9-letter words containing b, o, l, u
- nonlabour — not relating to or concerned with work
- nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
- nonusable — not usable; unusable
- obliquely — in an oblique manner or direction.
- obliquity — the state of being oblique.
- oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obloquial — having a relation or connection to obloquy
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obviously — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- obvoluted — Alternative form of obvolute.
- oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- oubliette — a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- ploughboy — a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- plumb bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumb-bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pony club — an international youth organization that educates young people about horses and horse riding
- prepueblo — belonging to the period before the Pueblo Indians
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- quodlibet — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- redoubler — a person who redoubles
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- roundball — basketball
- rub along — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rule book — A rule book is a book containing the official rules for a particular game, job, or organization.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- scybalous — of or relating to scybalum
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- soup bowl — a container in which soup is served
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stud bolt — a headless bolt threaded at each end.
- subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony
- subconsul — an assistant to a consul
- subcostal — below the rib
- subdolous — clever, crafty, or sly