8-letter words starting with sub
- sub rosa — confidentially; secretly; privately.
- sub voce — (used as a direction to a reference) under the specified word. Abbreviation: s.v.
- sub-area — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- sub-city — a large or important town.
- sub-menu — a list of commands within the main menu of a computer application
- sub-note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sub-plot — minor, secondary storyline
- sub-zero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subacrid — slightly acrid
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subareas — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subaural — below the ear
- subaxial — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
- subbasin — a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- subblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- subbreed — a breed within a larger breed
- subbuteo — a football game played on a table, with toy players affixed to rounded bases which are flicked with the fingers
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subchord — a part of a chord
- subclaim — a claim that is part of a larger claim
- subclass — a primary division of a class.
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.
- subcrust — a secondary crust below a main crust
- subcutis — the deeper layer of the dermis, containing mostly fat and connective tissue.
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- subduing — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- subduple — in the proportion or ratio of one to two
- subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- subequal — not quite equal
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- suberect — not quite erect
- suberize — to convert into cork tissue.
- suberose — of the nature of cork; corklike; corky.
- subfield — a field that is a subset of a given field.
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- subfluid — viscous or somewhere between liquid and solid
- subgenre — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subgenus — a category of related species within a genus.
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
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