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subterraneous

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Adj.1.subterraneous - being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water"
subterranean
subsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon"
2.subterraneoussubterraneous - lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell
ulterior, subterranean
covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"


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Bear in mind, too, that under these untoward circumstances he has to cut many feet deep in the flesh; and in that subterraneous manner, without so much as getting one single peep into the ever-contracting gash thus made, he must skilfully steer clear of all adjacent, interdicted parts, and exactly divide the spine at a critical point hard by its insertion into the skull.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
It is believed here that these springs are the vents of a great subterraneous lake, and they have this circumstance to favour their opinion, that the ground is always moist and so soft that the water boils up under foot as one walks upon it.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
All these detached masses, covered with enamel, polished by the action of the subterraneous fires, shone resplendent by the light of our electric lantern.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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