8-letter words containing a, b, u, s, e
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
- gustable — Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- issuable — able to be issued or to issue.
- quasheba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- reusable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- rustable — liable to rust
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- squabble — to engage in a petty quarrel.
- suasible — able to be persuaded
- sub-area — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subareas — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- 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.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subequal — not quite equal
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- 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.
- 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.