9-letter words containing u, m, b, s
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stump bed — a bed without posts.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- sub-humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- 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.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- 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.
- sublimely — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
- sublimize — to make sublime
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- submersed — submerged.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- submissly — submissively
- 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).
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- subphylum — a category of related classes within a phylum.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
- subsystem — a secondary or subordinate system.
- succumber — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- thumbs up — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbs-up — an act, instance, or gesture of assent, approval, or the like.
- tumbleset — a somersault
- 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.
- unbemused — not bemused or puzzled