8-letter words containing b, o, u, s
- soundbox — a chamber in a musical instrument, as the body of a violin, for increasing the sonority of its tone.
- soupbone — a bone used for making soup or broth.
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- stub out — When someone stubs out a cigarette, they put it out by pressing it against something hard.
- stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- studbook — a genealogical register of a stud or studs; a book giving the pedigree of animals, especially horses.
- sub rosa — confidentially; secretly; privately.
- sub voce — (used as a direction to a reference) under the specified word. Abbreviation: s.v.
- sub-note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sub-plot — minor, secondary storyline
- sub-zero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- subbuteo — a football game played on a table, with toy players affixed to rounded bases which are flicked with the fingers
- subchord — a part of a chord
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- suberose — of the nature of cork; corklike; corky.
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subgroup — a subordinate group; a division of a group.
- subhyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- suboptic — below the eye
- suborder — a category of related families within an order.
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- suboxide — the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- 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.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- subround — somewhat round or rounded.
- subsolar — situated beneath the sun or between the earth and the sun.
- subsonic — noting or pertaining to a speed less than that of sound in air at the same height above sea level.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtopic — a topic that is included within another topic.
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- subworld — in literary theory, a world 'created' by a character within a text world or fiction, for example through a flashback or reminiscence on the part of the character; the subworld is subordinate to but not part of the text world
- subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.