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12-letter words containing u, n, b, s

  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
  • spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
  • stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
  • strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
  • stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
  • student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
  • stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
  • stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
  • sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
  • sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
  • subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
  • subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
  • subalternate — subordinate.
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
  • subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subconscious — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
  • subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
  • subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
  • subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subhastation — a public auction or sale
  • subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
  • subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subjectional — the act of subjecting.
  • sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
  • subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
  • 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.
  • subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
  • subreference — a secondary reference
  • 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.
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