9-letter words containing b, o, u, r
- nut-brown — Nut-brown is used to describe things that are dark reddish brown in colour.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obstruct.
- obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- 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.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
- ouroboros — A serpent, dragon or worm who eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbidder — a person who outbids
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outbursts — Plural form of outburst.
- outer bar — a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel.
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- overbound — Simple past tense and past participle of overbind.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pourboire — a gratuity; tip.
- prepueblo — belonging to the period before the Pueblo Indians
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
- redoubler — a person who redoubles
- redoubted — dreaded; formidable.
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- rhizobium — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc.