8-letter words containing u, b, a
- blue bag — a fabric bag for a barrister's robes
- blue gas — water gas.
- blue jay — a common, crested North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with a blue upper body and head
- blue law — any of the strict puritanical laws prevalent in colonial New England
- blueback — any of several species of fish with a blue colouring
- blueball — a European herb
- bluebead — corn lily (def 2).
- bluebeat — a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s; a precursor of reggae
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluehead — either of two fish of the wrasse family, Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum
- bluejack — a species of oak, Quercus incana, the leaves of which have a blue tinge
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- blumenau — a city in Santa Catarina state, S Brazil.
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boat bug — water boatman.
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- brain up — to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated
- bran tub — (in Britain) a tub containing bran in which small wrapped gifts are hidden, used at parties, fairs, etc
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- briareus — a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- brugmann — (Friedrich) Karl [free-drik kahrl;; German free-drikh kahrl] /ˈfri drɪk kɑrl;; German ˈfri drɪx kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1849–1919, German philologist.
- brumaire — the month of mist: the second month of the French revolutionary calendar, extending from Oct 23 to Nov 21
- brutally — savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth
- bucellas — a Portuguese white wine
- buchanan — George. 1506–82, Scottish historian, who was tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI; author of History of Scotland (1582)
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine