9-letter words containing t, u, b, i
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- stilt bug — any of various slender, long-legged, brownish bugs of the family Berytidae, inhabiting dense vegetation: sometimes classified with the leaf-footed bugs.
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
- stirabout — porridge.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublimate — 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.
- sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subtility — subtlety.
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- subtitled — with dialogue on screen
- subtitles — a written translation superimposed on a film or television programme that has foreign dialogue
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- subwriter — a person carrying out writing tasks for another writer
- sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
- superbity — pride
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tchambuli — a member of an indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
- thibodaux — a city in SE Louisiana.
- thon buri — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thumbling — an extremely small person; a dwarf
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- titubancy — staggering or stumbling
- tribulate — to trouble or oppress
- tribunate — the office of tribune.
- tributary — a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
- troubling — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- true bill — a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as being sufficiently supported by evidence to justify a hearing of the case.
- true ribs — ribs that are attached by cartilage directly to the sternum; in humans, the upper seven pairs of ribs
- tub chair — an easy chair having a semicircular back and, with the wings or arms, forming a single upholstered piece.
- tube-side — Tube-side processes are processes which happen in the tubes of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger.
- tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
- tubificid — a threadlike aquatic annelid worm of the family Tubificidae