8-letter words containing a, b, u, t, s
- stamboul — Istanbul
- staubach — Roger Thomas, born 1942, U.S. football player.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- 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.
- tarbrush — a brush for applying tar.
- 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
- unbasted — (of a garment) not basted; not sewn loosely together
- unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- unstably — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- urbanist — a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- washtubs — Plural form of washtub.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- zaibatsu — a great industrial or financial combination of Japan.