9-letter words containing b, u, r
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
- pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- pure-bred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- purgeable — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- quebecker — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- rabirubia — yellowtail (def 2).
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- raw umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
- rebuilded — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- rebukeful — (of a person) quick to scold or reprimand
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- redoubler — a person who redoubles
- redoubted — dreaded; formidable.
- reducible — capable of being reduced.
- refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- regulable — that can be regulated; controllable.
- reimburse — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
- reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- resubject — to subject again
- retribute — to give back (a payment, reward, punishment, etc) or to give in return for something
- reubenite — a member of the tribe of Reuben.
- reusables — products that can be used more than once
- reuseable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- rhizobium — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc.
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- ribattuta — a musical trill with a jerky rhythm
- ring buoy — a ring-shaped life preserver.
- rituximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- river bug — a small inflatable single-seat craft that resembles an armchair
- rockbound — surrounded or covered by rocks
- rootbound — (of a pot plant) having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled
- rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- roundball — basketball
- rub along — 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.