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9-letter words containing b, u, l, o, c

  • go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
  • golf club — any of various long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads, for hitting the ball in golf. Compare iron (def 5), wood1 (def 8).
  • lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
  • lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
  • local bus — (hardware)   A bus connecting a processor to memory, usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a backplane and therefore faster. Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are still in use. The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Some computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no expansion slots. Previous non-local bus standards include ISA, EISA and MCA.
  • lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
  • lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
  • nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
  • obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
  • plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
  • pony club — an international youth organization that educates young people about horses and horse riding
  • punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
  • roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
  • scybalous — of or relating to scybalum
  • subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony
  • subconsul — an assistant to a consul
  • subcostal — below the rib
  • subocular — below or under the eye
  • subsocial — without a definite social structure.
  • sun block — 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.
  • touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
  • unblocked — to obstruct (someone or something) by placing obstacles in the way (sometimes followed by up): to block one's exit; to block up a passage.
  • uncobbled — not paved with cobble stones
  • vocabular — a vocabulary
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