10-letter words starting with SUB
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SUB. This section showcases how SUB at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with SUB, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| substitute | 12 | act as a substitute | - |
| submission | 14 | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) | several of his submissions were rejected by publishers |
| subversive | 18 | in opposition to a civil authority or government | - |
| subsequent | 21 | following in time or order | subsequent developments |
| submissive | 17 | abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | she has become submissive and subservient |
| subjective | 24 | of a mental act performed entirely within the mind | - |
| submitting | 15 | - | - |
| subsidiary | 16 | functioning in a supporting capacity | - |
| subscriber | 16 | someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money | - |
| subliminal | 14 | below the threshold of conscious perception | - |
| substation | 12 | a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network | - |
| subversion | 15 | the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government | - |
| subsidized | 23 | having partial financial support from public funds | lived in subsidized public housing |
| subsection | 14 | a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | - |
| subterfuge | 16 | something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity | he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge |
| subscribed | 17 | (of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end | the subscribed will |
| subculture | 14 | a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs | - |
| submariner | 14 | a member of the crew of a submarine | - |
| subjugated | 21 | reduced to submission | subjugated peoples |
| subspecies | 16 | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | - |
| subduction | 15 | a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate | - |
| submersion | 14 | the act of wetting something by submerging it | - |
| subsurface | 17 | beneath the surface | subsurface materials of the moon |
| submerging | 16 | sinking until covered completely with water | - |
| subclavian | 17 | situated beneath the clavicle | - |
| subsidised | 14 | having partial financial support from public funds | - |
| subdivided | 18 | - | - |
| subjection | 21 | the act of conquering | - |
| sublimated | 15 | passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid | - |
| sublingual | 13 | beneath the tongue | - |
| subchapter | 19 | - | - |
| subnuclear | 14 | - | - |
| subroutine | 12 | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | - |
| subsistent | 12 | - | - |
| subacetate | 14 | - | - |
| subacidity | 18 | - | - |
| subactions | 14 | - | - |
| subacutely | 17 | - | - |
| subahships | 20 | - | - |
| subalterns | 12 | - | - |
| subangular | 13 | - | - |
| subaquatic | 23 | partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water | a marginal subaquatic flora |
| subaqueous | 21 | growing or remaining under water | viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat |
| subarctics | 16 | - | - |
| subarcuate | 14 | - | - |
| subarticle | 14 | - | - |
| subatomics | 16 | - | - |
| subaudible | 15 | - | - |
| subaudibly | 18 | - | - |
| subaverage | 16 | - | - |
| subbureaus | 14 | - | - |
| subbureaux | 21 | - | - |
| subcabinet | 16 | - | - |
| subcaliber | 16 | - | - |
| subcalibre | 16 | - | - |
| subcantors | 14 | - | - |
| subcarrier | 14 | - | - |
| subceiling | 15 | - | - |
| subcellars | 14 | - | - |
| subcenters | 14 | - | - |
| subcentral | 14 | - | - |
| subcentres | 14 | - | - |
| subception | 16 | - | - |
| subchanter | 17 | - | - |
| subcharter | 17 | - | - |
| subchasers | 17 | - | - |
| subchelate | 17 | - | - |
| subcircuit | 16 | - | - |
| subclassed | 15 | - | - |
| subclasses | 14 | - | - |
| subclauses | 14 | - | - |
| subcluster | 14 | - | - |
| subcollege | 15 | - | - |
| subcompact | 20 | a car smaller than a compact car | - |
| subconsuls | 14 | - | - |
| subcooling | 15 | - | - |
| subcordate | 15 | - | - |
| subcostals | 14 | - | - |
| subcranial | 14 | - | - |
| subcrustal | 14 | - | - |
| subcutises | 14 | - | - |
| subdeacons | 15 | - | - |
| subdealers | 13 | - | - |
| subdeanery | 16 | - | - |
| subdecanal | 15 | - | - |
| subdeliria | 13 | - | - |
| subdialect | 15 | - | - |
| subdivider | 17 | someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites) | - |
| subdivides | 17 | - | - |
| subducting | 16 | - | - |
| subduement | 15 | - | - |
| subeconomy | 19 | - | - |
| subediting | 14 | - | - |
| subeditors | 13 | - | - |
| subentries | 12 | - | - |
| suberising | 13 | - | - |
| suberizing | 22 | - | - |
| subfaculty | 20 | - | - |
| subfertile | 15 | - | - |
| subfolders | 16 | - | - |
| subfossils | 15 | - | - |
| subfuscous | 17 | - | - |
| subgeneric | 15 | - | - |
| subgenuses | 13 | - | - |
| subglacial | 15 | - | - |
| subglobose | 15 | - | - |
| subgrouped | 16 | - | - |
| subheading | 17 | a heading of a subdivision of a text | - |
| subimagoes | 15 | - | - |
| subincised | 15 | - | - |
| subincises | 14 | - | - |
| subindexes | 20 | - | - |
| subindices | 15 | - | - |
