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Subdivision ConiferophytinanounMWEcone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous periodverified
Subdivision CycadophytanounMWEpalmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct ordersverified
Subdivision CycadophytinanounMWEpalmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct ordersverified
Subdivision DeuteromycotanounMWElarge and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is knownverified
Subdivision DeuteromycotinanounMWElarge and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is knownverified
Subdivision GinkgophytinanounMWEginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivisionverified
Subdivision PinophytinanounMWEmost conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina)verified
Subdivision PteropsidanounMWEused in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermaeverified
Subdivision TaxophytinanounMWEyews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophytaverified
Subject Security LevelnounMWESensitivity label(s) of the objects to which the subject has both read and write access. Security level of a subject must always be dominated by the clearance level of the user associated with the subject.verified
Subjunctive MoodnounMWEa mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possibleverified
Sublingual GlandnounMWEa small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva)verified
Sublingual Salivary GlandnounMWEa small salivary gland that produces mucin (the viscous component of saliva)verified
Submandibular GlandnounMWEa salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal salivaverified
Submandibular Salivary GlandnounMWEa salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal salivaverified
Submarine SandwichnounMWEa large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)verified
Submaxillary GlandnounMWEa salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal salivaverified
Submaxillary Salivary GlandnounMWEa salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal salivaverified
Subnet MasknounMWEA subnet mask (or number) is used to determine the number of bits used for the subnet and host portions of the address. The mask is a 32-bit value that uses one-bits for the network and subnet portions and zero-bits for the host portion.verified
Subordinate Certification AuthoritynounMWEIn a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority whose certificate signature key is certified by another CA, and whose activities are constrained by that other CA.verified
Subordinate ClausenounMWEa clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverbverified
Subordinate ConjunctionnounMWEa conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clauseverified
Subordinating ConjunctionnounMWEthe subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of anotherverified
Subornation of PerjurynounMWE(law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceedingverified
Subpoena Ad TestificandumnounMWEa writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceedingverified
Subpoena Duces TecumnounMWEa writ issued by a court at the request of one of the parties to a suitverified
Subroutine LibrarynounMWE(computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate useverified
Subscription RightnounMWEthe right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the publicverified
subsequent accessnounMWEA characteristic of the **information flow control** decision model in which the governing question is where information may travel (path, transit, routing) rather than who may read or use it at any point after it arrives. Flow control policy is evaluated at the moment of transit and is orthogonal to — and deliberately decoupled from — whatever access-control decisions may follow once the information reaches its destination; the two policy dimensions answer different questions and are applied at different enforcement points. Standards bodies including NIST use the phrase in supplemental guidance for AC-4 / SP 800-171 §3.1.3 to explain that an information flow control policy is complete and correctly applied even if it takes no account of what subjects will do with the data downstream.verified
subsequent eventsnounMWEEvents or transactions that occur after the specified period addressed by the description but prior to the date of the practitioner's report. Such events or transactions could have a significant effect on the evaluation of whether the description is presented in accordance with the description criteria or whether controls were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the entity's principal system objectives were achieved based on the applicable trust services criteria.verified
Subsidiary LedgernounMWEdetails of an account supporting the amount stated in the general ledgerverified
Subsistence FarmingnounMWEfarming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketingverified
Substantia AlbanounMWEwhitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheathsverified
Substitute check (Check 21)nounMWEAlso known as the Image Replacement Document (IRD). A paper reproduction of an original check that (1) contains an image of the front and back of the original check; (2) bears a MICR line that, except as provided under ANS X9.100-140, contains all the information appearing on the MICR line of the original check when it was issued and any additional information that was encoded on the original check's MICR line before an image of the original check was captured; (3) conforms in paper stock, dimension, and otherwise with ANS X9.100-140; and (4) is suitable for automated processing in the same manner as the original check. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors can by rule or order determine different standards.verified
Substitution ClassnounMWEthe class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)verified
Subthalamic NucleusnounMWEan oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamusverified
Subway SystemnounMWEan electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)verified
Sucking FishnounMWEmarine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objectsverified
Sucking LousenounMWEwingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animalsverified
Suction CupnounMWEa cup-shaped device (made of rubber, glass, or plastic) that produces a partial vacuumverified
Suction LipectomynounMWElipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suctionverified
Sudden DeathnounMWE(sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scoresverified
Sudden Infant Death SyndromenounMWEsudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleepverified
Suffix NotationnounMWEa parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operandsverified
Sugar BeetnounMWEform of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtainedverified