8-letter words containing b, u, s
- subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- subequal — not quite equal
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- suberect — not quite erect
- suberize — to convert into cork tissue.
- suberose — of the nature of cork; corklike; corky.
- subfield — a field that is a subset of a given field.
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- subfluid — viscous or somewhere between liquid and solid
- subgenre — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subgenus — a category of related species within a genus.
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- 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.
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- subhumid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subhyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- subilium — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- 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.
- sublease — a lease granted by one who is already a lessee of a property, as an apartment.
- sublevel — a drift, dug through ore, into which overlying material, especially from an upper layer of ore, is caved.
- sublimit — a limit on a subcategory
- 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.
- subnasal — situated beneath the nose
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- suboptic — below the eye
- 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.
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- suboxide — the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subphase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- subpubic — beneath the pubic bone