9-letter words containing a, b, u
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- marabunta — A large population of army ants on the move, eating anything in their wake.
- marrubium — Any of the genus Marrubium of bitter aromatic plants; hoarhound.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- maturable — capable of being matured
- mbujimayi — a city in the S central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mealy bug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- montauban — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- mouldable — something formed in or on a mold: a mold of jelly.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- muliebral — womanly nature or qualities.
- multiband — Having or employing multiple bands, especially frequency bands.
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- mummy bag — a snug-fitting sleeping bag tapered from the shoulders to the feet, enclosing both the body and head except for a small opening for the face.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mung bean — small green legume
- nabonidus — died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- navy blue — a dark blue.
- nebulated — having dim or indistinct markings, as a bird or other animal.
- non-urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- nonbeauty — Absence of beauty; unbeautifulness.
- nonlabour — not relating to or concerned with work
- nonusable — not usable; unusable
- numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
- nunny bag — a small sealskin haversack, used chiefly in Newfoundland
- oathbound — Bound by an oath.
- obcuneate — inversely cuneate.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obloquial — having a relation or connection to obloquy
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.