10-letter words containing u, b, n, t
- rubinstein — Anton [an-ton;; Russian uhn-tawn] /ˈæn tɒn;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn/ (Show IPA), 1829–94, Russian pianist and composer.
- run a bath — to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- shikibuton — futon.
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- soft-bound — (of a book) having a thin cardboard, paper, or plastic cover
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- southbound — traveling southward.
- stab wound — knife injury
- sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- 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.
- 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.
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subduement — the act or process of subduing
- subelement — a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall.
- 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
- subjecting — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- subnascent — growing underneath
- subnatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- subnitrate — a basic salt of nitric acid.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subsegment — a part or division of a segment.
- subsequent — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- subsistent — subsisting, existing, or continuing in existence.
- subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
- substation — a branch of a main post office.
- substernal — of or relating to the sternum.
- subtangent — the part of the x-axis cut off between the ordinate of a given point of a curve and the tangent at that point.
- subterrain — a cave or subterranean room.
- subterrane — a cave or subterranean room.
- subtilisin — a proteolytic enzyme produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, used as an active ingredient in detergents and also in research to help reveal protein structure.
- subtitling — the addition of subtitles to a film or programme
- subtleness — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.