8-letter words containing b, u, e, n
- none but — None but means only.
- nubbiest — Superlative form of nubby.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- nullable — That may be nullified; nullifiable.
- numbered — Simple past tense and past participle of number.
- numberer — One who numbers.
- numbness — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- nurnberg — German name of Nuremberg.
- obnounce — (in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
- obtunded — to blunt; dull; deaden.
- orenburg — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River.
- overburn — to copy (information, music, etc) onto a CD over previously recorded data
- penumbra — 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).
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- rebutton — to button (a garment, etc) again
- renumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- rubellan — a red-coloured mineral
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- runeberg — Johan Ludvig 1804–77, Finnish poet, who wrote in Swedish. His works include the epic King Fialar (1844) and patriotic poems including the Finnish national anthem
- runnable — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- snubness — the condition or state of being snub
- soupbone — a bone used for making soup or broth.
- sub-menu — a list of commands within the main menu of a computer application
- sub-note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- subgenre — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subgenus — a category of related species within a genus.
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- subsense — a definition that is a division of a wider definition
- subtense — a line that subtends
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subvened — to arrive or occur as a support or relief.
- sun bear — a small bear, Helarctos malayanus, of tropical forests in S and SE Asia, having a black coat and a yellowish snout and feeding mostly on honey and insects
- sun belt — the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunberry — wonderberry.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- sungrebe — finfoot.
- t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.