7-letter words containing b, o, u, s
- glebous — clod-like; earthy
- go bush — to abandon city amenities and live rough
- go bust — If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
- herbous — Of or relating to herbs; herbaceous.
- jacobus — a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- labours — Plural form of labour.
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- lobules — Plural form of lobule.
- lobulus — a lobule.
- lowbush — Being, or coming from, a bush of low stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as lowbush blueberry and lowbush cranberry).
- moebius — August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- niobous — Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obsequy — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- obtunds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtund.
- obvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- omnibus — bus1 (def 1).
- outbids — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbid.
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- polybus — a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
- postbus — (in Britain, esp in rural districts) a vehicle carrying the mail that also carries passengers
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- 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.
- rosebud — the bud of a rose.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- sobukwe — Robert (Mangaliso). 1924–78, South African politician. Founder of the Pan-Africanist Congress
- soluble — capable of being dissolved or liquefied: a soluble powder.
- soubise — a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.
- sow bug — any of several small, terrestrial isopods, especially of the genus Oniscus; wood louse.
- subatom — any component of an atom.
- subcode — a computer tag identifying data on something such as a compact disc
- subcool — to cool (liquid) to a temperature lower than the temperature it was when it condensed into steam
- subecho — an echo resonating more quietly than another echo
- subgoal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subjoin — to add at the end, as of something said or written; append.
- subnote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- suboral — under the mouth
- suboval — not quite oval
- subplot — a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Compare counterplot (def 2).
- subsoil — the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- subsong — an unstructured, often rambling vocalization of low volume heard in young birds and, at the start of the breeding season, in adult birds of certain species.
- subtone — an undertone, an underlying, low or subordinate tone
- subzero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subzone — a subdivision of a zone.
- u-boats — a German submarine.
- uberous — fertile; abundant; fruitful
- umbrous — shady or shadowed
- unbosom — to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).