A group of words that has a subject and predicate in a complete sentence is called an independent clause.
A group of words that has a subject and predicate in a complete sentence is called a clause. A clause is a grammatical unit that contains both a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject is doing or what is being said about the subject). Clauses can either be independent or dependent. An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence, while a dependent clause cannot.
