9-letter words containing b, r, u, n
- oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- overbound — Simple past tense and past participle of overbind.
- pakanbaru — a city on central Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- 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).
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- reubenite — a member of the tribe of Reuben.
- ring buoy — a ring-shaped life preserver.
- rockbound — surrounded or covered by rocks
- rootbound — (of a pot plant) having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled
- rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope
- roundball — basketball
- rub along — 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 it in — 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.
- rubbering — Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants, especially Hevea and Ficus species.
- rubensian — Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
- rubrician — an expert in or close adherent to liturgical rubrics.
- 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.
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- scrubbing — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- 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.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- skunkbird — a North American songbird with a black-and-white striped back, also known as a bobolink
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- sublunary — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.