6-letter words containing o, u, b
- mobius — August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- mobutu — Sese Seko (ˈsɛsɛ ˈsɛkəʊ), original name Joseph. 1930–97, Zaïrese statesman; president of Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) (1970–97); accused of corruption and overthrown by rebels in 1997; died in exile
- morbus — a disease
- nobbut — nothing but; only
- nutjob — A crazy or foolish person.
- obdure — (obsolete) To harden.
- obelus — a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- objure — to put on oath
- obolus — a modern Greek unit of weight equal to 0.1 gram.
- obtund — to blunt; dull; deaden.
- obtuse — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- ogburn — William Fielding, 1886–1959, U.S. sociologist and educator.
- ombuds — Plural form of ombud.
- oubaas — a person who is senior in years or rank
- outbar — to keep out
- outbeg — to beg more than or better than
- outbid — to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- outbox — to surpass in boxing: I've seen the champ outbox better fighters than this one.
- outbuy — (transitive) To spend more money than (someone) buying goods.
- phobus — Also, Phobus [foh-buh s] /ˈfoʊ bəs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a son and attendant of Ares and the personification of a fear held to possess armies and cause their defeat.
- pueblo — 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.
- quibdo — a city in W Colombia.
- robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rouble — a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- rubato — having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
- ruboff — an act of rubbing off, as to remove something.
- rubout — a murder or assassination.
- sobful — full of or producing sobs; tearful
- sorbus — a rowan or related tree
- subito — (as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly: subito pianissimo.
- sublot — one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- suborn — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subroc — a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- sunbow — a bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, appearing in the spray of cataracts, waterfalls, fountains, etc.
- tabour — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tobruk — a small port in NE Libya, in E Cyrenaica on the Mediterranean coast road: scene of severe fighting in World War II: taken from the Italians by the British in Jan 1941, from the British by the Germans in June 1942, and finally taken by the British in Nov 1942
- trumbo — Dalton, 1905–76, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.
- tuboid — having or approximating a tubular form.
- tuebor — I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- turbo- — of, relating to, or driven by a turbine
- turbot — a European flatfish, Psetta maxima, having a diamond-shaped body: valued as a food fish.
- u bolt — a bar of iron bent into the shape of a U , fitted with a screw thread and nut at each end.
- u-boat — a German submarine.
- u-bolt — a bar of iron bent into the shape of a U , fitted with a screw thread and nut at each end.
- unbold — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- unbolt — to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- unbone — to remove the bones from (fish, meat, etc); debone
- unboot — to remove the boots (from)
- unbore — unborn
- unborn — not yet born; yet to come; future: unborn generations.