9-letter words containing b, u, s, t
- stump bed — a bed without posts.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- sub-stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subastral — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subcostal — below the rib
- subcounty — a division of a county
- subdeputy — an assistant to a deputy
- subducted — to take away; subtract.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- subjected — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- subletter — a person who sublets
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- subluxate — to partially dislocate
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- subpotent — not at full strength
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- substrate — a substratum.
- substruct — to build underneath as a foundation
- substylar — of or relating to a substyle
- subsultus — an abnormal twitching
- subsystem — a secondary or subordinate system.
- subtenant — a person who rents land, a house, or the like, from a tenant.
- subtenure — the tenancy of a subtenant.