9-letter words containing a, b, u
- barbequed — Alternative spelling of barbecued.
- barbeques — Plural form of barbeque.
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barquette — a boat-shaped pastry shell
- barracuda — A barracuda is a large tropical sea fish that eats other fish.
- barrelful — as much or as many as a barrel will hold
- barrowful — The amount that can fit in a barrow.
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- bass tuba — a tuba pitched in F or E-flat
- batardeau — A cofferdam.
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- batu khan — d. 1255, Mongol conqueror: leader of the Golden Horde (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- baud barf — (jargon) /bawd barf/ The garbage one gets on the display screen when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (especially line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely random, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the terminal is set to. *Really* experienced ones can identify particular speeds.
- baud rate — a rate of data transmission measured in baud
- bauhinias — Plural form of bauhinia.
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- beatitude — supreme blessedness or happiness
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- beguinage — a convent for members of the Beguine sisterhood
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- beleaguer — to trouble persistently; harass
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bhagalpur — a city in India, in Bihar: agriculture, textiles, university (1960). Pop: 340 349 (2001)
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bhaunagar — a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India.