10-letter words containing u, s, b, e
- sub-leader — a person or thing that leads.
- sub-member — a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- sub-number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- sub-sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subacetate — a basic salt of acetic acid.
- subacutely — in a subacute manner
- subaqueous — existing or situated under water; underwater.
- subarcuate — fairly arched
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- subcaliber — noting or pertaining to ammunition of smaller caliber than the gun in which it is used.
- subcalibre — (of a projectile) having a calibre less than that of the firearm from which it is discharged and therefore either fitted with a disc or fired through a tube inserted into the barrel
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcarrier — a carrier wave used to modify or modulate another carrier wave.
- subceiling — a ceiling placed on a subdivision of a category; a sublimit
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
- subclavate — somewhat club-shaped.
- subcluster — a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subculture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subcurrent — a not clearly revealed or formulated direction of thought, intention, action, etc., underlying what is manifested: His words, though ostensibly friendly, betrayed a subcurrent of hostility.
- subdeanery — the position or office of a subdean
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subduement — the act or process of subduing
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subelement — a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall.
- subfebrile — pertaining to or marked by a temperature slightly above normal.
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- subglobose — not quite globe-shaped
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subject to — under the condition that
- subjectify — to make subjective.
- subjecting — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- sublattice — a set of elements of a lattice, in which each subset of two elements has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound contained in the given set.
- sublicense — a license or contract granted to a third party by a licensee for specified rights or uses of a product, brand name, logo, etc.
- sublimable — 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.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.