12-letter words containing r, u, b, t
- subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
- subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- substructure — a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- subterranean — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thirdborough — an under constable of a township
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- through bass — figured bass.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- trouble-free — not problematic
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- trustability — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers