9-letter words containing t, a, b, u
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- doubtably — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dual boot — (operating system) Any system offering the user the choice of two operation systems (OSes) under which to start a computer. A dual boot system allows the user to run programs for both operating systems on a single computer (though not simultaneously). The term "multiple boot" or "multiboot" extends the idea to more than two OSes. The OSes are generally unaware of each other's existence. They are installed on separate hard disk partitions or on separate disks. They may be able to access each other's files, possibly via some extra driver software if they use different file systems. The OSes need not be completely different - they might be different versions of Microsoft Windows (e.g. Windows XP and Windows NT) or Linux (e.g. Debian and Fedora). A dual boot system differs from an emulator such as vmware, which runs one or more OSes "on top" of the primary OS, using its resources.
- dubitable — open to doubt; doubtful; uncertain.
- dubitably — Defn en.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- dunstable — John, c1390–1453, English composer.
- dust ball — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. a ball or roll of dust and lint that accumulates indoors, as in corners or under furniture.
- dust bath — the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers, which may dislodge parasites
- eastabout — in, to, or towards the east
- eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
- equitable — Fair and impartial.
- equitably — In an equitable manner.
- exuberant — Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.
- exuberate — (obsolete) To abound; to be in great abundance.
- fabritius — Carel [kah-ruh l] /ˈkɑ rəl/ (Show IPA), 1622–54, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- fabulists — Plural form of fabulist.
- faribault — a city in SE Minnesota.
- fast buck — money made easily or quickly and sometimes unscrupulously: He speculated briefly in the commodities market in the hope of making a fast buck.
- flashtube — electronic flash.
- fruit bat — any fruit-eating bat, especially of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous species ranging in wingspan from 10 inches to 5 feet (25 cm to 1.5 meters).
- futabatei — Shimei [shee-mey] /ʃiˈmeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Tatsunosuke Hasegawa) 1864–1909, Japanese author.
- gadabouts — Plural form of gadabout.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- get about — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- gunbattle — A gunfight; a battle involving gunfire.
- habituate — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- half-butt — a snooker cue longer than an ordinary cue, usually used with a long rest
- head-butt — strike sb with your forehead
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- how about — introducing a suggestion
- immutable — not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- incubated — Simple past tense and past participle of incubate.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- intraclub — Within a club.
- intubated — Simple past tense and past participle of intubate.