9-letter words containing b, u, t, r
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- redoubted — dreaded; formidable.
- refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- resubject — to subject again
- retribute — to give back (a payment, reward, punishment, etc) or to give in return for something
- reubenite — a member of the tribe of Reuben.
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- ribattuta — a musical trill with a jerky rhythm
- rituximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- rootbound — (of a pot plant) having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled
- rub it in — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubellite — a deep-red variety of tourmaline, used as a gem.
- rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
- rubricate — to mark or color with red.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- rust belt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
- soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- star ruby — a ruby that resembles a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure
- starburst — a pattern of lines or rays radiating from a central point.
- stirabout — porridge.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subastral — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subletter — a person who sublets
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- substrate — a substratum.
- substruct — to build underneath as a foundation