7-letter words containing o, u, b
- boileau — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. 1636–1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature
- boletus — any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible
- bombous — convex; spherical.
- bonasus — a name for the wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus)
- bone up — to study intensively
- bonheur — Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals
- bonjour — hello
- book up — to make a reservation (for); book
- bookful — an amount that would fill a book
- boot up — When you boot up a computer, you make it ready to use by putting in the instructions which it needs in order to start working.
- bordure — the outer edge of a shield, esp when decorated distinctively
- borglum — (John) Gutzon (ˈɡʌtsən). 1867–1941, US sculptor, noted for his monumental busts of US presidents carved in the mountainside of Mount Rushmore
- borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
- borough — A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
- bosquet — bosket
- bossuet — Jacques Bénigne (ʒɑk beniɲ). 1627–1704, French bishop: noted for his funeral orations
- botulin — a potent toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in imperfectly preserved food, etc, causing botulism
- bouchee — small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture
- boucher — François (frɑ̃swa). 1703–70, French rococo artist, noted for his delicate ornamental paintings of pastoral scenes and mythological subjects
- bouchon — a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.
- bouclée — support for a cue in billiards using the hand
- boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- boughed — having a bough or boughs (usually used in combination): golden-boughed elms.
- bouilli — a meat stew
- boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- boulter — a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- boulton — Matthew. 1728–1809, British engineer and manufacturer, who financed Watt's steam engine and applied it to various industrial purposes
- bouncer — A bouncer is a man who stands at the door of a club, prevents unwanted people from coming in, and makes people leave if they cause trouble.
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- bounden — morally obligatory (archaic except in the phrase bounden duty)
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- bouquet — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers which is attractively arranged.
- bourbon — Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
- bourder — a person who jests or jokes
- bourdon — a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
- bourges — a city in central France. Pop: 72 480 (1999)
- bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- bourree — traditional French dance in fast duple time
- boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
- boutade — an outburst; sally
- bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
- bow out — If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
- bowlful — The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowlful of something.
- box out — to block (an opponent) so as to prevent that player from getting a rebound
- boxhaul — to bring (a square-rigger) onto a new tack by backwinding the foresails and steering hard round
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- brotula — any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- brought — Brought is the past tense and past participle of bring.
- brouter — A device which bridges some packets (i.e. forwards based on data link layer information) and routes other packets (i.e. forwards based on network layer information). The bridge/route decision is based on configuration information.