12-letter words containing u, b, n, t
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substitution — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- subterranean — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- ubiquitarian — of or relating to the doctrine, especially as advocated by Luther, that the body of Christ is omnipresent and therefore exists in the Eucharistic bread.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- unacceptable — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- unattainable — capable of being attained.
- unattainably — in an unattainable manner
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unbenefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- unbetterable — not able to be bettered or improved
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.