11-letter words containing u, s, a, b
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- stamp album — a book used by collectors of postage stamps to display and store their stamps
- statcoulomb — the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.
- static tube — a tube for measuring the static pressure of a fluid in motion, so placed in the fluid as not to be affected by the pressure changes caused by the motion of the fluid.
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- sub-clauses — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- sub-fascial — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- sub-saharan — of, relating to, or in Africa south of the Sahara Desert: a sub-Saharan country; sub-Saharan peoples.
- sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subadditive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- subaerially — in a subaerial manner
- subaffluent — between poor and affluent
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subassemble — to assemble a basic unit of (a larger assembly).
- subassembly — a structural assembly, as of electronic or machine parts, forming part of a larger assembly.
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subaxillary — situated or placed beneath an axil.
- subbasement — a basement or one of a series of basements below the main basement of a building.
- subcapsular — of, in, or like a capsule.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcellular — contained within a cell.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subclassify — to arrange in subclasses.
- subclinical — pertaining to an early stage of a disease; having no noticeable clinical symptoms.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.