12-letter words containing b, u, n, t, i
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substitution — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- ubiquitarian — of or relating to the doctrine, especially as advocated by Luther, that the body of Christ is omnipresent and therefore exists in the Eucharistic bread.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- unattainable — capable of being attained.
- unattainably — in an unattainable manner
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unbenefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner