9-letter words containing b, u, r
- soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
- sourberry — lemonade berry.
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- star ruby — a ruby that resembles a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure
- starburst — a pattern of lines or rays radiating from a central point.
- stirabout — porridge.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subaerial — located or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- subahdary — the position or office of subadar
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subastral — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- subbranch — a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.
- subbureau — a bureau subordinate to the main bureau
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcellar — a cellar below the main cellar.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subchaser — submarine chaser.
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subdealer — a dealer who buys from another dealer
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdorsal — situated close to the back in humans or upper surface in animals
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subereous — of the nature of or resembling cork; suberose.
- subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subhedral — (of mineral grains comprising igneous rocks) having a partial or incomplete crystal face or form.
- sublessor — a lease granted by one who is already a lessee of a property, as an apartment.
- subletter — a person who sublets
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- sublunary — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- submersed — submerged.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subneural — beneath or below a nerve
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- subocular — below or under the eye
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.