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n. an abbreviation for bowel movement; -- used as an informal euphemism, especially in hospitals. [ informal, abbrev. ] [ PJC ]

n. any automobile manufactured by the German firm BMW AG (from the German Bayerische MotorWerke); -- sometimes referred to colloquially as a beemer. [ abbrev. ] [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Cabmen The driver of a cab. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The best known species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.
Syn. -- club moss, lycopod. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ acronym from DataBase Management System. ] a database management system, a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
Syn. -- database management system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ acronym intercontinental ballistic missile ] An intercontinental ballistic missile, a long-range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another. Contrasted with IRBM.
Syn. -- intercontinental ballistic missile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of submission; disobedience; noncompliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Entombment. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Limb, and Piecemeal. ] Piecemeal. [ Obs. ] “To tear her limbmeal.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not submersible or submergible. Opposite of submersible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not submissive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A submarine for which the motive power comes from the energy generated by a nuclear reactor. Same as nuclear submarine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere to become dumb; ob (see Ob-) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr. mutus dumb. ] 1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A keeping silent or mute. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. --
Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. --
Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A submarine plant or animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A submarine boat; a ship that can travel under the surface of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research. Also called sub and (from the German U-Boot) U-boat. esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

3. A submarine sandwich. [ PJC ]

n. A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied; called also hoagie, hero, hero sandwich, grinder, sub, submarine, poor boy, and Italian sandwich. A single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings and cut into pieces for individual consumption. [ PJC ]

n. An under or deputy marshal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland. (b) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lying under the middle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Submenta [ NL. See Sub-, and Mentum. ] (Zool.) The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Submerged p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging ] [ L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge. ] 1. To put under water; to plunge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would thou didst,
So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. submergens, p. pr. ] The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Submersed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. submersus, p. p. of submergere. See Submerge. ] Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. submersio: cf. F. submersion. ] 1. The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. subministrare, subministratum. See Sub-, and Ministre, v. t. ] To supply; to afford. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be subservient; to be useful. [ Obs. ] “Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes.” L'EStrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subministrans, p. pr. ] Subordinate; subservient. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Subminister. ] To supply; to afford; to subminister. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subministratio. ] The act of subministering. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. submissus, p. p. of submittere to let down, to lower. See Submit. ] 1. Submissive; humble; obsequious. [ Archaic ] “Soft Silence and submiss Obedience.” Spenser. “Stooping and submiss.” R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. submissio a letting down, lowering: cf. F. soumission. ] 1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Submission, dauphin! 't is a mere French word;
We English warrious wot not what it means. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all submission and humility
York doth present himself unto your highness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be not as extreme in submission
As in offense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators. Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not at his feet submissive in distress,
Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor. [ 1913 Webster ]

With a submissive step I hasted down. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; modest; passive. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sub*mis"sive*ly, adv. -- Sub*mis"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a submissive manner; with a submission. [ Archaic ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Submissiveness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Submitted p. pr. & vb. n. Submitting. ] [ L. submittere; sub under + mittere to send: cf. F. soumettre. See Missile. ] 1. To let down; to lower. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put or place under. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bristled throat
Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye ben submitted through your free assent. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Gen. xvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. Eph. v. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

The revolted provinces presently submitted. C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

To thy husband's will
Thine shall submit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who submits. Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]