9-letter words containing b, u, n
- banquette — A banquette is a long, low, cushioned seat. Banquettes are usually long enough for more than one person to sit on at a time.
- bantustan — (formerly, in South Africa) an area reserved for occupation by a Black African people, with limited self-government; abolished in 1993
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- batu khan — d. 1255, Mongol conqueror: leader of the Golden Horde (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- bauhinias — Plural form of bauhinia.
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
- bee-stung — (of the lips) pouting and sensuous
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- befortune — to happen, befall, come about
- beguiling — Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive.
- beguinage — a convent for members of the Beguine sisterhood
- bendy bus — an articulated bus
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- beni suef — city in NE Egypt, on the Nile: pop. 152,000
- beni-suef — a city in NW Egypt on the Nile River.
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bernoulli — Daniel (danjɛl), son of Jean Bernoulli. 1700–82, Swiss mathematician and physicist, who developed an early form of the kinetic theory of gases and stated the principle of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics
- betel nut — the fruit of the betel palm, chewed with leaves of the betel pepper by some Southeast Asian peoples as a mild stimulant
- bhaunagar — a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India.
- bhikkhuni — a fully ordained Buddhist nun
- bhikshuni — a female bhikshu; nun.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bi-annual — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biangular — having two angles or corners.
- bienvenue — a welcome
- biguanide — any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes
- bilingual — Bilingual means involving or using two languages.
- bilirubin — an orange-yellow pigment in the bile formed as a breakdown product of haemoglobin. Excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance associated with jaundice. Formula: C32H36O6N4
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- binturong — an arboreal SE Asian viverrine mammal, Arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long shaggy black hair
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- bitternut — an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis, with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
- black bun — a very rich dark fruitcake, usually in a pastry case
- black run — an extremely difficult run, suitable for expert skiers
- blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
- bland out — to become bland
- blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
- blind gut — cecum
- bloodnoun — a bullfrog, especially Rana catesbeiana.
- blue funk — a state of great terror or loss of nerve
- blue john — a blue or purple fibrous variety of fluorspar occurring only in Derbyshire: used for vases, etc
- blue line — either of the two blue lines, parallel to the goal lines, that divide an ice hockey rink into three zones
- blue moon — If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.