subdwarf
noun
sub·dwarf ˈsəb-ˌdwȯrf 
: a small hot star containing few elements heavier than helium and having lower luminosity than a main-sequence star of similar temperature
Word History
First Known Use
1939, in the meaning defined above
subdwarf
noun
as in supergiant
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- supergiant
- supernova
- quasar
- pulsar
- nova
- supercluster
- variable
- red dwarf
- brown dwarf
- neutron star
- white dwarf
- binary star
- red star
- dwarf
- variable star
- fixed star
- loadstar
- lodestar
- gasser
- giant star
- red giant
- galaxy
- cluster
- sun
- luminary
- sphere
- constellation