7-letter words containing b, u
- subtile — subtle.
- subtler — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- subtone — an undertone, an underlying, low or subordinate tone
- subtype — a subordinate type.
- subunit — a single thing or person.
- subvene — to arrive or occur as a support or relief.
- subvert — to overthrow (something established or existing).
- subzero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subzone — a subdivision of a zone.
- succuba — a succubus.
- succubi — a demon in female form, said to have sexual intercourse with men in their sleep. Compare incubus (def 1).
- succumb — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- sudbury — a city in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- sueable — liable to be sued in a court
- sumbawa — one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia: destructive eruption in 1815 of Mt. Tambora. 5965 sq. mi. (15,449 sq. km).
- sunback — (of a garment) cut low to expose the back for sunbathing or coolness.
- sunbake — to sunbathe, esp in order to become tanned
- sunbath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbeam — a beam or ray of sunlight.
- sunbeat — (of land) exposed to powerful sunlight, having the sun beating down constantly upon
- sunbelt — the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- sunbird — any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- sunburn — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbury — a city in E central Pennsylvania.
- surbase — a molding above a base, as that immediately above a baseboard, the crowning molding of a pedestal, etc.
- surbate — to make (feet) sore through walking
- tableau — a picture, as of a scene.
- tabouli — tabbouleh.
- tabular — of, relating to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.
- tambour — Music. a drum.
- tambura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- taubate — a city in São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the Paraiba do Sul River.
- terbium — a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- the hub — Boston, Mass.
- the rub — an obstacle or difficulty (esp in the phrase there's the rub)
- thumbed — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumber — a hitchhiker.
- thurber — James (Grover) [groh-ver] /ˈgroʊ vər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1961, U.S. writer, caricaturist, and illustrator.
- tilburg — a city in the S Netherlands.
- tilbury — a light two-wheeled carriage without a top.
- tipburn — a disease of lettuce, potatoes, and other plants, characterized by browning of the tips and edges of the leaves, resulting from any of several environmental factors, as excessive heat and humidity.
- to burn — in excess
- traubel — Helen, 1903–72, U.S. soprano.
- tribune — a raised platform for a speaker; a dais, rostrum, or pulpit.
- tribute — a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
- trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- tubaist — a musician who plays the tuba
- tubbish — rather fat or shaped like a tub
- tubeful — the quantity (of something) that a tube can hold
- tubifex — any common, bottom-dwelling worm of the genus Tubifex, often used as food for aquarium fish.