7-letter words containing b, u
- subcode — a computer tag identifying data on something such as a compact disc
- subcool — to cool (liquid) to a temperature lower than the temperature it was when it condensed into steam
- subcult — a cult within a larger cult
- subdean — the deputy of a dean
- subdual — an act or instance of subduing.
- subduce — to withdraw or take away
- subduct — to take away; subtract.
- subdued — quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued.
- subduer — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- subecho — an echo resonating more quietly than another echo
- subedit — to edit and correct (written or printed material)
- suberic — of or relating to cork.
- suberin — a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- subfile — a file within another file
- subfusc — subfuscous; dusky.
- subgoal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subhead — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- subidea — a secondary idea
- subitem — a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
- subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjoin — to add at the end, as of something said or written; append.
- sublate — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublime — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- subline — a secondary headline
- submiss — submissive.
- subnote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- suboral — under the mouth
- suboval — not quite oval
- subpart — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- subplot — a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Compare counterplot (def 2).
- subrace — a subdivision of a race
- subrent — to sublet or rent out (a property that is already rented
- subring — a subset of a ring that is a subgroup under addition and that is closed under multiplication. Compare ring1 (def 22).
- subrule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- subsale — the act of selling.
- subsect — a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; a religious denomination.
- subsere — a secondary stage of ecological succession after a community is interfered with or destroyed by fire, flood, grazing, etc.; a secondary sere.
- subside — to sink to a low or lower level.
- subsidy — a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- subsist — to exist; continue in existence.
- subsite — a location within a website
- subsoil — the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- subsong — an unstructured, often rambling vocalization of low volume heard in young birds and, at the start of the breeding season, in adult birds of certain species.
- subsume — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- subtask — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- subteen — a young person approaching the teens or adolescence.
- subtend — Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
- subter- — below, under, less than, secretly
- subtest — a test that is part of a larger test
- subtext — the underlying or implicit meaning, as of a literary work.