12-letter words containing ub
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rubber-tyred — having a tyre or tyres made of rubber
- rubbernecker — a person who rubbernecks
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- service club — any of several organizations dedicated to the growth and general welfare of its members and the community.
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- sorbo rubber — spongy form of rubber
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- sub-additive — 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.
- 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-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- 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.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subaggregate — a subtotal
- 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.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subauricular — situated below the ear.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- 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.