9-letter words containing b, r, u, m
- maturable — capable of being matured
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- merseburg — a city in E Germany, on the Saale River, in Saxony-Anhalt: residence of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg (1656–1738); chemical industry. Pop: 35 358 (2003 est)
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- moundbird — megapode.
- mousebird — coly.
- mud berth — a mooring place in which a vessel rests on the bottom at low tide.
- muliebral — womanly nature or qualities.
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
- numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
- nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- raw umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- reimburse — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- 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.
- rituximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- 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.
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- submersed — submerged.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- succumber — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- tambourer — someone who embroiders on a tambour