subartesian

1. 1.

   (of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well

   Antonymsartesian

Questions about subartesian

What does subartesian mean?

subartesian means "(of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well".

How many syllables are in subartesian?

subartesian has 5 syllables and divides as su-bar-te-si-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of subartesian?

The recorded antonyms are artesian.

Is subartesian a common word?

subartesian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.