8-letter words containing b, u, r
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- subgenre — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- subgraph — a graph linked with another graph
- subgroup — a subordinate group; a division of a group.
- sublunar — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- submerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- submerse — to submerge.
- 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.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- subround — somewhat round or rounded.
- subserve — to be useful or instrumental in promoting (a purpose, action, etc.): Light exercise subserves digestion.
- subshrub — a plant consisting of a woody, perennial base with annual, herbaceous shoots.
- subsizar — formerly, an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge who did not have to pay tuition fees but who instead helped in the kitchen or household of their college
- subsolar — situated beneath the sun or between the earth and the sun.
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subtribe — tribe within a larger tribe
- subtrist — slightly sad; not completely sad
- subtrude — to intrude stealthily
- suburban — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suburbia — suburbs collectively.
- subvicar — an assistant to a vicar; a subordinate vicar
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- subvirus — an organism, esp a viral protein, smaller than a virus but with some of the characteristics of a virus
- 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
- sun bear — a small bear, Helarctos malayanus, of tropical forests in S and SE Asia, having a black coat and a yellowish snout and feeding mostly on honey and insects
- sunberry — wonderberry.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- sunburnt — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunburst — a burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun through rifted clouds.
- sungrebe — finfoot.
- superbad — exceptionally bad
- superbly — admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.
- superbug — a pathogenic bacterium that has developed immunity to antibiotics, or an insect that has developed immunity to insecticides.
- surabaja — seaport in NE Java, Indonesia, opposite Madura: pop. 2,028,000
- surabaya — a seaport on NE Java: second largest city in Indonesia; naval base.
- surbahar — an Indian stringed instrument, larger than a sitar
- surbased — having a surbase.
- surfbird — a sandpiperlike shorebird, Aphriza virgata, of the Pacific coast, breeding in Alaska and wintering in South America.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- surrebut — to give evidence to support a surrebutter
- t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.