9-letter words containing b, o, u, n
- do a bunk — run away
- doubleton — a set of only two cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt: The other player held a doubleton.
- doubloons — Plural form of doubloon.
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- dubrovnik — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.
- dumb down — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- dutybound — Compelled by duty.
- eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
- egg-bound — describing egg-bearing animals and birds that have difficulty passing their eggs
- fibrinous — the insoluble protein end product of blood coagulation, formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
- flour bin — a small container for flour
- globulins — Plural form of globulin.
- gong buoy — a buoy in which one or more gongs are struck by hammers that swing freely with the motion of the buoy.
- gun lobby — a group of people who argue for the right of members of the public to be able to own guns
- gunnbjorn — Mount, the highest peak in Greenland, in the SE part. 12,139 feet (3702 meters).
- handbound — (of books) bound by hand.
- hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
- hellbound — Bound for Hell; damned.
- hidebound — narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
- homebound — confined to one's home, especially because of illness.
- honey bun — Also called sticky bun. a sweet spiral-shaped bun, usually with cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, coated with honey or butter and brown sugar.
- hoofbound — (of horses and other hoofed animals) having the heels of the hoofs dry and contracted, causing lameness.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- inbounded — Simple past tense and past participle of inbound.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- indubious — Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- insoluble — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- insolubly — In an insoluble manner; irresolubly, irresolvably.
- iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
- ironbound — bound with iron.
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- john bull — England; the English people.
- jumbotron — A very large video screen, typically used in a stadium or concert venue to show close-up shots.
- junk bond — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- keybutton — an object on a keyboard which, when pressed, causes the letter, number, or symbol shown on it to be printed in a document
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- lung book — book lung.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.