8-letter words containing b, u, r, i
- burbidge — (Eleanor) Margaret (Peachey) [pee-chee] /ˈpi tʃi/ (Show IPA), born 1919, U.S. astronomer, born in England.
- burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
- burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
- burinist — a person who works with a burin
- burleigh — Burghley
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- bursitis — inflammation of a bursa, esp one in the shoulder joint
- bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- ciborium — a goblet-shaped lidded vessel used to hold consecrated wafers in Holy Communion
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- crumbing — Present participle of crumb.
- cubiform — having the shape of a cube
- cucurbit — any creeping flowering plant of the mainly tropical and subtropical family Cucurbitaceae, which includes the pumpkin, cucumber, squashes, and gourds
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- debruise — to overlay or partly cover with an ordinary
- disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- disturbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disturb.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- dreibund — a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882–1915)
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- eburnine — (rare) Like ivory.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- fiberous — Misspelling of fibrous.
- fibratus — (of a cloud) hairlike or striated in composition.
- finsbury — former metropolitan borough of EC London, now part of Islington
- firebugs — Plural form of firebug.
- firebush — any of several shrubs having bright red flowers or foliage, as the burning bush.
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- freiburg — a city in SW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- furibund — Choleric, irate, propense to being furious.
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- ginzburg — Natalia (nataˈliːa). 1916–91, Italian writer and dramatist. Her books include The Road to the City (1942), Voices in the Evening (1961), and Family Sayings (1963)
- grubbier — Comparative form of grubby.