be+situated+under

  • 121subaqueous — sub•a•que•ous [[t]sʌbˈeɪ kwi əs, ˈæk wi [/t]] adj. 1) existing or situated under water 2) used or performed under water • Etymology: 1670–80 …

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  • 122sublingual — /sʌbˈlɪŋgwəl/ (say sub linggwuhl) –adjective 1. Anatomy situated under the tongue, or on the underside of the tongue. 2. Medicine of or relating to medications designed to be placed under the tongue in which position they dissolve and are… …

  • 123underlie — v.tr. ( lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 (also absol.) lie or be situated under (a stratum etc.). 2 (also absol.) (esp. as underlying adj.) (of a principle, reason, etc.) be the basis of (a doctrine, law, conduct, etc.). 3 exist beneath the… …

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  • 124hy|po|glos|sal — «HY puh GLOS uhl, HIHP uh », adjective, noun. –adj. 1. situated under the tongue wholly or in part. 2. designating either of the pair of cranial nerves which control the movements of the tongue. –n. a hypoglossal nerve. ╂[< New Latin… …

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  • 125sub|lin|gual — «suhb LIHNG gwuhl», adjective, noun. Anatomy. –adj. situated under or on the under side of the tongue: »a sublingual gland, artery, cyst, etc. –n. a sublingual gland, artery, or the like. ╂[< sub + lingual] …

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  • 126MAHALLA AL-KUBRA — MAHALLA AL KUBRA, town in Lower Egypt, halfway between alexandria and damietta . There was a flourishing Jewish community in Mahalla al Kubra under the fatimids . Yosef ha Yerushalmi, who stayed in Mahalla al Kubra for a short time, sent a letter …

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  • 127Arctic — Arc tic, a. [OE. artik, OF. artique, F. arctique, L. arcticus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? a bear, also a northern constellation so called; akin to L. ursus bear, Skr. ?ksha.] Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear;… …

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  • 128Subarachnoid — Sub a*rach noid, Subarachnoidal Sub*ar ach*noid al, a. (Anat.) Situated under the arachnoid membrane. [1913 Webster] …

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