9-letter words containing b, o, u, s
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outbursts — Plural form of outburst.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- quebecois — Quebecer.
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- scybalous — of or relating to scybalum
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- see about — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- set about — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- snuff-box — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- sob stuff — material such as films, stories, etc, that play upon the emotions by the overuse of pathos and sentiment
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
- softbound — book: paperback
- soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
- sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- soup bowl — a container in which soup is served
- sourberry — lemonade berry.
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- stirabout — porridge.
- 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.
- stud book — A stud book is a written record of the breeding of a particular horse, especially a racehorse.
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- sub-stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony