9-letter words containing s, n, u
- autobahns — Plural form of autobahn.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- avifaunas — Plural form of avifauna.
- awfulness — The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- azureness — The quality of being azure in colour.
- baigneuse — a day bed of the Empire period, having a back sloping and curving to form a rounded head and foot.
- bandobust — (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- bantustan — (formerly, in South Africa) an area reserved for occupation by a Black African people, with limited self-government; abolished in 1993
- base unit — any of the fundamental units in a system of measurement. The base SI units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole
- bauhinias — Plural form of bauhinia.
- bee-stung — (of the lips) pouting and sensuous
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- bendy bus — an articulated bus
- beni suef — city in NE Egypt, on the Nile: pop. 152,000
- beni-suef — a city in NW Egypt on the Nile River.
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- bhikshuni — a female bhikshu; nun.
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- bluejeans — jeans made of blue denim
- bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- bluntness — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- boundness — the quality of being bound or obligated
- bounteous — giving freely; generous
- brunswick — a former duchy (1635–1918) and state (1918–46) of central Germany, now part of the state of Lower Saxony; formerly (1949–90) part of West Germany
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- bruteness — the quality of being brutish or savage
- buckskins — (in the US and Canada) breeches, shoes, or a suit of buckskin
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- bull nose — a disease of pigs resulting in deformity of the nose, caused by infection with the bacterium Bordatella bronchiseptica
- bullsnake — an American burrowing snake
- 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
- bunk beds — a pair of beds constructed one above the other
- bunkhouse — (in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch
- burdenous — burdensome
- 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
- burrstone — buhrstone
- 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