5-letter words containing u, b, a
- buffa — a comedic actress or clown in an opera
- bulla — a leaden seal affixed to a papal bull, having a representation of Saints Peter and Paul on one side and the name of the reigning pope on the other
- bunya — a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones (bunya nuts) and thickish flattened needles
- buran — a blizzard, with the wind blowing from the north and reaching gale force
- buraq — the legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
- burga — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- burka — burqa
- burma — Myanmar: name still in popular use
- burqa — A burqa is a long garment that covers the head and body and is traditionally worn by women in Islamic countries.
- burra — Edward (John). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects
- bursa — a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
- busan — a port in SE South Korea, on the Korea Strait: the second largest city and chief port of the country; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 3 527 000 (2005 est)
- busra — Basra.
- buzau — city in Walachia, SE Romania: pop. 149,000
- chuba — A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool worn by Tibetans.
- cuban — Cuban means belonging or relating to Cuba, or to its people or culture.
- cubba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- daube — a braised meat stew
- daubs — Plural form of daub.
- dauby — Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
- dubai — an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- dubna — a new town in W Russia, founded in 1956: site of the United Institute of Nuclear Research. Pop: 60 951 (2002)
- fubar — not working; completely messed up; bungled; confused.
- gabun — Gabon.
- gumba — (slang, US) A person of Sicilian descent, often used pejoratively.
- jambu — Alternative form of jambul.
- jubal — son of Lamech and Adah: the progenitor of musicians and those who produce musical instruments. Gen. 4:21.
- kabul — a republic in central Asia, NW of India and E of Iran. 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km). Capital: Kabul.
- kuban — a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.
- libau — German name of Liepāja.
- lubra — an Aborigine girl or woman.
- lulab — lulav.
- mauby — (in the E Caribbean) a bittersweet drink made from the bark of a rhamnaceous tree
- nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
- obuda — a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest)
- qubba — a small Moslem shrine.
- rubai — a verse form of Persian origin consisting of four-line stanzas
- rumba — a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- sauba — a South American ant, Ecodoma cephalotes, known for defoliating trees and carrying the leaves into underground nests
- scuba — a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- squab — a nestling pigeon, marketed when fully grown but still unfledged.
- subah — a province in the Mogul empire
- subha — a string of beads used in praying and meditating
- sumba — one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- tabun — an organic compound used in chemical warfare as a lethal nerve gas. Formula: C2H5OP(O)(CN)N(CH3)2
- taube — an early German monoplane
- thaub — the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tsuba — a sword guard of a Japanese sword
- tubae — Music. a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range. an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power. an ancient Roman trumpet.
- tubal — pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.