12-letter words containing a, b, u, r, s
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- 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-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.
- 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.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subauricular — situated below the ear.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
- subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- subterranean — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subumbrellar — of or pertaining to the subumbrella, located beneath the umbrella (of a jellyfish)
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.