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9-letter words containing b, u, o, e

  • burrstone — buhrstone
  • burst edo — Burst Extended Data Out DRAM
  • bus error — (processor)   A fatal failure in the execution of a machine language instruction resulting from the processor detecting an anomalous condition on its bus. Such conditions include invalid address alignment (accessing a multi-byte number at an odd address), accessing a physical address that does not correspond to any device, or some other device-specific hardware error. A bus error triggers a processor-level exception which Unix translates into a "SIGBUS" signal which, if not caught, will terminate the current process.
  • buteonine — of or relating to hawks
  • calembour — a pun
  • casebound — bound in hard covers.
  • cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
  • cleobulus — flourished 560 b.c, Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.
  • clubhouse — A clubhouse is a place where the members of a club, especially a sports club, meet.
  • clubwomen — Plural form of clubwoman.
  • cocklebur — any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • code blue — (often initial capital letters) a medical emergency in which paramedics are dispatched to aid a person undergoing cardiac arrest.
  • coenobium — a monastery or convent
  • colubrine — of or resembling a snake
  • columbate — any salt of columbic acid
  • columbine — any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
  • columbite — a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: (Fe, Mn)(Nb)2O6
  • combretum — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Combretum, native mainly to tropical and subtropical Africa and producing attractive flowers
  • combusted — Simple past tense and past participle of combust.
  • concubine — In former times, a concubine was a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.
  • corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
  • countable — capable of being counted
  • courbette — A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
  • cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
  • cube root — The cube root of a number is another number that makes the first number when it is multiplied by itself twice. For example, the cube root of 8 is 2.
  • curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
  • cut above — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
  • cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
  • debouched — Simple past tense and past participle of debouche.
  • debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
  • deskbound — doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
  • doodlebug — any of various small, squat vehicles.
  • double ax — an ax with a double-edged blade, frequently depicted in prehistoric decorative designs of the eastern Mediterranean region, especially in Minoan religious sites.
  • double up — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • doubleday — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
  • doubleton — a set of only two cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt: The other player held a doubleton.
  • doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  • doubtless — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
  • douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
  • dubersome — (archaic) Doubtful.
  • duikerbok — duiker.
  • eastabout — in, to, or towards the east
  • eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
  • egg-bound — describing egg-bearing animals and birds that have difficulty passing their eggs
  • epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
  • essequibo — a river in Guyana, rising near the Brazilian border and flowing north to the Atlantic: drains over half of Guyana. Length: 1014 km (630 miles)
  • euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
  • eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
  • fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
  • focusable — Capable of being focused.
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