9-letter words containing b, u, l, t
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- multiboot — dual boot
- multilobe — having several lobes
- nebulated — having dim or indistinct markings, as a bird or other animal.
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- obliquity — the state of being oblique.
- obvoluted — Alternative form of obvolute.
- oubliette — a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- plant bug — any of numerous, often brightly colored hemipterous insects of the family Miridae that feed on the juices of plants.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
- publicity — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- quodlibet — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- rubellite — a deep-red variety of tourmaline, used as a gem.
- rust belt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- stilt bug — any of various slender, long-legged, brownish bugs of the family Berytidae, inhabiting dense vegetation: sometimes classified with the leaf-footed bugs.
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stub axle — a short axle that carries one of the front steered wheels of a motor vehicle and is capable of limited angular movement about a kingpin
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- stud bolt — a headless bolt threaded at each end.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subastral — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- subcostal — below the rib
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublethal — almost lethal or fatal: a sublethal dose of poison.
- subletter — a person who sublets
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- subluxate — to partially dislocate
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- substylar — of or relating to a substyle
- subsultus — an abnormal twitching