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12-letter words containing s, u, b, c

  • orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
  • osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
  • pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
  • pax vobiscum — peace be with you
  • prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
  • presubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
  • public house — British. a tavern.
  • public works — government-funded construction
  • quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
  • rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • rambus, inc. — (company)   The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
  • rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
  • schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
  • scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
  • scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
  • scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
  • sea cucumber — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having a long, leathery body with tentacles around the anterior end.
  • secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
  • service club — any of several organizations dedicated to the growth and general welfare of its members and the community.
  • ship biscuit — hardtack.
  • soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
  • sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
  • subauricular — situated below the ear.
  • subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • subcivilized — not quite civilized
  • subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
  • subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
  • subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subconscious — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
  • subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
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