9-letter words containing m, a, b, u
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- 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.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- 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
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- 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.
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
- tambourer — someone who embroiders on a tambour
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tchambuli — a member of an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- thumbtack — a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other fairly soft object or surface by the pressure of the thumb.
- umbellate — having or forming an umbel or umbels.
- umbilical — of, relating to, or characteristic of an umbilicus or umbilical cord.
- umbracula — umbrella-like structures
- umbratile — shadowy; shady
- unamiable — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unamiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unmakable — not capable of being made
- unmixable — incapable of being mixed
- unmovable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- unmovably — immovably
- unnamable — nameable.
- untamable — able to be tamed.
- untamably — in an untamable manner; in such a way as to be untamable