catachthonianadj.
/katəkˈθəʊnɪan/ Subterranean.
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subterraneal1592
under-earth1592
under-earthly1605
subterranean1607
subterraneous1607
subterrene1610
underground1610
subterrestrial1613
subterrane1614
subterrany1626
sotteran1648
subterrenean1653
subterrean1659
mediterraneous1668
hypogeal1686
submundane1805
subsurface1840
hypogeous1847
hypogean1852
below ground1859
catachthonic1884
catachthonian1888
1888 J. Rhys Lect. Origin & Growth Relig. illustr. by Celtic Heathendom 131 Pluto..was always..a chthonian or catachthonian Zeus.
Derivatives
catachˈthonic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [adjective] > subterranean
subterraneal1592
under-earth1592
under-earthly1605
subterranean1607
subterraneous1607
subterrene1610
underground1610
subterrestrial1613
subterrane1614
subterrany1626
sotteran1648
subterrenean1653
subterrean1659
mediterraneous1668
hypogeal1686
submundane1805
subsurface1840
hypogeous1847
hypogean1852
below ground1859
catachthonic1884
catachthonian1888
1884 Athenæum 8 Mar. 314/3 In the Takashima coal-mine..an underground, or, as he prefers to call it, a catachthonic observatory.
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adj.1884