| subinfeuds | 16 | - | - |
| subintrant | 12 | - | - |
| subitising | 13 | - | - |
| subitizing | 22 | - | - |
| subjacency | 26 | - | - |
| subjectify | 27 | - | - |
| subjecting | 22 | - | - |
| subjoinder | 20 | - | - |
| subjoining | 20 | the act of supplementing | - |
| subjugable | 22 | susceptible to being subjugated | - |
| subjugates | 20 | - | - |
| subjugator | 20 | a conqueror who defeats and enslaves | - |
| subkingdom | 20 | (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom | - |
| sublations | 12 | - | - |
| subleasing | 13 | - | - |
| sublessees | 12 | - | - |
| sublessors | 12 | - | - |
| subletters | 12 | - | - |
| subletting | 13 | - | - |
| sublicence | 16 | - | - |
| sublicense | 14 | - | - |
| sublimable | 16 | - | - |
| sublimates | 14 | - | - |
| sublimings | 15 | - | - |
| sublimised | 15 | - | - |
| sublimises | 14 | - | - |
| sublimized | 24 | - | - |
| sublimizes | 23 | - | - |
| subluxated | 20 | - | - |
| subluxates | 19 | - | - |
| submanager | 15 | - | - |
| submarined | 15 | - | - |
| submarines | 14 | - | - |
| submarkets | 18 | - | - |
| submaximal | 23 | - | - |
| submediant | 15 | (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) | - |
| submentums | 16 | - | - |
| submersing | 15 | - | - |
| submicrons | 16 | - | - |
| subminimal | 16 | - | - |
| subminimum | 18 | - | - |
| submittals | 14 | - | - |
| submitters | 14 | - | - |
| submontane | 14 | - | - |
| submucosae | 16 | - | - |
| submucosal | 16 | - | - |
| submucosas | 16 | - | - |
| subnascent | 14 | - | - |
| subnatural | 12 | - | - |
| subnetwork | 19 | - | - |
| subnormals | 14 | - | - |
| subnucleus | 14 | - | - |
| suboceanic | 16 | formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed | suboceanic oil resources |
| suboctaves | 17 | - | - |
| suboctuple | 16 | - | - |
| subofficer | 20 | - | - |
| suboffices | 20 | - | - |
| suboptimal | 16 | - | - |
| suboptimum | 18 | - | - |
| suborbital | 14 | situated on or below the floor of the eye socket | a suborbital bone |
| subordinal | 13 | - | - |
| suboscines | 14 | - | - |
| subpenaing | 15 | - | - |
| subperiods | 15 | - | - |
| subphrenic | 19 | - | - |
| subphylums | 22 | - | - |
| subpoenaed | 15 | - | - |
| subpotency | 19 | - | - |
| subprefect | 19 | - | - |
| subprimate | 16 | - | - |
| subproblem | 18 | - | - |
| subprocess | 16 | - | - |
| subproduct | 17 | - | - |
| subprogram | 17 | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | - |
| subproject | 23 | - | - |
| subregions | 13 | - | - |
| subrenting | 13 | - | - |
| subreption | 14 | - | - |
| subreptive | 17 | - | - |
| subrogated | 14 | - | - |
| subrogates | 13 | - | - |
| subsampled | 17 | - | - |
| subsamples | 16 | - | - |
| subscience | 16 | - | - |
| subscribes | 16 | - | - |
| subscripts | 16 | - | - |
| subsectors | 14 | - | - |
| subsegment | 15 | - | - |
| subseizure | 21 | - | - |
| subsellium | 14 | - | - |
| subserving | 16 | - | - |
| subsessile | 12 | - | - |
| subshrubby | 22 | - | - |
| subsidence | 15 | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it | - |
| subsidency | 18 | - | - |
| subsidiser | 13 | someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | - |
| subsidises | 13 | - | - |
| subsidizer | 22 | someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | - |
| subsidizes | 22 | - | - |
| subsisters | 12 | - | - |
| subsisting | 13 | - | - |
| subsociety | 17 | - | - |
| subsoilers | 12 | - | - |
| subsoiling | 13 | - | - |
| subspinous | 14 | - | - |
| substances | 14 | - | - |
| substellar | 12 | - | - |
| substernal | 12 | - | - |
| substracts | 14 | - | - |
| substratal | 12 | - | - |
| substrates | 12 | - | - |
| substratum | 14 | any stratum or layer lying underneath another | - |
| substructs | 14 | - | - |
| subsultive | 15 | - | - |
| subsultory | 15 | - | - |
| subsumable | 16 | - | - |
| subsystems | 17 | - | - |
| subtangent | 13 | - | - |
| subtenancy | 17 | - | - |
| subtenants | 12 | - | - |
| subtending | 14 | - | - |
| subtenures | 12 | - | - |
| subterrain | 12 | - | - |
| subterrane | 12 | - | - |
| subterrene | 12 | - | - |
| subtextual | 19 | - | - |
| subtilised | 13 | - | - |
| subtiliser | 12 | - | - |
| subtilises | 12 | - | - |
| subtilisin | 12 | - | - |
| subtilized | 22 | - | - |
| subtilizer | 21 | - | - |
| subtilizes | 21 | - | - |
| subtilties | 12 | - | - |
| subtitling | 13 | - | - |
| subtitular | 12 | - | - |
| subtleness | 12 | - | - |
| subtleties | 12 | - | - |
| subtotaled | 13 | - | - |
| subtotally | 15 | - | - |
| subtracted | 15 | - | - |
| subtracter | 14 | a machine that subtracts numbers | - |
| subtractor | 14 | - | - |
| subtrahend | 16 | the number to be subtracted from the minuend | - |
| subtropics | 16 | regions adjacent to the tropics | - |
| subtruding | 14 | - | - |
| subtweeted | 16 | - | - |
| subtypical | 19 | - | - |
| subvariety | 18 | - | - |
| subvassals | 15 | - | - |
| subvention | 15 | guarantee financial support of | - |
| subversals | 15 | - | - |
| subversing | 16 | - | - |
| subverters | 15 | - | - |
| subverting | 16 | - | - |
| subviruses | 15 | - | - |
| subvisible | 17 | - | - |
| subvocally | 20 | - | - |
| subwardens | 16 | - | - |
| subwoofers | 18 | - | - |
| subwriters | 15 | - | - |
