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adjective Also, sub·ter·ra·ne·ous.

existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.

existing or operating out of sight or secretly; hidden or secret.

noun

a person or thing that is subterranean.

a subterrane.

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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin subterrāne(us) (see subterrane) + -an

Related forms

sub·ter·ra·ne·an·ly, sub·ter·ra·ne·ous·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Tappo sits on street level, but it feels subterranean.

But another way to get at this subterranean territory is by looking at our imaginative lives.

Extracting this subterranean energy is not as easy as it sounds.

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Tappo sits on street level, but it feels subterranean.

But another way to get at this subterranean territory is by looking at our imaginative lives.

Extracting this subterranean energy is not as easy as it sounds.

Scientists who believe snakes evolved on land say they began as subterranean creatures.

Geothermal power plants, which tap hot subterranean water or steam, are high on many lists.

That's created a new need for ways of fighting the subterranean drug trade.

First, there is clearly a subterranean dissatisfaction going on in his department and college.

One man, forewarned by a subterranean rumbling, had spent the night in his car.

The gypsum precipitates out of water in the cave, creating these subterranean forms over time.

These odd little creatures live in subterranean tunnels where air is at a premium.

Reinhard pulled open the door of the main hangar and led me into the first subterranean chamber.

Geologists point to hundreds of promising subterranean structures where no wells have been sunk.

It contains the remains of what was once a large roofed subterranean tomb.

Unfortunately, areas that are less tectonically active also have less accessible subterranean heat sources.

Canadian diamonds are embedded hundreds of feet down in subterranean geological formations.

The rest are free to idle through a brief coda to their long subterranean lives.

They put them into a sort of a subterranean holding area in the rear part of the fort.

Subterranean garages near commuter destinations eliminate the need for cars to surface.

They are so far under the radar, they're subterranean.

Fugro, a geophysical prospecting company, has lent machinery for a full subterranean scan.

The shear size of these subterranean meccas astounds you from the first moment you enter.

But the results of the subterranean program could not be completely hidden.

Quickly the forest changed to a somber mood: an almost subterranean dimness.

Dust clings to the console in the subterranean vault where.

In the meantime, a growing subterranean population of hidden adjuncts slave.

Geophysicists and geochemists study the deepest subterranean causes of volcanoes.

In the distance is another subterranean bubble, a hamlet of light with more people waiting for the same train.

Free the wispy white spirits from the subterranean caverns they inhabit to progress through this puzzle game.

He stood in the white-tiled subterranean prep kitchen of.

The dike sits on subterranean limestone, which also is porous.

It straddles the car's tubular space frame, contributing to a subterranean center of gravity and confident handling.

Rappel into a sinkhole, swim in a subterranean river and watch out for bats and cave scorpions.

The central market, with its subterranean fish stalls, is a work of art.

Take a subterranean look at the frontlines of white-nose syndrome in this photo gallery.

Eventually the unit finds an empty subterranean bunker and that's when people begin to die.

Eastern subterranean termites, for instance, generally not.

Crosby turns out to have a sense of humor and his subterranean blue notes are easy to listen to.

Freud's ideas of subterranean mental forces often seem musty and arcane.

What it is about is preserving the history of a vibrant subterranean culture that is nearly.

But that didn't mean that entering their bizarre subterranean world wasn't a bit… unsettling.

Downstairs, subterranean galleries will be set up for state-of-the-art viewing.

The crater has been covered by geological processes and is now subterranean.

Learn about your subterranean surroundings as you mosey down the river.

Of course, riding so low creates a subterranean center of gravity.

No drama with a clawed, slimy, milky-eyed monster for its subterranean villain can be properly considered realistic.

Truck-size boulders had simply descended into a previously unknown subterranean void.

Get your subterranean church organs tuned and make sure your.

They emerge from their subterranean hiding spots only at night to feed and during spring mating.

Termites are a lot more than pasty white bugs that gnaw on dead plants and manage subterranean fungus farms.

It's an innovative way to keep subterranean sewage separated from our lives above ground.

At the same time they wage a subterranean war of allegation and antagonism.

McClung has installed a subterranean garden in his pool along with a fish pond and chicken coop.

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World English Dictionary

subterranean (ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən)

—*adj*
1.	subterraneous, Also: subterrestrial situated, living, or operating below the surface of the earth
2.	existing or operating in concealment

[C17: from Latin subterrāneus, from sub- + terra earth]

subter'raneanly

—*adv*

subter'raneously

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

subterranean

c.1600, from L. subterraneus "underground," from sub "under" + terra "earth" (see terrain).

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