8-letter words containing b, u, r, l
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
- bull bar — On some motor vehicles, bull bars are metal bars fixed to the front that are designed to protect it if it crashes.
- bull run — small stream in NE Va.: site of two Civil War battles (1861 & 1862) in which Union forces were defeated
- bull-bar — a metal frame attached to the front of a vehicle to prevent damage in case of a collision with stray animals on outback roads.
- bullbars — large protective metal grille on the front of some vehicles, esp four-wheel-drive vehicles
- bullfrog — A bullfrog is a type of large frog which makes a very loud noise.
- bullhorn — A bullhorn is a device for making your voice sound louder in the open air.
- bullring — A bullring is a circular area of ground surrounded by rows of seats where bullfights take place.
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- bulrushy — made of or resembling bulrushes
- bumblers — to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
- buplever — any of various yellow-flowered umbelliferous plants of the genus Bupleurum
- burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- burlecue — burlesque (def 3).
- burleigh — Burghley
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burletta — a type of comic opera
- burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
- burnable — able to be burned
- burpless — a belch; eructation.
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- club car — a railway carriage with comfortable extending chairs, a bar, and other comforts
- clubbers — Plural form of clubber.
- clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- clubrush — any rush of the genus Scirpus
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- crumbled — Simple past tense and past participle of crumble.
- crumbles — Plural form of crumble.
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- delubrum — a shrine or sanctuary
- doublers — Plural form of doubler.
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- dry bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- grubbily — In a grubby manner.
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.