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subterranean [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adj
1. Also subterraneous subterrestrial situated, living, or operating below the surface of the earth 2. existing or operating in concealment [from Latin subterrāneus, from sub- + terra earth] subterraneanly , subterraneously adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations subterranean adj → unterirdisch; (fig) force, power → verborgen subterranean [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adj → sotterraneo/a subterranean [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adj → sotterraneo/a adj subterranean [sabtəˈreiniən] lying, situated or constructed underground subterranean passages. ondergronds تَحت أرضي подземен podzemní underjordisk unterirdisch υπόγειος subterráneo maa-alune زيرزميني maanalainen souterrain תַּת קַרקָעִי अन्तभूर्मिक podzeman föld alatti bawah tanah neðanjarðar- sotterraneo 地下の 지하의 požeminis apakšzemes-; pazemes- bawah tanah onderaards underjordisk podziemny subterrâneo subteran подземный podzemný podzemeljski podzemni underjordisk ซึ่งอยู่ใต้ดิน yer altı 地下的 підземний زیر زمین ngầmt 地下的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But there were some who believed it had never been a well at all, and was never deeper than it is now--eighty feet; that at that depth a subterranean passage branched from it and descended gradually to a remote place in the valley, where it opened into somebody's cellar or other hidden recess, and that the secret of this locality is now lost. Each adult Martian female brings forth about thirteen eggs each year, and those which meet the size, weight, and specific gravity tests are hidden in the recesses of some subterranean vault where the temperature is too low for incubation. We dared not follow the banks of the subterranean river for fear lest we should fall into it again in the darkness. |
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