7-letter words containing l, u, b
- pillbug — any of various small terrestrial isopods, especially of the genera Armadillidium and Oniscus, which can roll themselves up into a spherical shape.
- playbus — a mobile playground
- plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumber — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumbic — containing lead, especially in the tetravalent state.
- plumbum — lead2 (def 1).
- polybus — a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- 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.
- quibble — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- railbus — a bus-like vehicle for use on railway lines
- 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.
- replumb — to replace the plumbing of (a house, building, etc)
- rubbles — broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished: Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
- 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.
- rublyov — Andrey (ˈandre). ?1370–1430, Russian icon painter. His masterpiece is The Old Testament Trinity
- rumbled — to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
- scumble — to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
- setubal — Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in W Portugal. 20 miles (32 km) long; 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- slubber — to perform hastily or carelessly.
- slumber — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slurban — of, relating to, or situated in a slurb
- soluble — capable of being dissolved or liquefied: a soluble powder.
- stambul — the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn.
- stubble — Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- stubbly — Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- stumble — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stumbly — tending to stumble
- subalar — below a wing
- subcell — a cell within a larger cell
- subclan — a clan within a larger clan
- subcool — to cool (liquid) to a temperature lower than the temperature it was when it condensed into steam
- subcult — a cult within a larger cult
- subdual — an act or instance of subduing.
- subfile — a file within another file
- subgoal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- sublate — to deny or contradict; negate.
- sublime — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- subline — a secondary headline
- suboral — under the mouth
- suboval — not quite oval
- subplot — a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Compare counterplot (def 2).
- subrule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- subsale — the act of selling.
- subsoil — the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- subtile — subtle.