9-letter words containing g, r, b
- river bug — a small inflatable single-seat craft that resembles an armchair
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- rub along — 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.
- rubbering — Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants, especially Hevea and Ficus species.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
- sb-prolog — Stony Brook Prolog. A public domain Prolog interpreter for Unix. Version 3.1. Distributed under the GNU General Public License. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- scrubbing — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- sigsberen — Archaic. a series of small hills.
- skybridge — Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
- song-bird — a bird that sings.
- spielberg — Steven, born 1947, U.S. film director.
- springbok — a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
- steinberg — Saul, 1914–1999, U.S. painter, cartoonist, and illustrator; born in Romania.
- sternberg — George Miller, 1838–1915, U.S. bacteriologist and medical researcher.
- strasberg — Lee, 1901–82, U.S. theatrical director, teacher, and actor, born in Austria.
- strongbox — a strongly made, lockable box or chest for safeguarding valuable possessions, as money, jewels, or documents.
- subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- sugar bag — a small hessian bag occasionally still used, esp in rural areas, as a rough-and-ready measure for dry goods
- sugarbird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sugarbush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
- sun grebe — finfoot.
- sun-grebe — any of a gruiform family (Heliornithidae) of shy, long-necked tropical birds living along streams, lakes, etc.
- sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
- teabagger — Slang. a person who tea-bags a sexual partner.
- throbbing — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- timbering — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- tinbergen — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel prize 1969.
- tonbridge — a market town in SE England, in SW Kent on the River Medway. Pop: 35 833 (2001)
- trembling — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
- tribology — the study of the effects of friction on moving machine parts and of methods, as lubrication, of obviating them.
- troubling — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- unbarring — to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt: to unbar a door.
- unbearing — the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures: a man of dignified bearing.
- unbridged — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- ungarbled — to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
- upburning — burning upwards
- venusberg — a mountain in central Germany in the caverns of which, according to medieval legend, Venus held court.
- verbiages — overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
- vicksburg — a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863.
- water bag — a bag, sometimes made of skin, leather, etc, but in Australia usually canvas, for holding, carrying, and keeping water cool