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Subkingdoms
- noun - (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
Sublevation
- - The act of raising on high; elevation.
Subligation
- - The act of binding underneath.
Sublimating
- verb - change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- make more subtle or refined
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
- vaporize and then condense right back again
Sublimation
- noun - (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
- (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
Sublimatory
- - Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels.
Sublimeness
- - The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.
Sublimities
- noun - nobility in thought or feeling or style
Subliterary
- adjective - not written as or intended to be literature; "subliterary works such as letters and diaries"
Sublittoral
- adjective - of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there