) Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.
Submediant (n.) (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
Compare: Superdominant
Superdominant (n.) (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also {submediant}.
Submediant (n.) (Music) The sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic).
Submental (a.) (Anat.) Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery.
Submenta (n. pl. ) of Submentum.
Submentum (n.) (Zool.) The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.
Submerged (imp. & p. p.) of Submerge.
Submerging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Submerge.
Submerge (v. t.) 把……浸入水中，淹沒；湮沒，覆蓋 [H]；使沉淪，使落魄 To put under water; to plunge.
Submerge (v. t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. -- Shak.
Submerge (v. i.) 潛入水中，淹沒；湮沒，消失 To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.
Some say swallows submerge in ponds. -- Gent. Mag.
Submerge (v.) Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: submerge, submerse].
Submerge (v.) Cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge, drown, overwhelm].
Submerge (v.) Put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: submerge, submerse].
Submerge (v.) Fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: inundate, deluge, submerge].
Submergence (n.) The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
Submergence (n.) Sinking until covered completely with water [syn: {submergence}, {submerging}, {submersion}, {immersion}].
Submerse (a.) (Bot.) Submersed.
Submerse (v.) Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn: {submerge}, {submerse}].
Submerse (v.) Put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn: {submerge}, {submerse}].
Submersed (a.) Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.
Submersed (a.) Beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks" [syn: {submerged}, {submersed}, {underwater}].
Submersed (a.) Growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves" [syn: {subaqueous}, {subaquatic}, {submerged}, {submersed}, {underwater}].
Submersible (a.) 能沉入水中的；能潛航的 Capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged; "a submersible pump"; "a submergible electric frying pan" [syn: submersible, submergible] [ant: nonsubmergible, nonsubmersible].
Submersible (n.) An apparatus intended for use under water.
Submersible (n.) A warship designed to operate under water [syn: submersible, submersible warship] [ant: surface ship].
Sub.mer.sion (n.) = submergence.
Submersion (n.) The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.
Submersion (n.) The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.
Submersion (n.) Sinking until covered completely with water [syn: {submergence}, {submerging}, {submersion}, {immersion}].
Submersion (n.) The act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: {submersion}, {immersion}, {ducking}, {dousing}].
Submetallic (a.) Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.
Subminister (v. t.) To supply; to afford. [Obs.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Subminister (v. i.) To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] "Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes." -- L'EStrange.
Subministrant (a.) Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Subministrate (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to subminister. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Subministration (n.) The act of subministering. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
Submiss (a.) Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Archaic] "Soft Silence and submiss Obedience." -- Spenser. "Stooping and submiss." -- R. L. Stevenson.
Submiss (a.) Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices. [R.]
Submission (n.) 屈從；歸順；投降 [U] [（+to）]；謙恭，柔順 [U] The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word; We English warrious wot not what it means. -- Shak.
Submission (n.) The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
In all submission and humility York doth present himself unto your highness. -- Shak.
No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things. -- Sir W. Temple.
Submission (n.) Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
Be not as extreme in submission As in offense. -- Shak.
Submission (n.) (Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.
Submission (n.) Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" [syn: {submission}, {entry}].
Submission (n.) The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another [syn: {submission}, {compliance}].
Submission (n.) The condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else; "the union was brought into submission"; "his submission to the will of God."
Submission (n.) The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness [syn: {meekness}, {submission}].
Submission (n.) A legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter.
Submission (n.) An agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter.
Submission (n.) (Law) A contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing.
Submission (n.) A yielding to authority. A citizen is bound to submit to the laws; a child to his parents; a servant to his master. A victor may enforce, the submission of his enemy.
Submission (n.) When a captor has taken a prize, and the vanquished have submitted to his authority, the property, as between the belligerents, has been transferred. When there is complete possession on one side, and submission upon the other, the capture is complete. 1 Gallis. R. 532.
Submission (n.) Contracts. An agreement by which persons who have a law suit or difference with one another, name arbitrators to decide the matter, and bind themselves reciprocally to perform what shall be arbitrated.
Submission (n.) The submission may be by the act of the parties simply, or through the medium of a court of law or equity. When it is made by the parties alone it may be in writing or not in writing. Kyd on Aw. 11; Caldw. on Arb. 16; 6 Watts' R. 357. When it is made through the medium of a court, it is made a matter of record by rule of court. The extent of the submission may be various, according to the pleasure of the parties; it may be of only one, or of all civil matters in dispute, but no criminal matter can be referred. It is usual to put in a time within which the arbitrators shall pronounce their award. Caldw. on Arb. ch. 3; Kyd on Awards, ch. 1; Civ. Code of Lo. tit. 19 3 Vin. Ab. 131; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 174; 6 Toull. n. 827; 8 Toull. n. 332; Merl. Repert. mot Compromis; 1 S. & R. 24; 5 S. & R. 51; 8 S. & R. 9; 1 Dall. 164; 6 Watts, R. 134; 7 Watts, R. 362; 6 Binn. 333, 422; 2 Miles, R, 169; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2483, et seq.
Submission (n.) [Mass noun] The action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.
‘They were forced into submission.’
Submission (n.) [Mass noun] [Wrestling] [Count noun] An act of surrendering to a hold by one's opponent.
Submission (n.) [Mass noun] [Archaic] Humility; meekness.
‘Servile flattery and submission.’
Submission (n.) [Mass noun] The action of presenting a proposal, application, or other document for consideration or judgement.
‘Reports should be prepared for submission at partners' meetings.’
Submission (n.) [Mass noun] [Count noun] A proposal, application, or other document presented for consideration or judgement.
‘A written submission to the UN.’
Submission (n.) [Law] [C ount noun] A proposition or argument presented by counsel to a judge or jury.
‘The judge halted the trial at the end of the prosecution's submissions.’
Submission (n.) (Giving) [ C or U ] 提交；呈遞 The act of giving something for a decision to be made by others, or a document formally given in this way.
// No date has yet been set for the submission of applications.
// The final deadline for submissions is 21 February.
// [ + that ] (formal) The judge will hear the defence's submission (= suggestion) that the case be dismissed.
Submission (n.) (Accepting) [ U ] 順從，屈服；不得以接受 The act of allowing someone or something to have power over you.
// They thought the country could be bombed into submission.
// The teachers agreed to a special meeting, in submission to parents' demands.
Submissive (a.) 服從的；柔順的 [（+to）] Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. -- Milton.
Submissive (a.) Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
With a submissive step I hasted down. -- Prior.
Syn: Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; modest; passive. -- Sub*mis"sive*ly, adv. -- Sub*mis"sive*ness, n.
Submissive (a.) Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" [ant: domineering].
Submissive (a.) Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive].
Submissly (adv.) In a submissive manner; with a submission. [Archaic] -- Jer. Taylor.
Submissness (n.) Submissiveness. [Obs.]
Submitted (imp. & p. p.) of Submit.
Submitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Submit.
Submit (v. t.) 使服從，使屈服 [（+to）]；使經受，使受到 [（+to）]；提交，呈遞 [（+to）] To let down; to lower. [Obs.]
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. -- Dryden.
Submit (v. t.) To put or place under.
The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. -- Chapman.
Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
Ye ben submitted through your free assent. -- Chaucer.
The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. -- Gen. xvi. 9.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. -- Eph. v. 22.
Submit (v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.
Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. -- Swift.
We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. -- Macaulay.
Submit (v. i.) 屈從；忍受；甘受 [（+to）] To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
The revolted provinces presently submitted. -- C. Middleton.
Submit (v. i.) To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
To thy husband's will Thine shall submit. -- Milton.
Submit (v. i.) To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. -- Rogers.
Submit (v.) Refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" [syn: {submit}, {subject}].
Submit (v.) Put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: {submit}, {state}, {put forward}, {posit}].
Submit (v.) Yield to the control of another.
Submit (v.) Hand over formally [syn: {present}, {submit}].
