10-letter words containing u, s, b, e
- see double — have blurred vision
- self-abuse — reproach or blame of oneself.
- self-build — the practice of building one's own home
- self-doubt — lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- semidouble — having more petals than those of a single flower but fewer than those of a double flower.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell
- shield bug — any shield-shaped herbivorous heteropterous insect of the superfamily Pentamoidea, esp any of the family Pentatomidae
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
- shutterbug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- sideburned — having sideburns
- sieve tube — a vertical series of sieve cells in the phloem, specialized for the conduction of food materials.
- slate blue — a moderate to dark grayish blue.
- slate-blue — of a dark greyish-blue colour
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumberful — characterized by sleep or slumber
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- snub-nosed — having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
- snubbiness — the state or characteristic of being snubby
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- soubresaut — a jump performed with the legs held together and the body erect but slightly curved to the side.
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- sourcebook — a book which contains sources of information on a particular subject
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- speed bump — a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- squabasher — a person who squabashes someone or something
- squashable — easily squashed; soft
- squeezable — easily squeezed, compressed, or the like.
- squeezebox — a concertina or accordion.
- st. brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- stale bull — a dealer or speculator who holds unsold commodities after a rise in market prices but who cannot trade because there are no buyers at the new levels and because his financial commitments prevent him from making further purchases
- statutable — (of an offense) recognized by statute; legally punishable.
- steel blue — dark bluish gray.
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- stumblebum — a clumsy, second-rate prizefighter.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sub judice — before a judge or court; awaiting judicial determination.
- sub-clause — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.