8-letter words containing u, b, a, n
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cunabula — a cradle
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- danubian — of or relating to the river Danube
- daubigny — Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1817–78, French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon School
- debutant — a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- dunkable — (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- eburnean — Made of ivory.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gum band — a rubber band.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- habenula — a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- huna bay — an inlet of the Greenland Sea on the NW coast of Iceland.
- huntable — capable of being hunted
- husbands — Plural form of husband.
- ibn saud — Abdul-Aziz [ahb-doo l-ah-zeez] /ɑbˈdʊl ɑˈziz/ (Show IPA), 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
- ibn-saud — Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
- in baulk — inside one of these spaces
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jug band — a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings.
- kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- laburnum — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lansbury — George. 1859–1940, British Labour politician, who led the Labour Party in opposition (1931–35). A committed pacifist, he resigned over the party's reaction to Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopia
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- menu bar — a horizontal menu displayed at the top of a computer screen or window, listing available menus for an application, as File, Edit, and View.
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- nonurban — Not urban.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- nullable — That may be nullified; nullifiable.
- olibanum — frankincense.