9-letter words containing u, n, s, b
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- snuff-box — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- softbound — book: paperback
- sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcasing — a rough casing for a doorway or window.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony
- subconsul — an assistant to a consul
- subcounty — a division of a county
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subincise — to perform a subincision
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- sublunary — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- subneural — beneath or below a nerve
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- subsiding — to sink to a low or lower level.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- subtenant — a person who rents land, a house, or the like, from a tenant.
- subtenure — the tenancy of a subtenant.
- subungual — of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.