8-letter words containing b, u, r
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- rude boy — a member of a group of often delinquent teenagers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for listening to ska music and wearing suits with trilby or similar soft felt hats
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- rumbelow — a nonsense word used in the refrain of certain sea shanties
- rumbling — a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge.
- run back — to carry (a football) toward the opponent's goal, as after receiving a kickoff
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- runeberg — Johan Ludvig 1804–77, Finnish poet, who wrote in Swedish. His works include the epic King Fialar (1844) and patriotic poems including the Finnish national anthem
- runnable — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rush job — something created quickly, urgently, or without due care
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustbelt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rutabaga — a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- saburral — relating to saburra
- salzburg — a city in W Austria: the birthplace of Mozart.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandburr — a variety of wild grass
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- scrub up — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scrub-up — an act or instance of scrubbing.
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- scrubber — a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- simsbury — a town in central Connecticut.
- sirius b — a very faint white dwarf star, companion to Sirius, the brightest star in the sky after the sun
- slumbery — slumberous.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- sombrous — somber.
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub rosa — confidentially; secretly; privately.
- sub-area — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- sub-zero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subacrid — slightly acrid
- subareas — a subsidiary area, field, study, or the like.
- subaural — below the ear
- subbreed — a breed within a larger breed
- subchord — a part of a chord
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.
- subcrust — a secondary crust below a main crust
- subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- suberect — not quite erect
- suberize — to convert into cork tissue.
- suberose — of the nature of cork; corklike; corky.