7-letter words containing b, u
- imbrued — Simple past tense and past participle of imbrue.
- imbrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrue.
- imbrute — to reduce to a bestial state
- imbuing — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- imburse — (obsolete) To supply or stock with money.
- in bulk — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- inbound — Throw (the ball) from out of bounds, putting it into play.
- inbuild — Something built-in, structure, a construct.
- inbuilt — built-in (def 2).
- 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
- itabuna — a city in E Brazil.
- jabirus — Plural form of jabiru.
- jacobus — a former gold coin of England issued by James I.
- jambeau — Armor. greave.
- jambeux — (historical) mediaeval armour for the legs below the knees.
- jewbush — The low-growing tropical American shrub Euphorbia tithymaloides (formerly Pedilanthus tithymaloides).
- jobclub — a group of unemployed people organized through a Jobcentre, which meets every day and is given advice on job seeking to increase its members' chances of finding employment
- joubert — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1754–1824, French moralist and essayist.
- jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- 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.
- jukebox — a coin-operated phonograph, typically in a gaudy, illuminated cabinet, having a variety of records that can be selected by push button.
- jumbled — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- jumbles — Plural form of jumble.
- jumbuck — a sheep.
- junebug — Also called May beetle. any of several large, brown beetles of the genus Phyllophaga, of the scarab family, appearing in late spring and early summer.
- kebbuck — a cheese
- ketubah — the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.
- khutbah — a sermon preached by an imam in a mosque at the time of the Friday noon prayer.
- kibbutz — (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.
- klabund — (Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
- knubble — to beat or pound something or someone using one's fists
- knubbly — full of small protuberances.
- kubelik — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1880–1940, Czech violinist and composer in Hungary.
- kubrick — Stanley, 1928–99, U.S. film director.
- kumbaya — The title of the etymological folk song, used with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm to refer to the song's evocations of spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony.
- kurbash — a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.
- labarum — an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
- labours — Plural form of labour.
- ladybug — any of numerous small, round, often brightly colored and spotted beetles of the family Coccinellidae, feeding chiefly on aphids and other small insects, but including several forms that feed on plants.
- leafbud — a bud from which a leaf develops
- librium — a brand of the drug chlordiazepoxide
- lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- limburg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- 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)
- lobular — composed of, having the form of, or pertaining to lobules or small lobes.