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9-letter words containing n, u, r, b

  • innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
  • insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
  • interclub — a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
  • intraclub — Within a club.
  • inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
  • ip number — internet address
  • iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.
  • ironbound — bound with iron.
  • jumbotron — A very large video screen, typically used in a stadium or concert venue to show close-up shots.
  • juneberry — the American serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
  • keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
  • labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
  • laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
  • lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
  • lean-burn — (esp of an internal-combustion engine) designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
  • lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
  • lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
  • lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
  • lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
  • lumbermen — Plural form of lumberman.
  • lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
  • lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
  • manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
  • manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
  • manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
  • marabunta — A large population of army ants on the move, eating anything in their wake.
  • melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
  • minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
  • misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • moundbird — megapode.
  • nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
  • nebuliser — Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
  • nebulizer — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
  • neighbour — a person who lives near another.
  • neuenburg — Neuchâtel
  • non-urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
  • nonlabour — not relating to or concerned with work
  • nonrubber — not containing or made of rubber
  • numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
  • numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
  • nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
  • nut-brown — Nut-brown is used to describe things that are dark reddish brown in colour.
  • nutbutter — a food substance for spreading that is made from nuts
  • obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
  • obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
  • obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
  • obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
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