8-letter words containing b, e, c, u
- ice-blue — Ice-blue is a very pale blue colour.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- icy blue — of a very pale blue colour
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- incumber — encumber.
- key club — a private nightclub admitting only members and their guests, the members often being given door keys to the club.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- obnounce — (in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurer — Comparative form of obscure.
- obscures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obscure.
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- quebecer — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- reedbuck — any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- scrubber — a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- sub voce — (used as a direction to a reference) under the specified word. Abbreviation: s.v.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- suberect — not quite erect
- subjects — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- subscale — a scale within a scale
- subspace — a smaller space within a main area that has been divided or subdivided: The jewelry shop occupies a subspace in the hotel's lobby.
- tubercle — a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
- tubicole — an invertebrate animal that lives in a self-constructed tube
- unbacked — without backing or support.
- unbreech — to remove the breeches from (a person)
- unbuckle — to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.
- uncombed — If someone's hair is uncombed, it is untidy because it has not been brushed or combed.
- wellcurb — a stone surround at the top of a well