8-letter words containing a, b, t, u
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subshaft — a secondary shaft in a mine
- 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.
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sun bath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- tableaux — a picture, as of a scene.
- tableful — the number of persons that can be seated at a table.
- tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
- tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- tabulate — to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
- tacubaya — a former city in the Federal District of Mexico: now a SW district of Mexico City; national observatory.
- tamboura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- tarbrush — a brush for applying tar.
- titubant — staggering
- titubate — to stagger
- toad bug — any of several small broad aquatic insect-eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics.
- tombaugh — Clyde William, 1906–97, U.S. astronomer: discovered Pluto 1930.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- tub-fast — (in the past) a period of fasting and sweating in a hot tub, intended as a cure for venereal disease
- tube pan — a circular cake pan having a hollow cone-shaped centerpiece: used for baking ring-shaped cakes.
- tubulate — Also, tubulated. shaped like or having a tube.
- turbaned — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- turbinal — turbinate.
- turbocar — a car driven by a gas turbine
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turnable — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
- umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.
- umbrated — drawn in a faint or shaded manner
- umbratic — of or relating to the shade or shadows