9-letter words containing i, b, r, t, u
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricity — oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- outbidder — a person who outbids
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- retribute — to give back (a payment, reward, punishment, etc) or to give in return for something
- reubenite — a member of the tribe of Reuben.
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- ribattuta — a musical trill with a jerky rhythm
- rituximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- rub it in — 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.
- rubellite — a deep-red variety of tourmaline, used as a gem.
- rubricate — to mark or color with red.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- stirabout — porridge.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- subwriter — a person carrying out writing tasks for another writer
- sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
- superbity — pride
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- thon buri — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- tribulate — to trouble or oppress
- tribunate — the office of tribune.
- tributary — a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
- troubling — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- true bill — a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as being sufficiently supported by evidence to justify a hearing of the case.
- true ribs — ribs that are attached by cartilage directly to the sternum; in humans, the upper seven pairs of ribs
- tub chair — an easy chair having a semicircular back and, with the wings or arms, forming a single upholstered piece.