9-letter words containing b, u, r
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drubbings — Plural form of drubbing.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dubersome — (archaic) Doubtful.
- dubliners — a collection of short stories (1914) by James Joyce.
- dubrovnik — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- duikerbok — duiker.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- dumb dora — a foolishly simple, stupid, or scatterbrained woman.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- dyersburg — a city in W Tennessee.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- ehrenburg — Ilya Grigorievich (iljˈja ɡriˈɡɔrjɪvitʃ). 1891–1967, Soviet novelist and journalist. His novel The Thaw (1954) was the first published in the Soviet Union to deal with repression under Stalin
- embrasure — (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- embrazure — Alternative form of embrasure.
- encumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encumber.
- endurable — Able to be endured; bearable.
- endurably — In an endurable or tolerable manner.
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- eurobeach — a beach that has been designated as suitable for bathing from because it meets the limits set by European Union regulations for bacteria in bathing areas
- excalibur — (in Arthurian legend) the magic sword of King Arthur
- exuberant — Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.
- exuberate — (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
- fabricius — Johan Christian [yoh-hahn kris-chuh n;; Danish yoh-hahn kris-tyahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish yoʊˈhɑn ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1743–1808, Danish entomologist.
- fabritius — Carel [kah-ruh l] /ˈkɑ rəl/ (Show IPA), 1622–54, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- farcy bud — an ulcerated swelling, produced in farcy.
- faribault — a city in SE Minnesota.
- febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
- febrifuge — serving to dispel or reduce fever, as a medicine.
- feuerbach — Ludwig Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s,, an-;; German ahn-drey-ahs] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs,, æn-;; German ɑnˈdreɪ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1804–72, German philosopher.
- fibrinous — the insoluble protein end product of blood coagulation, formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
- fibrously — In a fibrous manner.
- figurable — Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
- fitchburg — a city in N Massachusetts.
- flensburg — a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein: taken from Denmark by Prussia in 1864; voted to remain German in 1920. Pop: 85 300 (2003 est)
- flour bin — a small container for flour
- fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
- foulbrood — any of several bacterial diseases of honeybee larvae, characterized by the putrefying of body tissues.
- four bits — 50 cents.
- fox brush — the tail of a fox.
- fruit bat — any fruit-eating bat, especially of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous species ranging in wingspan from 10 inches to 5 feet (25 cm to 1.5 meters).
- fulbright — (James) William, 1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.