Submit (v.) Refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: {relegate}, {pass on}, {submit}].
Submit (v.) Yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: {submit}, {bow}, {defer}, {accede}, {give in}].
Submit (v.) Accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" [syn: {take}, {submit}].
Submit (v.) Make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF" [syn: {put in}, {submit}].
Submit (v.) Make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn: {render}, {submit}].
Submit (v.) Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn: {resign}, {reconcile}, {submit}].
Submitter (n.) 提交者 One who submits. -- Whitlock.
Submitter (n.) Someone who yields to the will of another person or force.
Submitter (n.) Someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others; "he was a prolific submitter of proposals."
Submonish (v. t.) To suggest; to prompt. [R.] "The submonishing inclinations of my senses." -- T. Granger.
Submonish (v.) (Rare) [With object] To bring (something) to mind, especially surreptitiously or secretly; to reprove (a person or thing) gently; to admonish.
Submonition (n.) Suggestion; prompting. [R.] -- T. Granger.
Submonition (n.) (Rare) The action or an act of submonish; a gentle admonition; a suggestion.
Submucous (a.) (Anat.) Situated under a mucous membrane.
Compare: Mucous
Mucous (a.) (Specialized) 粘液的 Relating to mucus ( = a slippery lubricant and protective substance).
// Mucous membrane/ secretion/ tissue.
Submultiple (n.) (Math.) 【數】約數，因數 A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.
Submultiple (a.) (Math.) Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.
Submuscular (a.) Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.
Subnarcotic (a.) (Med.) Moderately narcotic.
Subnasal (a.) (Anat.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.
Subnascent (a.) Growing underneath. [R.] -- Evelyn.
Subnect (v. t.) To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath. [R.] -- Pope.
Subnex (v. t.) To subjoin; to subnect. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Subnormal (n.) That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
Subnormal (a.) Below normal or average; "after the floods the harvests were subnormal"; "subnormal intelligence."
Subnormal (n.) A person of less than normal intelligence.
Subnotation (n.) A rescript. -- Bouvier.
Subnotochordal (a.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.
Subnuvolar (a.) Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy. [R. & Poetic]
Subnuvolar lights of evening sharply slant. -- Milnes.
Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [R.] -- Donne.
Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.
Suboccipital (a.) (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve. Suboctave
Suboctave (a.) Alt. of Suboctuple.
Suboctuple (a.) Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. -- Bp. Wilkins.
Subocular (a.) (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.
Subocular (a.) Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket; "a suborbital bone" [syn: {suborbital}, {subocular}].
Subofficer (n.) An under or subordinate officer.
Subopercular (a.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.
Subopercular (n.) The suboperculum.
Suboperculum (n.) (Anat.) The lower opercular bone in fishes. Suborbicular
Suborbicular (a.) Alt. of Suborbiculate.
Suborbiculate (a.) Almost orbiculate or orbicular. Suborbital
Suborbital (a.) Alt. of Suborbitar.
Suborbitar (a.) (Anat.) Situated under or below the orbit.
Suborbital (a.) Having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit; "the first manned suborbital flight."
Suborbital (a.) Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket; "a suborbital bone" [syn: {suborbital}, {subocular}].
Suborder (n.) (Nat. Hist.) A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositae.
Suborder (n.) (Biology) Taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order.
Subordinacy (n.) The quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason. -- Spectator. Subordinance
Subordinance (a.) Alt. of Subordinancy.
Subordinancy (a.) Subordinacy; subordination. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.
Subordinary (n.) (Her.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Note: Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon bordure, gyron, and quarter, are always considered subordinaries by those who do not class them as ordinaries.
Subordinate (n.) 屬下，附屬物 One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal. -- Milton.
Subordinate (a.) 下級的，次要的，附屬的 Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. -- Woodward.
Subordinate (a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. -- South.
Subordinated (imp. & p. p.) of Subordinate.
Subordinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subordinate.
Subordinate (v. t.) 使居下位，使服從 To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.