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9-letter words containing b, u, h

  • phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
  • pinch bug — a stag beetle
  • ploughboy — a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
  • pub lunch — a lunch in a pub
  • published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
  • punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
  • punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
  • push back — force to retreat
  • push bike — A push bike is a bicycle which you move by turning the pedals with your feet.
  • push-bike — a standard bicycle, operated by pedals rather than a motor.
  • quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
  • refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
  • 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.
  • roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
  • rubbishes — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
  • sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
  • schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
  • schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
  • shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
  • shibuichi — a Japanese alloy of copper and silver know for its silver-grey and muted blue and green colours, usually used in ornamentation
  • shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
  • shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
  • shrubbery — a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery.
  • shrubland — land covered by shrubs
  • shrubless — devoid of shrubs
  • shubunkin — a multicoloured goldfish, Carassius auratus, with black spots and red patches
  • smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
  • snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
  • southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
  • spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
  • squabbish — rather short and fat or thick
  • squawbush — a rank-smelling, sprawling shrub, Rhus trilobata malacophylla, of the cashew family, native to California, having spikes of greenish flowers.
  • sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
  • sub-humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
  • sub-phase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • subahdary — the position or office of subadar
  • subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
  • subchaser — submarine chaser.
  • subhalide — a halide containing a relatively small proportion of the halogen, as mercurous chloride.
  • subhedral — (of mineral grains comprising igneous rocks) having a partial or incomplete crystal face or form.
  • sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
  • subphylum — a category of related classes within a phylum.
  • subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
  • sugarbush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
  • sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
  • suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
  • sushi bar — restaurant serving Japanese rice dishes
  • tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
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