9-letter words containing a, b, t, u, r
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- by nature — essentially or innately
- carburate — carburet.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- exuberant — Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.
- exuberate — (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
- fabritius — Carel [kah-ruh l] /ˈkɑ rəl/ (Show IPA), 1622–54, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- faribault — a city in SE Minnesota.
- fruit bat — any fruit-eating bat, especially of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous species ranging in wingspan from 10 inches to 5 feet (25 cm to 1.5 meters).
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- intraclub — Within a club.
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- marabunta — A large population of army ants on the move, eating anything in their wake.
- maturable — capable of being matured
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outer bar — a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel.
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.