7-letter words containing b, o, u, r
- clotbur — the burdock
- cobourg — a piece-dyed or printed twill dress fabric or lining cloth.
- corbeau — a blackish green colour
- corumba — a city in W Brazil.
- courbet — Gustave (ɡystav). 1819–77, French painter, a leader of the realist movement; noted for his depiction of contemporary life
- dobruja — a region in SE Romania and NE Bulgaria, between the Danube River and the Black Sea. 2970 sq. mi. (7690 sq. km).
- doubler — One who doubles.
- doubter — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- fibrous — containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
- fosbury — Richard D ("Dick") born 1947, U.S. athlete: developed “Fosbury flop” high jump style.
- goburra — The kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
- harbour — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- herbous — Of or relating to herbs; herbaceous.
- hofbrau — an informal, German-style restaurant or tavern.
- homburg — a man's felt hat with a soft crown dented lengthwise and a slightly rolled brim.
- houbara — a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.
- joubert — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1754–1824, French moralist and essayist.
- labours — Plural form of labour.
- lobular — composed of, having the form of, or pertaining to lobules or small lobes.
- marabou — any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
- mowburn — the natural process of heating and fermenting that takes place when hay or corn is piled up when it is damp or green
- murghob — a river in NE Afghanistan and SE Turkmenistan, flowing from the Hindu Kush W and NW to the Kara Kum Desert. 530 miles (853 km) long.
- naibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
- outbark — to bark more than or louder than
- outbrag — to brag more than or better than
- outbred — Simple past tense and past participle of outbreed.
- outburn — (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
- outburp — (informal, transitive, rare) To burp louder or better than.
- overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
- overdub — to add other recorded sound or music, as a supplementary instrumental or vocal track, to a taped musical track to complete or enhance a recording.
- rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- redoubt — Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).
- rhombus — an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
- robusta — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- roebuck — a male roe deer.
- rosebud — the bud of a rose.
- roubaix — a city in N France, NE of Lille.
- rub off — 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.
- rub out — 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.
- rubaboo — soup made from pemmican, flour, and water, once common among fur trappers, hunters, etc.
- rubdown — a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.
- rubeola — measles.
- rubicon — a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- rublyov — Andrey (ˈandre). ?1370–1430, Russian icon painter. His masterpiece is The Old Testament Trinity
- suboral — under the mouth
- subzero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.