9-letter words containing o, u, b
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- jiggumbob — an indistinct thing; thingamabob
- job queue — a list of documents that are waiting to be printed
- john bull — England; the English people.
- jubilatio — jubilus.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- jumbo jet — a widebody jet airliner.
- jumboized — Simple past tense and past participle of jumboize.
- jumbotron — A very large video screen, typically used in a stadium or concert venue to show close-up shots.
- jump boot — a heavy leather boot originally designed for wear by paratroopers.
- junk bond — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- keybutton — an object on a keyboard which, when pressed, causes the letter, number, or symbol shown on it to be printed in a document
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- laborious — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
- libellous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lie about — sth: remain unused
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- lobularly — in a lobular manner
- lobulated — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- local bus — (hardware) A bus connecting a processor to memory, usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a backplane and therefore faster. Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are still in use. The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Some computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no expansion slots. Previous non-local bus standards include ISA, EISA and MCA.
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- lung book — book lung.
- mad about — passionate about
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- misbutton — (transitive) To button wrongly.
- misdoubts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdoubt.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- molybdous — of or containing molybdenum, especially in its lower valences.
- montauban — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.