7-letter words containing b, u, s
- fosbury — Richard D ("Dick") born 1947, U.S. athlete: developed “Fosbury flop” high jump style.
- fumbles — Plural form of fumble.
- funbags — (slang) breasts.
- furbish — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- fusible — capable of being fused or melted.
- fussbox — a fussbudget.
- gibbous — Astronomy. (of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
- glebous — clod-like; earthy
- go bush — to abandon city amenities and live rough
- go bust — If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
- gubbins — (slang) Assorted stuff, especially if of little value.
- gubbish — (jargon) /guhb'*sh/ (A portmanteau of "garbage" and "rubbish" which may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick) Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The opposite portmanteau "rubbage" is also reported.
- habitus — the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease.
- hagbuts — Plural form of hagbut.
- helibus — a helicopter with the capacity to carry many passengers
- herbous — Of or relating to herbs; herbaceous.
- hubbies — husband.
- hubbubs — Plural form of hubbub.
- hubcaps — Plural form of hubcap.
- humbles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humble.
- humbugs — Plural form of humbug.
- husband — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- hushaby — Used to calm a child.
- imbrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrue.
- imburse — (obsolete) To supply or stock with money.
- inburst — an irruption
- incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- isa bus — Industry Standard Architecture
- jabirus — Plural form of jabiru.
- jacobus — a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
- jewbush — The low-growing tropical American shrub Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly Pedilanthus tithymaloides).
- jubilus — (in Roman Catholic music) a rejoicing, melodic group of tones to which is chanted the last “a” of the second and third alleluias, often following the gradual of the Mass.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- jujubes — Plural form of jujube.
- jumbles — Plural form of jumble.
- kurbash — a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.
- labours — Plural form of labour.
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- lisburn — a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
- lobules — Plural form of lobule.
- lobulus — a lobule.
- lowbush — Being, or coming from, a bush of low stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as lowbush blueberry and lowbush cranberry).
- lubbers — Plural form of lubber.
- lubfish — a stockfish
- lumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lumber.
- maybush — a flowering shrub, Crataegus monogyna, that is native to Europe, northwestern Africa and western Asia, and that produces small white flowers
- minibus — a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances.
- minisub — a small submarine, holding only one or a few persons, used in naval operations, underwater exploration, or conducting underwater experiments.
- moebius — August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- mumbles — Plural form of mumble.