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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



substances so obtained are called 

 sublimates. 



SUBMARINE. Beneath tbe sea. 



SUBMA'XILLARY. fr. lat. sub, under 

 maxilla, jaw. That which is be 

 neath the jaw. 



SUBME'RGED. Immersed or covered 

 by water. 



EuBffi'sopHAGEAi.. Placed beneath 

 the oesophagus. 



SUBOPER'CULUM. The most inferior 

 of the three pieces of the opercu- 

 lum or gill-cover of fishes. 



SUBPLICA'TA. Lat. Sorhewhat 



plaited. 



SCB'ROTUITD. Nearly globular. 



SUBSES'SILE. Nearly sessile. 



SUBSER'RATE. Slightly serrate. 



SUBSOIL. An under soil. 



SUBSTRA'TA. Lat. plur. of substra- 

 tum. 



SUBSTRA'TUM. An under-layer or 

 bed. 



SUBTERRA'NEOUS In botany, grow- 

 ing and flowering under ground. 



SUB'ULATE. Awl-shaped. (Jig. 18, 

 p. 34, Book vii). 



SUCCI'NKA. fr. lat. succinum, amber. 

 A genus of gasteropods, so called 

 from the transparent texture, and 

 amber-colour of the shell. 



SUC'CULENT. Juicy. 



Suc/cus. Lat. The sap. 



SucKER.-Swrcu/tts. Soboles. A branch 

 M'hich proceeds from the neck of 

 a plant beneath the surface of the 

 ground, and becomes erect as 

 soon as it emerges from the earth, 

 producing leaves and branches, 

 and subsequently roots. 



SUCTO'HIAL. fr. lat. sugo, I suck. 

 Applied to those tribes of in- 

 sects, crustaceans and annelidans, 

 which are provided with suckers. 



SUFFHUTEX. An under shrub. 



SUFFRU'TICOSE. Shrubby in a slight 

 degree. 



SULA. fr. gr. sula, plunder, booty. 

 Generic name of the boobies. 



SULCA'TA. ") Lat. Sulcate ; grooved 



SULCA'TUS. 5 or furrowed. 



SU'LCATED. Furrowed. 



Su'ici. Lat. plur of sulcus. 

 SU'LCUS. Lat. A furrow; a ridge. 

 SULPHATISA'TION. The act of con- 

 verting into compounds contain- 

 ing sulphur. 



SULPHU'RIC. ") Relating to sulphur. 

 SULPHU'ROUS. 5 Applied to acids 

 composed of sulphur and oxygen. 

 SUL'PHURET. A compound of sul- 

 phur with another solid. 

 SUI/PHURETTED. Containing sul- 

 phur; as hydrogen, containing 

 sulphur, is called sulphuretted hy- 

 drogen. 



SU'MMIT. The tip or apex. 

 SU'PEHFICIES. fr. lat. super, above; 



fades, face. The surface. 

 SUPE'RFLUA. Lat. Superfluous. 

 SUPERXA'TAWT. Floating on the 



surface of anything. 

 SUPER-O'VART Applied to flowers 

 which have the perianth and sta- 

 mens above the ovary. 

 SUPERPO'SED. fr. lat. super, upon ; 

 pono, I place. One lying upon or 

 placed on another. 

 SUPRACRETA'CEOTS. fr. lat. supra, 

 above ; creta, chalk. Applied to 

 certain rocks or strata which are 

 situated above the chalk. 

 SUPRA-DECOMPOUND. Doubly de- 

 compounded. Many times sub- 

 divided. 



SUR'CULOSE. fr. lat. surculus, a suck- 

 er. Producing numerous suckers. 

 SURMULOT. Fr. Name of a kind 



of large rat. 



SURMULUS. Lat. A surmullet. 

 Sus. Lat. A hog, a sow. 

 SU'RCULI. Lat. plur. Young shoots. 

 SUTURE. fr. lat. suo, I stitch. A 

 seam or line of junction. In anato- 

 my, a kind of immoveable articu- 

 lation or joint, in which the bones 

 unite by means of serrated edges, 

 which are, as it were, dovetailed 

 into each other. The articulations 

 of the bones of the cranium are 

 of this kind. In conchology, the 

 seam, or fine spiral line which se- 

 parates the whorls or wreaths of 

 a spiral shell. In botany, the 



