Definition of inferior

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Inferior (a.) Situated below some other organ; -- said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx..

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Language :: Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath..
Lesser :: Lesser (a.) Less; smaller; inferior.
Foot :: Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed..
Occidental :: Occidental (a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior..
Second-class :: Second-class (a.) Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage..
Fop :: Fop (n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
Nadir :: Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand..
One-horse :: One-horse (a.) Second-rate; inferior; small.
Spree :: Sprechery (n.) Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation..
Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father..
Bogue :: Bogue (v. i.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
Spook :: Spontoon (n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers..
Generate :: Generate (v. t.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order..
Submissive :: Submissive (a.) Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Egress :: Egress (n.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit..
Hyponasty :: Hyponasty (n.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface..
Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..
Skiver :: Skiver (n.) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc..
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal..
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