9-letter words containing b, u, s
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- local bus — (hardware) A bus connecting a processor to memory, usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a backplane and therefore faster. Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are still in use. The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Some computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no expansion slots. Previous non-local bus standards include ISA, EISA and MCA.
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- lullabies — Plural form of lullaby.
- lumbricus — a member of a genus of worms of the same name, the most common of which is the common earth worm, Lumbricus terrestris
- lygus bug — any of a genus (Lygus, family Miridae) of hemipterous bugs, including many that damage plants
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- 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.
- mint bush — an aromatic shrub of the genus Prostanthera with a mintlike odour: family Lamiaceae (labiates): native to Australia
- misbutton — (transitive) To button wrongly.
- misdoubts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdoubt.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- molybdous — of or containing molybdenum, especially in its lower valences.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- mousebird — coly.
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- mumblings — Plural form of mumbling.
- music box — a box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
- nabonidus — died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- 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.
- numbskull — a dull-witted or stupid person; dolt.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxious — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obsequent — (obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obsequies — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- obsidious — (rare) besieging; besetting, obsessional.
- obstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obstruct.
- obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.