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8-letter words containing b, u, r

  • 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.
  • postburn — after injury from burns
  • pourable — able to be poured
  • prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
  • prunable — Archaic. to preen.
  • pub grub — food served in a pub
  • pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
  • puffbird — any of several tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, related to the barbets, having a large head with the feathers often fluffed out.
  • purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
  • purebred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
  • quebecer — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
  • quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
  • quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
  • quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
  • 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.
  • rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
  • reburial — the act of burying (something, esp a dead body) in the ground again
  • rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
  • rebutted — to refute by evidence or argument.
  • rebutter — a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
  • rebutton — to button (a garment, etc) again
  • redouble — to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
  • reedbuck — any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.
  • renumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
  • resubmit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • reusable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
  • rhubarby — similar to or tasting like rhubarb
  • roburite — a flameless safety explosive used in mines
  • robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
  • rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
  • roseburg — a city in W Oregon.
  • rosebush — a shrub that bears roses.
  • roxburgh — a historic county in SE Scotland.
  • rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
  • rubaiyat — (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
  • rubbaboo — a soup made from pemmican boiled in water, sometimes thickened with flour
  • rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
  • rubboard — a board for scrubbing clothes on
  • rubellan — a red-coloured mineral
  • rubicund — red or reddish; ruddy: a rubicund complexion.
  • 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.
  • rubrical — reddish; marked with red.
  • rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
  • ruby-red — of the deep red colour of a ruby
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