8-letter words containing b, u, r
- grubbier — Comparative form of grubby.
- grubbies — a small sculpin, Myxocephalus aenaeus, inhabiting waters off the coast of New England.
- grubbily — In a grubby manner.
- grubbing — Present participle of grub.
- grubworm — grub (def 1).
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.
- gun brig — a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.
- habsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hatbrush — a soft brush for hats
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- hey rube — a fight between townspeople and the members of a circus or carnival.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- incumber — encumber.
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- iturbide — Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
- jabalpur — a city in central Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- jury box — courtroom: area where jury sits
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- labarums — Plural form of labarum.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- laburnum — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lansbury — George. 1859–1940, British Labour politician, who led the Labour Party in opposition (1931–35). A committed pacifist, he resigned over the party's reaction to Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopia
- leesburg — a city in central Florida.
- liberius — died a.d. 366, pope 352–366.
- lilburne — John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lubberly — of or resembling a lubber.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- lumbered — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberer — A person engaged in the lumber trade, especially a lumberjack.
- lumberly — heavy and unwieldy
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lüneburg — a city in N Germany, in Lower Saxony: capital of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1369; prominent Hanse town; saline springs. Pop: 70 614 (2003 est)
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.