9-letter words containing a, b, u
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bi-annual — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biangular — having two angles or corners.
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- bigarreau — any of several heart-shaped varieties of sweet cherry that have firm flesh
- biguanide — any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes
- bilingual — Bilingual means involving or using two languages.
- bilobular — having two lobules
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bit gauge — a device for stopping a bit when it has reached a desired depth.
- black bun — a very rich dark fruitcake, usually in a pastry case
- black gum — a tall, deciduous tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) with sour purple fruits and leaves that turn scarlet in the fall, found in moist forests of the E U.S.
- black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- black run — an extremely difficult run, suitable for expert skiers
- blackbuck — an Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra, the male of which has spiral horns, a dark back, and a white belly
- blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
- blackbutt — any of various Australian eucalyptus trees having rough fibrous bark and hard wood used as timber
- bland out — to become bland
- blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
- blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- blue baby — A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.
- blue crab — any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species (C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America
- blue flag — an award given to a seaside resort that meets EU standards of cleanliness of beaches and purity of water in bathing areas
- blue jack — a small salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the North Pacific coasts and also in the Great Lakes, where it was introduced: important as a game and food fish.
- blue laws — a number of repressive puritanical laws of the colonial period, forbidding any secular activity on Sundays
- blue lias — a type of rock composed of alternating layers of bluish shale or clay and grey argillaceous limestone
- blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
- bluejeans — jeans made of blue denim
- bluffable — able to be achieved through or influenced by bluffing
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- board out — If someone in your care is boarded out, they are sent to stay with someone else.
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
- boobquake — a Facebook campaign created to disprove the contention of an Iranian cleric that immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes
- bordereau — a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.