10-letter words containing u, n, b, o, s
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell
- shikibuton — futon.
- snow buggy — a vehicle designed for travelling over snow, often fitted with very large tyres or caterpillar tracks
- snow bunny — a devotee of winter sports
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- snub-nosed — having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
- soft-bound — (of a book) having a thin cardboard, paper, or plastic cover
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- soundboard — sounding board.
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- southbound — traveling southward.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- stab wound — knife injury
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- 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.
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- submersion — to submerge.
- submission — an act or instance of submitting.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- 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.
- subspinous — situated beneath the spine's protruding vertebrae or 'bumps'
- substation — a branch of a main post office.
- 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.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tube-nosed — having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
- unbesought — not besought or entreated
- unbespoken — not bespoken or arranged for
- unbestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- unboastful — not boastful
- unbosoming — to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).