7-letter words containing a, l, b, u
- borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
- boxhaul — to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
- braudel — ˈFernand Paul (fɛʀˈnɑ̃ pɔl) ; fernänˈ p^ōl) 1902-85; Fr. historian
- breslau — Wrocław
- brotula — any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- bugaloo — a fast dance of Afro-American origin, performed by couples and characterized by dancing apart and moving the body in short, quick movements to the beat of the music.
- bulimia — Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating.
- bulkage — any agent that aids peristalsis by increasing the bulk of material in the intestine
- bullace — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus domestica insititia (or P. insititia), of which the damson is the cultivated form
- bullary — a place where salt is prepared or boiled
- bullate — puckered or blistered in appearance
- bullbat — the common nighthawk
- bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
- bumelia — a thorny shrub of the genus Bumelia
- bummalo — Bombay duck.
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- burglar — A burglar is a thief who enters a house or other building by force.
- busload — A busload of people is a large number of passengers on a bus.
- butanol — a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH
- buttals — the boundary lines of a piece of land
- butyral — a type of resin
- buyable — available to be bought
- calumba — the root of the Mozambiquan plant Jateorhiza columba, used as an aid to digestion and as a mild tonic
- chiluba — Frederick, 1943–2011, president of Zambia 1991–2002.
- clubman — a man who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs
- cluebat — (computing slang) A bat (club) with which someone clueless is (figuratively or in one's imagination) struck.
- columba — as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion
- cubical — of or related to volume
- cubital — of or relating to the forearm
- cueball — the ball a player strikes with the cue, as distinguished from the other balls on the table.
- curable — If a disease or illness is curable, it can be cured.
- curably — In a curable manner.
- dupable — a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- durable — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- durably — In a durable manner.
- equable — (of a person) not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered.
- equably — In an equable manner.
- fabliau — a short metrical tale, usually ribald and humorous, popular in medieval France.
- fabular — of or relating to a story, novel, or the like written in the form of a fable.
- fibulae — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fibular — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fibulas — Plural form of fibula.
- flu jab — an inoculation against influenza
- furball — A ball of fur, especially one coughed up by a cat.
- gumball — a brightly colored ball of sugar-coated chewing gum.
- halibut — either of two large flatfishes, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, of the North Atlantic, or H. stenolepis, of the North Pacific, used for food.
- klabund — (Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
- labarum — an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
- labours — Plural form of labour.