9-letter words containing b, u, r
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbermen — Plural form of lumberman.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- lumbricus — a member of a genus of worms of the same name, the most common of which is the common earth worm, Lumbricus terrestris
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- magdeburg — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- marabunta — A large population of army ants on the move, eating anything in their wake.
- marrubium — Any of the genus Marrubium of bitter aromatic plants; hoarhound.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- maturable — capable of being matured
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- merseburg — a city in E Germany, on the Saale River, in Saxony-Anhalt: residence of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg (1656–1738); chemical industry. Pop: 35 358 (2003 est)
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- moundbird — megapode.
- mousebird — coly.
- mud berth — a mooring place in which a vessel rests on the bottom at low tide.
- muliebral — womanly nature or qualities.
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- nebuliser — Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
- nebulizer — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neuenburg — Neuchâtel
- non-urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- nonlabour — not relating to or concerned with work
- nonrubber — not containing or made of rubber
- numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
- numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
- nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
- nut-brown — Nut-brown is used to describe things that are dark reddish brown in colour.
- nutbutter — a food substance for spreading that is made from nuts
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.