8-letter words starting with sub
- substage — the component part of a microscope below the stage, for supporting a condenser, mirror, or other accessories.
- substate — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- substyle — a straight line on a dial on which the style (the object that creates the shadow, on, for example, a sundial) is erected
- subsumed — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtense — a line that subtends
- subtheme — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- subtilin — an antibiotic peptide drug derived from Bacillus subtilis, predominantly used to combat various pathogenic fungi as well as Gram-positive bacteria
- subtilty — subtlety.
- subtitle — a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
- subtlest — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- subtlety — the state or quality of being subtle.
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtopic — a topic that is included within another topic.
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subtribe — tribe within a larger tribe
- subtrist — slightly sad; not completely sad
- subtrude — to intrude stealthily
- subtunic — a garment worn under a tunic
- subtweet — (on the Twitter website) a hostile or otherwise negative post that is addressed to or about a particular person but does not mention the person’s username or does not name the person at all.
- subucula — (in ancient Rome) an undergarment or subtunic worn by men;
- subulate — slender, somewhat cylindrical, and tapering to a point; awl-shaped.
- suburban — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suburbia — suburbs collectively.
- subvened — to arrive or occur as a support or relief.
- subvicar — an assistant to a vicar; a subordinate vicar
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- subvirus — an organism, esp a viral protein, smaller than a virus but with some of the characteristics of a virus
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- subworld — in literary theory, a world 'created' by a character within a text world or fiction, for example through a flashback or reminiscence on the part of the character; the subworld is subordinate to but not part of the text world
- subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum