8-letter words containing b, u, r
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- doubters — Plural form of doubter.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- dreibund — a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882–1915)
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- dry bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
- drybrush — a technique of drawing or painting in which a brush having a small quantity of pigment or medium is applied to or dragged across a surface.
- du barry — Comtesse (Marie Jeanne Bécu) 1746–93, mistress of Louis XV.
- 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.
- dukhobor — Doukhobor.
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- e number — E numbers are artificial substances which are added to some foods and drinks to improve their flavour or colour or to make them last longer. They are called E numbers because they are represented in Europe by code names which begin with the letter 'E'.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- eburnean — Made of ivory.
- eburnine — (rare) Like ivory.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- eurobond — Eurobonds are bonds which are issued in a particular European currency and sold to people from a country with a different currency.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- f-number — a number corresponding to the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a lens system, especially a camera lens. In f /1.4, 1.4 is the f-number and signifies that the focal length of the lens is 1.4 times as great as the diameter. /, f/, f, f: Abbreviation: f.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- faubourg — a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.
- february — the second month of the year, ordinarily containing 28 days, but containing 29 days in leap years. Abbreviation: Feb.
- 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.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- 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
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- freiburg — a city in SW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- 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)
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- greenbug — a pale-green aphid, Schizaphis graminum, of North America, destructive of wheat, other small grains, and alfalfa.
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- grub saw — a handsaw for cutting stone.
- grubbers — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.