10-letter words containing i, s, b
- subcircuit — a circuit within another circuit
- subclavian — situated or extending beneath the clavicle, as certain arteries or veins.
- subclavius — a small shoulder muscle, the action of which assists in depressing the shoulder.
- subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subfascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- subfebrile — pertaining to or marked by a temperature slightly above normal.
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- subglacial — beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subintimal — the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- subintrant — having attacks or fits one after the other
- subjectify — to make subjective.
- subjecting — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- sublattice — a set of elements of a lattice, in which each subset of two elements has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound contained in the given set.
- sublicense — a license or contract granted to a third party by a licensee for specified rights or uses of a product, brand name, logo, etc.
- sublimable — 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.
- subliminal — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- sublingual — situated under the tongue, or on the underside of the tongue.
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submaxilla — mandible.
- submaximal — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- submersion — to submerge.
- subminimal — constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation.
- subminimum — being below a minimum standard, rate, quota, etc.: a subminimum wage for teenagers.
- submission — an act or instance of submitting.
- submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subnitrate — a basic salt of nitric acid.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- subofficer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subscience — a science or field of study within another field of science or study
- subscriber — a person, company, etc., that subscribes, as to a publication or concert series.
- subsection — a part or division of a section.