9-letter words containing u, b, a
- buoy boat — a boat used in whaling for holding and towing the whales killed during a hunt.
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- burrawang — any of several Australian cycads of the genus Macrozamia, having an edible nut
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- burundian — of or relating to Burundi or its inhabitants
- bush baby — any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bush-bash — to clear scrubland
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwhack — to ambush
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- busticate — to break
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- by nature — essentially or innately
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- cabassous — Plural form of cabassou.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- calembour — a pun
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- carburate — carburet.
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cat-built — (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- chequable — (finance, of an account) On which cheques can be drawn.
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- club card — A club card is a card issued by a retailer which allows the card holder to make discounted purchases.
- club deal — a takeover bid in which several private-equity companies form a syndicate to acquire a target company
- club hand — a deformity of the hand, analogous to club foot
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- club sofa — a heavily upholstered sofa having solid sides and a low back.
- clubbable — A clubbable person is friendly and likes being with other people, which makes them good members of social clubs.