9-letter words containing b, u, r
- combustor — the combustion system of a jet engine or ramjet, comprising the combustion chamber, the fuel injection apparatus, and the igniter
- corbicula — pollen basket.
- corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- courbette — A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
- cribellum — a sievelike spinning organ in certain spiders that occurs between the spinnerets
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- crossbuck — (in the US) a white cross-shaped road sign used at railway crossings
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- crucibles — Plural form of crucible.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- crush bar — a bar at a theatre for serving drinks during the intervals of a play
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cube root — The cube root of a number is another number that makes the first number when it is multiplied by itself twice. For example, the cube root of 8 is 2.
- cucumbers — Plural form of cucumber.
- cucurbits — Plural form of cucurbit.
- cumbering — Present participle of cumber.
- cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
- cupbearer — an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- curb ball — stoop ball played off a street curb.
- curb roof — a roof having two or more slopes on each side of the ridge
- curbsides — Plural form of curbside.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- currycomb — a square comb consisting of rows of small teeth, used for grooming horses
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- cybercrud — (jargon) /si:'ber-kruhd/ 1. (Coined by Ted Nelson) Obfuscatory tech-talk. Verbiage with a high MEGO factor. The computer equivalent of bureaucratese. 2. Incomprehensible stuff embedded in e-mail. First there were the "Received" headers that show how mail flows through systems, then MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) headers and part boundaries, and now huge blocks of hex for PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) or PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) digital signatures and certificates of authenticity. This stuff all has a purpose and good user interfaces should hide it, but all too often users are forced to wade through it.
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyberpunk — Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction.
- cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debenture — A debenture is a type of savings bond which offers a fixed rate of interest over a long period. Debentures are usually issued by a company or a government agency.
- debuggers — Plural form of debugger.
- debunkers — Plural form of debunker.
- deburring — Present participle of deburr.
- disburden — to remove a burden from; rid of a burden.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- disbursed — Pay out (money from a fund).
- disburser — One who disburses money.
- disburses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburse.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- disturbed — marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- disturber — Someone or something that disturbs; a disrupter.
- diverbium — the spoken part of an ancient Roman drama.
- door-buck — a sawhorse.