8-letter words containing b, u, t, r
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- rebutted — to refute by evidence or argument.
- rebutter — a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
- rebutton — to button (a garment, etc) again
- resubmit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- roburite — a flameless safety explosive used in mines
- robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rubaiyat — (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustbelt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rutabaga — a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- subcrust — a secondary crust below a main crust
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- suberate — a salt of suberic acid
- suberect — not quite erect
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- subtalar — beneath the ankle bone
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subtribe — tribe within a larger tribe
- subtrist — slightly sad; not completely sad
- subtrude — to intrude stealthily
- sunburnt — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunburst — a burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun through rifted clouds.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- surrebut — to give evidence to support a surrebutter
- t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- tamboura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- tarbrush — a brush for applying tar.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thrombus — a fibrinous clot that forms in and obstructs a blood vessel, or that forms in one of the chambers of the heart.
- thurible — a censer.
- tiberius — (Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar) 42 b.c.–a.d. 37, Roman emperor 14–37.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- tributer — a miner who is waged by tribute
- troubled — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- troubles — your troubles are the things that you are worried about
- true bug — bug1 (def 1).
- true rib — one member of the first seven pairs of ribs that are attached in humans to the sternum by costal cartilages.
- trueborn — genuinely or authentically so because of birth: a trueborn son of Ireland; a trueborn Parisian.
- truebred — marked by qualities of good breeding and education; well-bred.
- trumbull — John, 1756–1843, U.S. painter (son of Jonathan Trumbull).