9-letter words containing b, u, s, e
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- heisenbug — (jargon) /hi:'zen-buhg/ (From Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle in quantum physics) A bug that disappears or alters its behaviour when one attempts to probe or isolate it. (This usage is not even particularly fanciful; the use of a debugger sometimes alters a program's operating environment enough that buggy code, such as that which relies on the values of uninitialised memory, behaves quite differently.) In C, nine out of ten heisenbugs result from uninitialised auto variables, fandango on core phenomena (especially corruption of the malloc arena) or errors that smash the stack. Opposite: Bohr bug. See also mandelbug, schroedinbug.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- houseboys — Plural form of houseboy.
- humblesse — humbleness, humility, or abasement
- husbanded — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- infusible — capable of being infused.
- insoluble — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- intubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intubate.
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- libellous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- lullabies — Plural form of lullaby.
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- megabucks — one million dollars.
- 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)
- minibuses — Plural form of minibus.
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- mousebird — coly.
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- nebuliser — Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
- nebulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nebulize.
- nebulosus — (of a cloud) having indistinct details.
- nonusable — not usable; unusable
- numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obsequent — (obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obsequies — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.