10-letter words containing s, a, b, u
- sub-leader — a person or thing that leads.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- sub-vassal — (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
- subacetate — a basic salt of acetic acid.
- subacutely — in a subacute manner
- subangular — fairly angular
- subaquatic — living or growing partly on land, partly in water.
- subaqueous — existing or situated under water; underwater.
- subarcuate — fairly arched
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- subcaliber — noting or pertaining to ammunition of smaller caliber than the gun in which it is used.
- subcalibre — (of a projectile) having a calibre less than that of the firearm from which it is discharged and therefore either fitted with a disc or fired through a tube inserted into the barrel
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcarrier — a carrier wave used to modify or modulate another carrier wave.
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
- subclavate — somewhat club-shaped.
- 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.
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
- subcrustal — situated or occurring below the crust of the earth.
- subdeanery — the position or office of a subdean
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subfascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- subglacial — beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream.
- subglossal — of or relating to the tongue.
- subglottal — of or relating to the glottis.
- 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
- subjugator — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- 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.
- 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.
- submammary — of or relating to the mamma or breast.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- 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.