11-letter words containing b, s, c, e
- subdecision — a decision secondary to a main decision
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- subjectable — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjectless — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
- subjunctive — (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2).
- sublicensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a sublicense is granted.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- submergence — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submolecule — a part of a molecule
- subsentence — a part of a sentence which can stand by itself as a sentence
- subsequence — a sequence obtained from a given sequence by selecting terms from it and placing them in the order in which they occur in it.
- subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
- subspecific — of, relating to, or of the nature of a subspecies.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- superscribe — to write (words, letters, one's name, address, etc.) above or on something.
- supper club — a nightclub, especially a small, luxurious one.
- susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
- tuberculose — tuberculate.
- tuberculous — tubercular.
- unaccusable — not able to be accused or blamed
- unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- uncrossable — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- uncrushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- undescribed — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- unexcusable — to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
- uninscribed — having no writing, letters, or design inscribed on the surface
- unscrambler — a person or thing that unscrambles.
- unscrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.