10-letter words containing a, b, u, s, i
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- sabinianus — died a.d. 606, pope 604–606.
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- salubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- sobhuza ii — 1899–1982, king of Swaziland 1921–82.
- squabbling — act of quarrelling
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strabismus — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- subaquatic — living or growing partly on land, partly in water.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- subcaliber — noting or pertaining to ammunition of smaller caliber than the gun in which it is used.
- subcalibre — (of a projectile) having a calibre less than that of the firearm from which it is discharged and therefore either fitted with a disc or fired through a tube inserted into the barrel
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcarrier — a carrier wave used to modify or modulate another carrier wave.
- subclavian — situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
- subclavius — a small shoulder muscle, the action of which assists in depressing the shoulder.
- subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subfascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- subglacial — beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subintimal — the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- subintrant — having attacks or fits one after the other
- sublattice — a set of elements of a lattice, in which each subset of two elements has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound contained in the given set.
- sublimable — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- subliminal — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- sublingual — situated under the tongue, or on the underside of the tongue.
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submaxilla — mandible.
- submaximal — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- subminimal — constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation.
- subnitrate — a basic salt of nitric acid.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- substation — a branch of a main post office.
- subterrain — a cave or subterranean room.