9-letter words containing n, u
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bundle up — If you bundle up a mass of things, you make them into a bundle by gathering or tying them together.
- bung-hole — a hole in a cask through which it is filled.
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- bunged up — congested
- bunk beds — a pair of beds constructed one above the other
- bunkerage — the act of bunkering a vessel.
- bunkering — a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
- bunkhouse — (in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch
- bunny hop — a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- bunny hug — a ballroom dance with syncopated rhythm, popular in America in the early 20th century
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
- burdenous — burdensome
- burgeoned — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
- burnt-out — Burnt-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used.
- burrawang — any of several Australian cycads of the genus Macrozamia, having an edible nut
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- burrstone — buhrstone
- burthened — burden1 .
- burundian — of or relating to Burundi or its inhabitants
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush wren — a wren, Xenicus longipes, occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushiness — a bushy quality or state
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- businessy — of, relating to, typical of, or suitable for the world of commercial or industrial business
- bustiness — the state of being busty
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butchness — the state of being butch
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- buteonine — of or relating to hawks
- butterine — an artificial butter made partly from milk
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- butternut — a walnut tree, Juglans cinerea of E North America
- buttinski — a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.
- buttinsky — a busybody
- button up — to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- buzzingly — in a buzzing manner
- by nature — essentially or innately
- by return — by the next post back to the sender
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul