7-letter words containing b, u
- plumbum — lead2 (def 1).
- polybus — a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
- postbus — (in Britain, esp in rural districts) a vehicle carrying the mail that also carries passengers
- pre-buy — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- punjabi — a native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
- purbach — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 75 miles (120 km) in diameter.
- quibble — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- raeburn — Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
- railbus — a bus-like vehicle for use on railway lines
- rayburn — Sam, 1882–1961, U.S. lawyer and political leader: Speaker of the House 1940–47, 1949–53, 1955–61.
- rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- rebuild — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- rebuilt — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- red bug — chigger (def 1).
- redoubt — Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).
- replumb — to replace the plumbing of (a house, building, etc)
- rexburg — a town in E Idaho.
- rhabdus — a needlelike structure supporting the soft tissue in an invertebrate sponge
- rhombus — an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
- rhubarb — any of several plants belonging to the genus Rheum, of the buckwheat family, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhabarbarum, having edible leafstalks.
- rimbaud — (Jean Nicolas) Arthur [zhahn nee-kaw-lah ar-tyr] /ʒɑ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ arˈtür/ (Show IPA), 1854–91, French poet.
- robusta — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- roebuck — a male roe deer.
- rosebud — the bud of a rose.
- roubaix — a city in N France, NE of Lille.
- rub off — 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.
- rub out — 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.
- rubaboo — soup made from pemmican, flour, and water, once common among fur trappers, hunters, etc.
- rubasse — a variety of bright-red rock crystal.
- rubbers — (in certain card games, as bridge and whist)
- rubbery — like rubber; elastic; tough.
- rubbing — an act or instance of rubbing: an alcohol rub.
- rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- rubbity — a pub
- rubbles — broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished: Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
- rubdown — a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.
- rubella — a usually mild contagious viral disease characterized by fever, mild upper respiratory congestion, and a fine red rash lasting a few days: if contracted by a woman during early pregnancy, it may cause serious damage to the fetus.
- rubeola — measles.
- rubicon — a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- rublyov — Andrey (ˈandre). ?1370–1430, Russian icon painter. His masterpiece is The Old Testament Trinity
- rudesby — a rude person
- rumbled — to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
- runback — Football. a run made by a player toward the goal line of the opponents after receiving a kick, intercepting a pass, or recovering an opponent's fumble. the distance covered in making such a run.
- sabreur — someone who wields a sabre