9-letter words containing a, b, u, s
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- bull bars — a large protective metal grille on the front of some vehicles, esp four-wheel-drive vehicles
- bullsnake — an American burrowing snake
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- bush baby — any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bush-bash — to clear scrubland
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwhack — to ambush
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- busticate — to break
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- cabassous — Plural form of cabassou.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- club sofa — a heavily upholstered sofa having solid sides and a low back.
- clubfaces — Plural form of clubface.
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- cobaltous — of or containing cobalt in the divalent state
- crush bar — a bar at a theatre for serving drinks during the intervals of a play
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debutants — Plural form of debutant.
- disabused — Simple past tense and past participle of disabuse.
- disabuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disabuse.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dumbass's — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dunstable — John, c1390–1453, English composer.
- dust ball — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. a ball or roll of dust and lint that accumulates indoors, as in corners or under furniture.
- dust bath — the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers, which may dislodge parasites
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- eastabout — in, to, or towards the east
- eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
- embrasure — (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- excusable — Able to be justified or forgiven; forgivable.