9-letter words containing s, u, b, c
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subclause — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- 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.
- subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony
- subconsul — an assistant to a consul
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subcostal — below the rib
- subcounty — a division of a county
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- subducted — to take away; subtract.
- subic bay — a bay in the South China Sea, near the Bataan Peninsula in W Luzon, in the Philippines: former U.S. naval base.
- subincise — to perform a subincision
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- subjected — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- subocular — below or under the eye
- suboffice — a branch or local office of a business
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
- subsacral — below the sacrum or bone at the back of the pelvis
- subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
- subscribe — 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.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subsecive — left over or spare
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subsocial — without a definite social structure.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- substruct — to build underneath as a foundation
- succubine — of or relating to a succubus
- succubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the base of each leaf covering part of that under it.
- succumber — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- sun block — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- superclub — a large or important club or society
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- the scrub — a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided
- tube sock — a casual sock that is not shaped at the heel.
- umbilicus — Anatomy. the depression in the center of the surface of the abdomen indicating the point of attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo; navel.
- unsubject — not subject (usually to); not subjected
- vicksburg — a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863.