9-letter words containing b, u, e
- backhouse — an outdoor privy; outhouse
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- baguettes — Plural form of baguette.
- baigneuse — a day bed of the Empire period, having a back sloping and curving to form a rounded head and foot.
- bakehouse — a building or room to bake in; bakery.
- balefully — In a baleful manner.
- balled up — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- banefully — In a baneful way.
- bangweulu — shallow lake in N Zambia: including swamps, 3,800 sq mi (9,842 sq km)
- banqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of banquet.
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- banquette — A banquette is a long, low, cushioned seat. Banquettes are usually long enough for more than one person to sit on at a time.
- bar-b-que — barbecue
- barbecued — Cooked in a barbecue.
- barbecuer — someone who cooks using a barbecue
- barbecues — Plural form of barbecue.
- barbequed — Alternative spelling of barbecued.
- barbeques — Plural form of barbeque.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barquette — a boat-shaped pastry shell
- barrelful — as much or as many as a barrel will hold
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- batardeau — A cofferdam.
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- baud rate — a rate of data transmission measured in baud
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beach hut — a hut used for changing, storing deckchairs, etc
- bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- beatitude — supreme blessedness or happiness
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
- becquerel — Antoine Henri (ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ri). 1852–1908, French physicist, who discovered the photographic action of the rays emitted by uranium salts and so instigated the study of radioactivity: Nobel prize for physics 1903