subterminal (subterminal)

Nearly terminal; situated near but not at the end. Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 186. subternatural (sub-ter-nat'u-ral), a. Below what is natural; le than natural; subnatural. If we a ume health as the mean representing the normal poise of all the mental faculties, we must be con- tent to call hypochondria subternatural , because the tone of the instrument is lowered. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 87. The subterposition (subter-po-zish'on), n. state of lying or being situated under something else; specifically, in geol., the order in which strata are situated one below another. subterrane (sub'te-ran), a. and n. [OF. sub terrain, soubterrain, F. souterrain = Sp. subter ráneo = Pg. sub terra neo = It. sotterraneo, thatch .] In ichth ., a bone of the skull, generally underlying the roof of the cranium behind the orbit, and variously homologized with the orb i- to sphenoid and with the ali sphenoid of higher vertebrates: also used attributively. sub tegula neo us (sub-teg-u-lā nē-us), a . [L. sub tegu lane us , under the roof, indoor, sub , un- der, + tegula , a tile, a tiled roof: see tile .] Un- der the eaves or roof; within doors. [Rare.] Imp . Dict. sub tegumental (sub-teg-u-men'tal), a. Situand à la mode beef shops, was far from delicate. A subterrane tunnel. Annals of Phila. and Penn., I. 412. II. n. A cave or room under ground. [Poetical and rare.] subterrane alt (sub-te-ra'ne-al), a. [ subter rane + -al .] Same as subterranean. Bacon, Physical Fables, xi. ated beneath the integument; subcutaneous.