9-letter words containing b, u, t, r, e
- butcherly — of or resembling a butcher
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butter up — If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
- butterbur — a plant of the Eurasian genus Petasites with fragrant whitish or purple flowers, woolly stems, and leaves formerly used to wrap butter: family Asteraceae (composites)
- buttercup — A buttercup is a small plant with bright yellow flowers.
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- butterfly — A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
- butterine — an artificial butter made partly from milk
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- butternut — a walnut tree, Juglans cinerea of E North America
- buzz term — buzzword.
- by nature — essentially or innately
- by repute — If you know someone by repute, you have never met them but you have heard or read about them.
- by return — by the next post back to the sender
- carburate — carburet.
- combretum — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Combretum, native mainly to tropical and subtropical Africa and producing attractive flowers
- courbette — A movement in dressage in which the horse makes a series of jumps on the hind legs with the forelegs in the air.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- 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.
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- 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.
- disturbed — marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- disturber — Someone or something that disturbs; a disrupter.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- exuberant — Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.
- exuberate — (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
- germ tube — a tube produced by a germinating spore, such as the pollen tube produced by a pollen grain
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- gutenberg — Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/ (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- humbert i — (Umberto I) 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
- interclub — a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- jitterbug — a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubrate — to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- maturable — capable of being matured
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- mud berth — a mooring place in which a vessel rests on the bottom at low tide.