subterranean (s)
subterraneous (s)
ulterior (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
examples subterranean motives for murder
looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge Bertrand Russell
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Derived from adjective ulteriorly → ulterior

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