9-letter words containing b, u, k
- debunking — to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans.
- deskbound — doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
- do a bunk — run away
- door-buck — a sawhorse.
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- dubrovnik — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- duikerbok — duiker.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- fast buck — money made easily or quickly and sometimes unscrupulously: He speculated briefly in the commodities market in the hope of making a fast buck.
- full-back — sports; player , position
- fullbacks — Plural form of fullback.
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- guestbook — A book in which visitors to a particular place may write their names, addresses, and remarks.
- guidebook — a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.
- gutbucket — jazz played in the raucous and high-spirited style of barrelhouse.
- half buck — a half dollar; the sum of 50 cents.
- hibakusha — a survivor of either of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
- huckaback — toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.
- humbucker — (music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series - to
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hunchback — a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
- innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- junk bond — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- kennebunk — a town in SW Maine, near resorts.
- keybutton — an object on a keyboard which, when pressed, causes the letter, number, or symbol shown on it to be printed in a document
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kibbutzim — A communal settlement in Israel, typically a farm.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kitzbühel — a town in W Austria, in the Tirol: centre for winter sports. Pop: 8574 (2001)
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- kulebyaka — coulibiac.
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- lucky bag — a bag of mixed sweets, intended for children; the bag is transparent, so that you do not know exactly what it contains
- lung book — book lung.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- numbskull — a dull-witted or stupid person; dolt.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.