8-letter words containing a, b, e, s
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- sublease — a lease granted by one who is already a lessee of a property, as an apartment.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subphase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- subscale — a scale within a scale
- subspace — a smaller space within a main area that has been divided or subdivided: The jewelry shop occupies a subspace in the hotel's lobby.
- substage — the component part of a microscope below the stage, for supporting a condenser, mirror, or other accessories.
- substate — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- summable — capable of being added.
- sun bear — a small bear, Helarctos malayanus, of tropical forests in S and SE Asia, having a black coat and a yellowish snout and feeding mostly on honey and insects
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- superbad — exceptionally bad
- surbased — having a surbase.
- swayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- swear by — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- syllable — an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words.
- tastable — to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- tax base — the assessed value of the taxable property, assets, and income within a specific tax district
- taxables — people, income, property, etc, that is subject to tax
- teasable — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- test ban — an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- testable — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- the bass — the lowest part in a piece of harmony
- tiberias — Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- unabased — (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
- unabused — not abused or mistreated physically or verbally
- unbasted — (of a garment) not basted; not sewn loosely together
- unbiased — not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.
- unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- unusable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- urbanise — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- wannabes — Plural form of wannabe.
- warblers — Plural form of warbler.
- washable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wastebin — A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- webcasts — Plural form of webcast.
- webpages — Plural form of webpage.
- webspace — (computing, Internet) Disk space used to store webpages and other content that can be accessed through the Web.
- wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.