Definition of sub

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Sub- () A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate..

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Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
Landscape :: Landscape (n.) A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc..
Furile :: Furile (n.) A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin..
Vinculum :: Vinculum (n.) A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y..
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Concrete :: Concrete (n.) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
Scraping :: Scraping (n.) Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street..
Ginkgo :: Ginkgo (n.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree..
Anelectric :: Anelectric (n.) A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
Convalescency :: Convalescency (n.) The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.
Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.
Menstruant :: Menstruant (a.) Subject to monthly flowing or menses.
Resigned :: Resigned (a.) Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.
Disacryl :: Disacryl (n.) A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.
Formation :: Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited.
Humiliation :: Humiliation (n.) The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission..
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