8-letter words containing b, u, s, t, e
- stumbles — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subbuteo — a football game played on a table, with toy players affixed to rounded bases which are flicked with the fingers
- 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.
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- suberect — not quite erect
- subitise — to perceive at a glance the number of items presented, the limit for humans being about seven.
- subitize — to perceive at a glance the number of items presented, the limit for humans being about seven.
- subjects — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- 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.
- substyle — a straight line on a dial on which the style (the object that creates the shadow, on, for example, a sundial) is erected
- subtense — a line that subtends
- subtheme — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- subtitle — a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
- subtlest — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- subtlety — the state or quality of being subtle.
- 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
- subtrude — to intrude stealthily
- subtweet — (on the Twitter website) a hostile or otherwise negative post that is addressed to or about a particular person but does not mention the person’s username or does not name the person at all.
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sun belt — the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- surrebut — to give evidence to support a surrebutter
- the bush — an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
- tiberius — (Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar) 42 b.c.–a.d. 37, Roman emperor 14–37.
- troubles — your troubles are the things that you are worried about
- tubenose — tubesnout.
- tuberose — a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.
- tuberous — characterized by the presence of rounded or wartlike prominences or tubers.
- tubulose — belonging or relating to a group of corals (Tubulosa) with tubular outer coverings
- unbasted — (of a garment) not basted; not sewn loosely together
- unbusted — not busted; unbroken
- unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- unsubtle — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- waterbus — Alternative spelling of water bus.
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.