8-letter words containing b, u, m, r
- e number — E numbers are artificial substances which are added to some foods and drinks to improve their flavour or colour or to make them last longer. They are called E numbers because they are represented in Europe by code names which begin with the letter 'E'.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- f-number — a number corresponding to the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a lens system, especially a camera lens. In f /1.4, 1.4 is the f-number and signifies that the focal length of the lens is 1.4 times as great as the diameter. /, f/, f, f: Abbreviation: f.
- grubworm — grub (def 1).
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- incumber — encumber.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- labarums — Plural form of labarum.
- laburnum — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lumbered — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberer — A person engaged in the lumber trade, especially a lumberjack.
- lumberly — heavy and unwieldy
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- microbus — minibus.
- millburn — a township in NE New Jersey.
- millbury — a city in central Massachusetts.
- mirabeau — Honoré Gabriel Victor Riqueti [aw-naw-rey ga-bree-el veek-tawr reekuh-tee] /ɔ nɔˈreɪ ga briˈɛl vikˈtɔr rikəˈti/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1749–91, French Revolutionary statesman and orator.
- mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- moorburn — the practice of burning off old growth on a heather moor to encourage new growth for grazing
- moribund — in a dying state; near death.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- mowburnt — (of hay, straw, etc) damaged by overheating in a mow
- muck bar — a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- mudbrick — A brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun rather than being fired.
- mulberry — the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- northumb — Northumberland
- nubiform — cloud-like
- numbered — Simple past tense and past participle of number.
- numberer — One who numbers.
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- radium b — an isotope of lead, formed by decay of radium A, that gives rise to radium C, which is an isotope of bismuth, from which radium D, radium E, and radium F, or polonium 210, are derived.
- rambutan — the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
- renumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- resubmit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- rubidium — a silver-white, metallic, active element resembling potassium, used in photoelectric cells and radio vacuum tubes. Symbol: Rb; atomic weight: 85.47; atomic number: 37; specific gravity: 1.53 at 20°C.
- rumbelow — a nonsense word used in the refrain of certain sea shanties
- rumbling — a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge.