9-letter words containing l, s, b
- 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.
- sublimely — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
- sublimize — to make sublime
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- sublunary — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- subluxate — to partially dislocate
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submissly — submissively
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subneural — beneath or below a nerve
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subocular — below or under the eye
- subphylum — a category of related classes within a phylum.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- subsacral — below the sacrum or bone at the back of the pelvis
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- substylar — of or relating to a substyle
- subsultus — an abnormal twitching
- subtility — subtlety.
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- subtitled — with dialogue on screen
- subtitles — a written translation superimposed on a film or television programme that has foreign dialogue
- subungual — of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.
- subvassal — a vassal of a vassal
- subverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- sun block — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- superable — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- superably — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- superbold — (of writing, ornamentation, styling) very or exceptionally bold or striking
- superclub — a large or important club or society
- swell box — a chamber containing a set of pipes in a pipe organ or of reeds in a reed organ, and having movable slats or shutters that can be opened or closed to increase or diminish tonal volume.
- swordbill — a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.
- syllabary — a list or catalog of syllables.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- syllabism — the use of syllabic characters, as in writing.
- syllabize — to syllabify.
- syllables — an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words.
- symbolang — Lapidus & Goldstein, 1965. Symbol manipulating Fortran subroutine package for IBM 7094, later CDC 6600.
- symbolics — the branch of theology dealing with the study of the history and meaning of church creeds and confessions.
- symbolise — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symbolism — the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
- symbolist — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- symbolize — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.