| subterfuge | (n) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity, Syn. blind, Example: he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge; the holding company was just a blind |
| subterminal | (adj) near but not precisely at an end, Example: a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers |
| subterranean | (adj) being or operating under the surface of the earth, Syn. subterraneous, Example: subterranean passages; a subsurface flow of water |
| subterranean | (adj) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); ; - Bertrand Russell, Syn. subterraneous, ulterior, Example: subterranean motives for murder; looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge |
| Subterete | a. Somewhat terete. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterfluous | { } a. [ L. subterfluens, p. pr. of subterfluere to flow beneath; subter under + fluere to flow. ] Running under or beneath. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Subterfluent |
| Subterfuge | n. [ F., from LL. subterfugium, fr. L. subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape; subter under + fugere to flee. See Fugitive. ] That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. [ 1913 Webster ] Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an argument. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterrane | n. [ Cf. L. subterraneum, F. souterrain. See Subterranean. ] A cave or room under ground. [ R. ] J. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterraneal | a. Subterranean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterraneous | { } a. [ L. subterraneus; sub under + terra earth. See Terrace. ] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage. -- Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Variants: Subterranean |
| Subterranity | n. A place under ground; a subterrany. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterrany | a. Subterranean. [ Obs. ] Bacon. -- n. A subterranean place. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterrene | a. [ L. subterrenus, equiv. to subterraneus. ] Subterraneous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subterrestrial | a. Subterranean. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 罠(P);羂 | [わな, wana] (n) (1) snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); (2) trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.); (P) #7,689 [Add to Longdo] |
| 地中 | [ちちゅう, chichuu] (n, adj-no) underground; subterranean; (P) #16,143 [Add to Longdo] |
| テンジクザメ属 | [テンジクザメぞく, tenjikuzame zoku] (n) Chiloscyllium (genus of carpet sharks or bamboo sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with long snouts and subterminal nostrils) [Add to Longdo] |
| 暗渠;暗きょ | [あんきょ, ankyo] (n) (See 明渠) subterranean drain; culvert; conduit [Add to Longdo] |
| 家白蟻 | [いえしろあり;イエシロアリ, ieshiroari ; ieshiroari] (n) (uk) Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) [Add to Longdo] |
| 言い逃れ;言逃れ;言い逃がれ(io) | [いいのがれ, iinogare] (n) evasion; excuse; subterfuge [Add to Longdo] |
| 地下道 | [ちかどう, chikadou] (n) subterranean tunnel; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 地響き | [じひびき, jihibiki] (n) subterranean rumbling; earth tremor [Add to Longdo] |
| 地底湖 | [ちていこ, chiteiko] (n) underground lake; subterranean lake [Add to Longdo] |
| 遁辞 | [とんじ, tonji] (n) excuse; evasive answer; subterfuge [Add to Longdo] |
