All English words - page 3560

Meanings of Subcontracting:

verb

Employ a firm or person outside one's company to do (work) as part of a larger project.

Usage examples:

We would subcontract the translation work out

noun

A contract for a company or person to do work for another company as part of a larger project.

Usage examples:

Subcontract labour

Meanings of Subcontractor:

noun

A firm or person that carries out work for a company as part of a larger project.

Usage examples:

They maintain that the dumping at coolnamadra was carried out by a subcontractor who was sacked whe…

Meanings of Subcontrariety:

noun

The relation between subcontrary propositions.

Meanings of Subcool:

verb

To cool (a liquid) to a temperature below its freezing point without its solidifying.

Meanings of Subcooled:

adjective

Of a liquid: cooled below its freezing point without solidifying. compare subcool , "supercooled".

Meanings of Subcooling:

noun

The action or process of cooling a liquid below its freezing point without solidification or a vapour below its boiling point; the extent of this.

Meanings of Subcortically:

adjective

Below the cortex.

Usage examples:

Imaging studies done 9 days after admission showed significant progression of his disease, with inc…

Meanings of Subcosta:

noun

A principal vein in the basic pattern of insect wing venation, located in the anterior part of the wing posterior to the costa and anterior to the radius.

Meanings of Subcreative:

adjective

Of or relating to secondary or subordinate creation, or an instance of this; specifically of or relating to subcreation .

Meanings of Subcritical:

adjective

Below a critical threshold.

Usage examples:

The us has not performed a nuclear test in 10 years, although it has conducted at least 17 subcriti…

Meanings of Subcrureus:

noun

A small muscle located under the vastus intermedius (crureus) muscle, originating from the femur and inserting into the suprapatellar bursa (also more fully "subcrureus muscle"). in early use also: †any of two or more bands of muscle forming this (obsolete).

Meanings of Subcrust:

adjective

Lying or taking place beneath a crust, especially (geology) beneath the crust of the earth.

noun

A layer that underlies a crust; specifically (a) geology a (semi-molten) layer of rock beneath the earth's crust; (b) a supporting layer beneath the upper surface of a road.

Meanings of Subcrustal:

adjective

Situated or taking place beneath the crust of the earth.

Meanings of Subcrystalline:

adjective

Chiefly of rocks and other natural materials: imperfectly or incompletely crystalline; semi-crystalline.

Meanings of Subculture:

noun

A cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.

Usage examples:

In what ways does the social environment predispose certain individuals to join delinquent subcultu…

Meanings of Subcultures:

noun

A cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.

Usage examples:

In what ways does the social environment predispose certain individuals to join delinquent subcultu…

Meanings of Subcurrent:

noun

Another term for undercurrent.

Usage examples:

There was a real intellectual subcurrent in the science fiction films of the fifties

Meanings of Subcutaneous:

adjective

Situated or applied under the skin.

Usage examples:

Subcutaneous fat

Meanings of Subcuticular:

adjective

Located or occurring under the skin; subcutaneous; subepidermal.

Meanings of Subcutises:

noun

The layer of loose connective tissue beneath the skin, typically containing some or many fat cells as well as blood vessels and nerves.

Meanings of Subdeacon:

noun

(in some christian churches) a minister of an order ranking below deacon.

Usage examples:

The rest were secular cathedrals, governed by a chapter consisting of a dean and canons whose duty …

Meanings of Subdeaconry:

noun

Subdiaconate.

Meanings of Subdeacons:

noun

(in some christian churches) a minister of an order ranking below deacon.

Usage examples:

The rest were secular cathedrals, governed by a chapter consisting of a dean and canons whose duty …

Meanings of Subdean:

noun

An official who acts as deputy to a dean; especially a deputy to the chief resident cleric of a collegiate church.

Meanings of Subdecanal:

adjective

Of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery.