8-letter words containing b, u, k
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- kasavubu — Joseph, 1917?–69, African political leader: first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) 1960–65.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- key club — a private nightclub admitting only members and their guests, the members often being given door keys to the club.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kimbundu — a Bantu language of northern Angola.
- kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- kotzebue — August Friedrich Ferdinand von [ou-goo st free-drikh fer-di-nahnt fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfri drɪx ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt fən/ (Show IPA), 1761–1819, German dramatist.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- lucky sb — You can use lucky in expressions such as 'Lucky you' and 'Lucky devil' when you are slightly jealous of someone else's good luck or success, or surprised at it.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- muck bar — a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- mudbrick — A brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun rather than being fired.
- musk bag — the musk-secreting gland of a male musk deer.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outbroke — Simple past form of outbreak.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- put back — postpone
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- reedbuck — any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.
- run back — to carry (a football) toward the opponent's goal, as after receiving a kickoff
- sky blue — the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure.
- sky-blue — Something that is sky-blue is a very pale blue in colour.
- studbook — a genealogical register of a stud or studs; a book giving the pedigree of animals, especially horses.
- subblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- subskill — an element of a wider skill
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- thumbkin — thumbscrew (def 2).
- timbuktu — a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River. French Tombouctou.
- tubework — tubes collectively
- turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
- unbacked — without backing or support.
- unbanked — not having been banked or protected with a bank
- unbooked — not reserved or booked
- unbroken — not broken; whole; intact.
- unbuckle — to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.