8-letter words containing d, e, b, u
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- iturbide — Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- laudable — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- leaf bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- lumbered — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- numbered — Simple past tense and past participle of number.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- obliqued — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obtruded — Simple past tense and past participle of obtrude.
- obtruder — One who obtrudes.
- obtrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtrude.
- obtunded — to blunt; dull; deaden.
- outbreed — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- pub date — publication date.
- purebred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- quibbled — Simple past tense and past participle of quibble.
- rebutted — to refute by evidence or argument.
- redouble — to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- reedbuck — any of several yellowish African antelopes of the genus Redunca, living near lakes and rivers, the male of which has short, forward-curving horns.
- ruby-red — of the deep red colour of a ruby
- rude boy — a member of a group of often delinquent teenagers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for listening to ska music and wearing suits with trilby or similar soft felt hats
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- stubbled — Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- stumbled — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subbreed — a breed within a larger breed
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- subduple — in the proportion or ratio of one to two
- subfield — a field that is a subset of a given field.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- suborder — a category of related families within an order.
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- suboxide — the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- subsided — to sink to a low or lower level.
- subsumed — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subtrude — to intrude stealthily
- subvened — to arrive or occur as a support or relief.
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- superbad — exceptionally bad