10-letter words containing s, b, c
- stand back — retreat, stay at a distance
- sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- stock book — a permanent record of the capital stock of a corporation, listing the names and addresses of the stockholders, the number of the shares owned, the serial numbers of their stock certificates, etc.
- stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- strabismic — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strip club — strip joint.
- sub judice — before a judge or court; awaiting judicial determination.
- sub-branch — a further branch or division of something within an already established branch or division
- sub-clause — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- sub-sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subacetate — a basic salt of acetic acid.
- subacutely — in a subacute manner
- subaquatic — living or growing partly on land, partly in water.
- subarcuate — fairly arched
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- 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.
- subceiling — a ceiling placed on a subdivision of a category; a sublimit
- 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
- subcircuit — a circuit within another circuit
- 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.
- subcluster — a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
- subcrustal — situated or occurring below the crust of the earth.
- subculture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subcurrent — a not clearly revealed or formulated direction of thought, intention, action, etc., underlying what is manifested: His words, though ostensibly friendly, betrayed a subcurrent of hostility.
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subfascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- subfuscous — slightly dark, dusky, or somber.
- subglacial — beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.